A truck driver built a model of NYC with over 800,000 structures for fun. Now its a museum exhibit
NEW YORK (AP) — For more than two decades, truck driver Joe Macken spent his free time building a massive scale model of his native New York City out of balsa wood and foam board. When he finished, his daughter convinced him to show off the sprawling basement creation — encompassing over 800,000 structures — on TikTok. The video clips almost immediately went viral. Now Macken’s model is on display at the Museum of the City of New York, which reached out to him after seeing his TikTok I...
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