The Intrepid Gets LEGO'd

By

Jen Carlson

Published Mar 28, 2011

Modified Mar 28, 2011

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A model of The Intrepid that Diment built after vacationing in New York.

There are few greater things than when New York City—or one of its little corners—gets a LEGO treatment, and today it was announced that on April 15th artist Ed Diment will begin creating a 22-foot-long, 550-pound model of the USS Intrepid out of LEGO bricks. He will be on site the 15th and 16th, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., during which time he'll also be teaching kids how to build smaller ships. But will he include a space shuttle?

Previously LEGO'd: Rockefeller Center, Yankee Stadium, all of the city's cracks, and uh, 9/11. Plus, everything else. Maybe it's time for a new medium: Play Doh?