Astonishingly Detailed Carved Model of Midtown Manhattan by Michael Chesko

Posted by Alex in Architecture, Arts & Crafts, Pictures on October 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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4 comments to "Astonishingly Detailed Carved Model of Midtown Manhattan by Michael Chesko"

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

    That is awesome!

  2. Gail Pink
    October 1st, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    Wow, really cool!

  3. wickethewok
    October 1st, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    Looks like a city of cheese...

  4. Daniel Kemp
    October 2nd, 2008 at 1:47 pm

    That dude has way too much time on his hands.


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