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fromArtnet News
5 days ago
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A Truck Driver Spent 20 Years Building a Miniature Model of New York City

Joe Macken's 50-by-27-foot model of New York City, built over 21 years, is now featured at the Museum of the City of New York.
fromTime Out New York
1 month ago
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A viral wooden model of NYC is now on view near Central Park

Joe Macken spent 21 years handcrafting a detailed 50-by-27-foot model of New York City now exhibited at the Museum of the City of New York.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I cut out one little house at a time': the trucker who spent decades building a tiny replica of NYC

Joe Macken spent decades handcrafting a block-by-block wooden model of all five New York boroughs now housed at Museum of the City of New York.
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fromTime Out New York
4 months ago

This TikTok famous scale model of NYC is soon going to be on display at the Museum of the City of New York

Joe Macken spent over two decades crafting a 50-by-30-foot scale model of New York City from balsa wood, carving nearly a million buildings.
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fromHyperallergic
4 months ago

Required Reading

Abiquiú residents enabled Georgia O'Keeffe's New Mexico success yet remain erased; a Queens trucker's personal NYC model reveals individual perspective contrasted with institutional panoramas.
fromTime Out New York
4 months ago

See incredible gingerbread versions of NYC's most beloved landmarks at this new holiday exhibit

You can smell it before you see it, the air thickly perfumed with cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. And then when you do see it, there's a moment of cognitive dissonance: How could a giant everything bagel with crispy, toasted onion flakes smell sweet? That's because this massive, intricately crafted bagel is actually made of gingerbread as part of Museum of the City of New York's annual Gingerbread NYC: The Great Borough Bake-Off 2025.
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