Truck driver spent 21 years creating a massive model of New York City out of balsa wood: ‘It was quite the process’

Is this NYC’s next top model?

Joe Macken has spent the past 21 years painstakingly erecting an intricate 3D replica of New York City by hand — using nothing but balsa wood, Elmer’s glue and a whole lot of ingenuity.

The finished product, unveiled recently in a viral TikTok video, features nearly a million buildings spanning all five boroughs — including the beleaguered Staten Island, and even parts of New Jersey, Westchester and Long Island…

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