Astonishingly Detailed Carved Model of Midtown Manhattan by Michael Chesko

By Alex in Architecture, Art, Pictures on Oct 1, 2008 at 2:42 pm

Artist Michael Chesko has been lovingly carving a true-to-form model of Midtown Manhattan:

This scale miniature of Midtown took 2000 hours to complete. As reference, he used blueprints, old photographs, digital reproductions,
and satellite images. On a good day, he’d work his way through four city blocks. The entire model is 36" x 30"… a good deal smaller than most office desks. At the 1:3200 scale, the Empire State Building Chesko’s favorite skyscraper) roughly reaches the dizzying height of a Campbell’s Soup can.

Tinselman blog has more: Link

Previously on Neatorama: Gargantuan Scale Model of Shanghai in 2020


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  1. Algonkin
    Oct 1st, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    That is awesome!

  2. wickethewok
    Oct 1st, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    Looks like a city of cheese…

  3. Daniel Kemp
    Oct 2nd, 2008 at 1:47 pm

    That dude has way too much time on his hands.


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