Gothamist

This trucker built a scale model of NYC over 21 years. It’s drawing museums’ attention.

Reno may be “the biggest little city in the world,” but it's got some serious competition from the miniature New York City that hobbyist Joseph Macken built in his upstate New York basement over two ...
archpaper

A detailed look at New York’s community of independent and in-house model makers

A display wall at Radii in Hoboken, New Jersey, shows the range of models built by the shop since it opened in 2000. (Christopher Payne/Esto) Amid all of the ways to make an architectural model ...
The New York Times

The Work of Robert Moses? No, It’s Joe Macken.

A delivery truck driver from Queens created a scale model of New York City. After 10 million views on TikTok, his mini Gotham has moved to Museum Mile. By John Freeman Gill The parachute jump, a ...
Times Union

Grondahl: Local man’s scale model of New York City wows Manhattan crowds

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 ...