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Hobbyist Builds Detailed Scale Model of New York City Over 21 Years

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speckx

8mo ago· 3 min readenNews

Summary

Joseph Macken, a hobbyist from upstate New York, spent 21 years building an intricate 50-by-30-foot scale model of New York City in his basement. The detailed miniature features hundreds of thousands of buildings and landmarks, with his TikTok videos showcasing the project going viral and attracting attention from museums.

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I sat down in my basement, turned the camera on on my phone and just started talking about my first section, which was Downtown Manhattan
It just took off
The intricate model features what Macken says are hundreds of thousands buildings, landmarks and geography
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Joseph Macken said he did the project as a hobby in his upstate basement.

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