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Joe Macken Spent 21 Years Hand-Assembling a Vast Model of New York City

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Joe Macken Spent 21 Years Hand-Assembling a Vast Model of New York City
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Over the course of two decades, Queens resident Joe Macken meticulously built an entire city from the ground up. In fact, he built New York City—the whole thing—one building, house, and bridge at a time. Now, his expansive scale construction is on view in He Built This City: Joe Macken’s Model at the Museum of the City of New York.



Macken began working on the 50-by-27-foot model in 2004, first in Middle Village, Queens, before moving to Clifton Park, New York. It comprises 340 individual sect

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