So, I am at Flushing Matters Coroner Park here today in Queens, and it's pretty chilly

and cold windy too.

I'm Manolo Morales, and this is Atlas Obscura, and today I'm walking into the Queens Museum

to see one of its main attractions, an extremely detailed-scale model of the city that I grew

up in.

Hi, I just came to see the panorama.

Yeah.

Today, I'm visiting the panorama of the city of New York.

It was one of the stars of the 1964 World's Fair, more than 1,400 people lined up to

see it each day, and catch a bird's-eye view of this city that never sleeps.

Thank you for sending us a breakdown back, small hole in space here.

Thank you.

Alright, so I've made it.

I'm at the highest point on the rail, overlooking the entire city of New York, where I get

a view of all five girls at once, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island.

It's magnificent.

I mean, it's incredible.

From here, all the tiny buildings, the skyscrapers, the highways, they actually look like

Lego pieces.

When you enter the room to see the panorama of the city of New York, your jaw drops.

The room is a size of about two basketball courts, just over 9,000 square feet.

In the scale model, covers almost the entire space.

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