the Chicago Tribune had a article today:
A model city: Chicago displayed in miniature
Chicago Architecture Foundation shows a scale model of the Loop and nearby areas
Click on the posting title to link to the article with pictures.
After seeing similar models in Beijing and Shanghai the Mayor Richard Daley urged the Architectural Foundation to build one for Chicago. The models footprint is 25'x35' covering four square miles of downtown including every building (more than 1,000) the tallest being 3'high Sears Tower.
Wouldn't it be great if every city had a scale model of the downtown to make it easier for everyone to see how new development would effect the urban fabric?
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