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Chicago LEGO models still on D.C. tour

Photo by Joe Wolf May 31, 2012 – (Left) Adam Tucker’s LEGO model of Marina City on display at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Photographed on Monday by Joe Wolf. (Click on images to view larger versions.)

Marina City is among 15 buildings represented in the museum’s Towering Ambition exhibit through September 3. Each model is constructed entirely out of LEGO bricks. The four-foot Marina City model was constructed in 2008 of 12,000 LEGO bricks.

(Below) Tucker – a LEGO Certified Professional as well as an architect – with his models in a photo obtained from the National Building Museum. Models depict (left to right) Chicago Spire, Marina City, 7 South Dearborn, John Hancock Center, Trump International Hotel & Tower, and Willis Tower.

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