A truck driver who spent two decades building a massive scale model of his native New York City was delighted when it went viral on TikTok.

Joe Macken has dedicated 21 years to building a detailed model of New York City by hand. He began this project in 2004, ...

A visitor at He Built This City: Joe Macken’s Model (photo Filip Wolak, courtesy the Museum of the City of New York) On a Sunday evening last summer, Joe Macken revealed to his daughter that he’d made ...

As a child, Joe Macken vowed to build a scale-model replica of New York City. Decades later, it's being displayed in an Upper East Side museum. Joe Macken in a corner of the laundry room where he ...

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 ...

A Truck Driver Built a Model of NYC With Over 800,000 Structures for Fun. Now It's a Museum Exhibit NEW YORK (AP) — For more than two decades, truck driver Joe Macken spent his free time building a ...