Build miniature cardboard models of these Chicago landmarks.
Its easy! Download the pdf files linked below, then print on cardstock or heavy paper from your color printer. Follow the instructions printed in the pdf files to complete the assembly of each model. If you make a mistake, simply print out another to try again.
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Build the Aon Center skyscraper in 1:4000 scale, the third-tallest building in Chicago. Display it alongside the Sears, John Hancock and Trump Tower postcard models. Amoco.pdf
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1:1000 scale paper model of 1230 N. Burling in the William Green Homes housing project, the last standing CHA high-rise. Model made in collaboration with Project Cabrini Green. CabriniGreen.pdf |
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Simple black & white 1:87 scale models of common building types seen in Chicago. Color and assemble into an HO-scale city neighborhood. |
1:160 (N-scale) elevated train tracks to display your L Train models. LTracks.pdf
See more ways to customize your train models. |
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A paper model of Chicago's unique skyscraper prison, the Metropolitan Correctional Center. In 1:1000 scale. CorrectionalCenter.pdf |
A scale cardboard simulation of the home of our virtual museum, the Minnesota Museum of the Mississippi. build.pdf
Visit the Minnesota Museum of the Mississippi and other Natural Wonders. |
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A googie-style motel coffee shop located in Chicago's River North neighborhood.
Print out your own 1:87 (HO-scale) model of this unique building. OhioHouse.pdf |
Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital was demolished by Northwestern University in 2013.
Download a 1:1000 scale model of the structure, to remember the effort to preserve this unique Chicago building. PrenticeHospital.pdf |
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1:1500 scale model of the Sun-Times Building, once known as the ugliest building in Chicago. The building was demolished in 2005 to make way for the Trump Tower. SunTimes.pdf |
A paper model of the grand and much-derided State of Illinois Building. In 1:1500 scale. ThompsonCtr.pdf |
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1:500 scale model of the Wirt Dexter Building, an early example of architect Louis Sullivan's work. The building was destroyed by fire in 2006. WirtDexter.pdf |
During the holiday season, the CTA runs a special Santa Train (see schedule). Download this tiny N-scale replica of Santa's own L Train car, making all stops toward the Loop: SantaTrain.pdf
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