GoKawiilTruck driver's homemade NYC model, viral on TikTok, now exhibited at city museum
Joe Macken, a truck driver from New York, spent over 20 years building an intricate scale model of the city from balsa wood and foam board in his basement, eventually creating more than 800,000 structures. After his daughter posted videos of the project on TikTok and they drew over 10 million views in a week, the Museum of the City of New York invited him to display it. The exhibit, titled 'He Built This City,' opened in February and runs through October 12.