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The NYC scale model that’s gone viral was built by a truck driver. Now it’s in a museum

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…

The NYC scale model that’s gone viral was built by a truck driver. Now it’s in a museum

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