CROWNING BIG APPLE'S SKYLINE : NYC MODEL SET FOR TRADE CENTER.Byline: Dave McNary Daily News Staff Writer A tiny La Crescenta company has re-created New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , scaled down to 15 by 17 feet, to go on the top of the World Trade Center this spring. ``It's no surprise that this work is being done in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, ,'' said Virginia Schweninger, vice president of Dellmont Leisure International Inc. ``This is where all the talent and experience for theme park design and construction is, so we can bring in the very best.'' Dellmont beat out four other finalists in the bidding to revamp re·vamp tr.v. re·vamped, re·vamp·ing, re·vamps 1. To patch up or restore; renovate. 2. To revise or reconstruct (a manuscript, for example). 3. To vamp (a shoe) anew. n. the entire 107th floor of the World Trade Center, from which visitors can see for 50 miles. The space, which covers one acre, was closed Jan. 6 and will re-open March 17 as the new ``Top of the World'' attraction. Besides the model of New York City, Dellmont also will install three 47-seat theaters featuring a six-minute video of a helicopter ride over the city, a video kiosk giving detailed viewing and descriptions of 40 key sights in six languages, a Central Park-theme picnic area with trees and a Sbaro Street food court. Dellmont Leisure, which began work on the project in late 1995, used 20 subcontractors and about 65 people in Southern California to build the new ``Top of the World,'' which has enough components to fill nine trucks. Each piece was built to fit into the World Trade Center's elevators to the top floor, each with a capacity of 45 people. Schweninger said the video, ``Manhattan Magic,'' starts at the Statue of Liberty Statue of Liberty great symbolic structure in New York harbor. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284] See : America Statue of Liberty perhaps the most famous monument to independence. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284] See : Freedom and includes Times Square, Broadway and a trip under the Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn Bridge, vehicular suspension bridge, New York City, southernmost of the bridges across the East River, between lower Manhattan and Brooklyn; built 1869–83. The achievement of J. A. Roebling and his son W. A. Roebling, it has a span of 1,595. . She added that watching it will not make anyone queasy QUEASY - An early system on the IBM 701. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. . ``The film is very low-motion and was shot with the idea that even people in wheelchairs could watch it,'' she said. Dellmont, which has about a dozen employees, was formed by Schweninger and her husband David in 1994 after leaving theme park specialist Sequoia Creative. Among their credits are the 30-foot-high ``King Kong'' attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood and the ``Kingdom of the Dinosaurs'' attraction at Knott's Berry Farm Knott's Berry Farm is a brand name of two separate entities: a theme park in Buena Park, California, and a manufacturer of food specialty products (primarily jams and preserves) based in Placentia, California. . CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--Color) Virginia Schweninger, vice president of Dellmont Leisure International Inc. of La Crescenta, towers over the company's model of New York City which is part of the World Trade Center's ``Top of the World'' attraction, which is scheduled to open March 17. (2--Color) Dellmont Leisure International Inc.'s scaled miniature of the Big Apple measures 15 feet by 17 feet. Michael Owen
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