Fans of the television series Mr. Robot, may have noticed the large scale diorama of New York City featured in Episode 9 when Angela looks for Elliot in their childhood haunt, the Queens Museum.
Conceived by the infamous Robert Moses for the 1964 World's Fair, the Panorama of The City of New York was built by architectural model makers, Lester & Associates, who employed over 100 workers to complete the 1:1200 scale model from 1961 to 1964. The total area of the finished diorama is 9,355 square feet.
View of Downtown Manhattan on the Panorama, c. 1985. Photo by Dan Cornish, Esto
So if you're looking for a new haunt, check out this awesome miniature model of the Big Apple.
Fun Fact: Two crew members left their names spelled in shrubbery. So if you visit, look for Bill and Ed somewhere in Jamaica Bay...
View of Queens Museum, New York State Pavilion, and the Unisphere on the Panorama of the City of New York
Looking to get your spook on and create an awesome paper craft project? Head over to Ray Keim's Haunted Dimensions -"a gateway for art, news related to Disney's haunted mansion attractions, the haunt industry, FREE spooky 3D paper models, gingerbread architecture, photologs of "haunted" places and all things Halloweeny."-haunteddimensions.raykeim.com
Ray Keim, an artist and 3D modeler/designer (and also part of the Halloween Horror Nights Orlando Design Team) has put together a Spooktacular website full of free downloadable papercraft/scale modeling goodies like this Bates House Paper Model
Each download kit available on Haunted Dimensions comes with a list of supplies and instructions to help you build the Horror House of your dreams (or nightmares).
Haunted Dimensions-Ray Keim
Also be sure to check out the fan gallery of user submitted photos for more Spooky Inspiration.
