Joe Macken drives a truck for work, but two decades ago, he stumbled upon a very particular passion -- carving New York City buildings out of balsa wood. Before the days of Google Maps, the ...

Clifton Park, New York — In the spring of 2004, a truck driver named Joe Macken descended his basement stairs in Clifton Park, New York, with a simple idea: to see if he could build something cool out ...

EAST HARLEM (WABC) -- One man's hobby, therapy and enjoyment has now become a massive work of art, and it's almost too big for the largest exhibit room at the Museum of the City of New York. Joe ...

The Museum of the City of New York will display a miniature New York built of balsa wood and Elmer’s glue. It has bridges, brownstones and One World Trade Center. By James Barron Good evening. It’s ...