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Alex Bailey, a 15-year-old from Dublin, Ireland, spent about 1-week recreating Manhattan using LEGO pieces. No, this wasn’t a set that he purchased from a store, but rather built entirely freehand. After visiting The City That Never Sleeps with his younger brother Ashton in 2019, it left a lasting impression to say the least. Using a combination of his memory from a helicopter ride, along with some photographs, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, One World Trade Center, and more, were recreated in brick form. Read more for a video and additional information.
Sure, lots of people make LEGO sets each and everyday, but this one caught the attention of former NBA star Rex Chapman recently, and ever since the social media influencer shared the creation, it has taken off. Alex hopes to one day become an architect and should have no problem doing so if he continues with these amazing LEGO creations.
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We noticed he had a huge flair for it when he was about seven and he built a three foot long Lego Titanic. We surprised the two kids last Christmas. They thought they were going to London and we surprised them with a trip to New York. We were there for a week and on Christmas Day we surprised them with a doors off helicopter ride over New York City and that’s where he got the idea,” said Laura, Alex’s mother.
