A truck driver spent 20 years making a scale model of every building in NYC
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Re: A truck driver spent 20 years making a scale model of every building in NYC
#2Looks like you can buy tickets: https://35948.blackbaudhosting.com/35948/page.aspx?pid=196&t...
I should check it out, it would be fun to see my house recreated as a model.
I love projects like this; no delusions of trying to change the world, just doing it because the creator thinks it would be cool to do.
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#3Brilliant. Stay weird, humans.
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#4We need people like this around
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#6Why is it relevant what he does for a living? It's his passion and hobby that is interesting.
Re: A truck driver spent 20 years making a scale model of every building in NYC
#7Why is it relevant what he does for a living? It's his passion and hobby that is interesting.
> Why is it relevant...
I'd say the point is "An Ordinary Guy did X". Vs. an engineering genius, or somebody with deep pockets, or a Hollywood special effects model builder, or 3D printer junkie, or whatever.
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#8Also for comparison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panorama_of_the_City_of_New_Yo...
Re: A truck driver spent 20 years making a scale model of every building in NYC
#9> “We were all standing around squealing, ‘Look, there’s our museum!’ ‘There’s the Met; there’s the Guggenheim,’” Sherman recalls. “It’s this great act of recognition, and then it’s also witnessing [Macken’s] creativity, how he made this complex architecture out of very humble materials.”
Blue collar, dedicated, skillful effort over decades immediately co-opted by nonsense-spewer.
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#10How long before we can build tiny controlled cars and little tiny "pole people" that wander around?
Micro-machines seem to be taking their time.