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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 ...

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The recycled cardboard model depicts Union Corner's iconic dome and roof signs.

“Now, you walk around it and get an aerial view. Back then, you sat on a train or a tram, and you went around it,” Macken recalled. “And I just remember just going around it and thinking, ‘Wow, this ...

Miniatures are full of bite-sized portions of our world and lives. By transcending spatial norms, models envision and measure real-world size and performance. They help to understand the cultural and ...