Chicago, Illinois: Chicago in Miniature
Built in 2009, expanded in 2018, Chicago City Model Experience is an indoor, 1:600 scale model of downtown Chicago with more than 4,000 buildings.
Chicago Architecture Center
- Address:
- 111 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL
- Directions:
- Chicago Architecture Center. On the south side of Wacker Drive just east of its intersection with Michigan Ave.
- Phone:
- 312-922-3432
- Admission:
- Public $12, CAC members free
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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Once again, Roadside takes me to a cool place I would've never known existed. While in Chicago it's worth a look.
[Brian From Rockland County NY, 10/26/2016]
400 blocks of Chicago are squeezed down into 320 square feet of intricate 3D-printed buildings. You, too, can pretend that you are larger than Godzilla as you rise from the depths of Lake Michigan to smite the Windy City.
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The city model was built in 2009 and is updated annually, with human helpers removing demolished buildings and adding new ones.