People do some amazing things with LEGOs. They design taxidermy kits, assemble bedroom walls, and even build entire homes out of the ubiquitous plastic bricks. And now, New York artist and sculptor Jonathan Lopes has recreated his Boerum Hill neighborhood in Brooklyn as a small-scale replica using nothing but LEGOs.
According to the NY Daily News, Lopes spent four years and about half a million bricks to build a painstakingly detailed train scene that takes up 400 square feet in his living room.
The remarkable replica features buildings that he passes every day on his walks, such as a flower shop on Hoyt Street and Firehouse Engine 226 on State Street. Every detail of Lopes' LEGO land is made entirely with LEGOs, no matter how small — including the little signs on the storefronts. Lopes doesn't cut or paint the blocks, instead relying on ingenuity to create effects like cracked and peeling paint using blocks with subtly different tones.
Check out the rest of his art commissions and cityscapes (like his version of the famous Randy's Donuts in LA) in his portfolio.
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Please don't refer to them as 'LEGOs'. Just don't do it. Please.
Thanks.
The train scene did not take up a half a million bricks, all of his projects combined took up a half a million bricks. Purple monkey dishwasher.
This is awesome--though I personally wouldn't have 400 square feet to spare to build a replica of my NYC neighborhood. I think it would be fun if someone could add real photos of the portion of Cobble Hill depicted in this model so that people who don't live there can compare.
"Lopes' LEGO land is made entirely with LEGOs, no matter how small"
We're gonna need smaller legos for the tagging.
"Please don't refer to them as 'LEGOs'." I'm mystified. How else would you refer to them?
"Lopes' LEGO land is made entirely with LEGO, no matter how small"
It's not hard!
LEGOs is very wrong indeed, and a horrible Americanism.
Use LEGO bricks, or pieces, but never LEGOs.
LEGOs don't exist...
Am I missing something...what above ground A train goes through boerum hill?
Whyhellothere: lego my eggo
See paragraph 13 http://aboutus.lego.com/en-us/legal-notice/fair-play/
"If the LEGO trademark is used at all, it should always be used as an adjective, not as a noun. For example, say "MODELS BUILT OF LEGO BRICKS". Never say "MODELS BUILT OF LEGOs"