How to Build Chicago

Posted by: Nate Berg

6 August 2009 - 5:00am

This video from WTTW looks at a huge new model of the city of Chicago, and shows how it was built.

The Sears (now Willis) Tower measures in at about 3 feet in this huge scale model of downtown Chicago. More than 400 city blocks are replicated, including Millennium Park.

Full Story: Miniature Chicago Model

Source: WTTW, June 18, 2009

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Read the full article, written by Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP.

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