About this creation

The New York Stock Exchange commissioned me to build a 3-foot-tall sculpture of their famous building on Wall Street. The completed sculpture contains over 14,500 LEGO pieces and is on display inside the real building.

Here's a close up of the 2-brick tall lettering that I often use. (I've been fortunate never to have to build a "K" before, which does not fit well into this style... I designed a new "K" here, which isn't perfect but does the job.)

The real building, which is over 100 years old, was built in the "neoclassical" style of architecture, made to resemble old Greek and Roman architecture from thousands of years ago. The fresco atop the columns contains 9 larger-than-life figures, which took me three full days just to build with LEGO bricks! It was fun to replicate the figures' dramatic poses with cartoon-like exaggeration.






I used to live just a few blocks away from the NSYE building on Wall Street! It was a pleasure to build a sculpture of this building which is not only such an icon of New York, but also one of my old neighbors.

How'd he do that?
Here's a sneak-peak at how I created one of the super-detailed sections. This is the top of one of the pillars, which is called a "capital". In this case, likely a capitalist capital. This little 2-inch chunk uses nearly 80 pieces alone!
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Superb... Like the attention to detail! |
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November 18, 2009 |
Cool! Nice column style! |
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November 8, 2009 |
Dued to the fall of the economy, the rest of the Stock exchange building collapsed. LOL. Nah, beautiful job, it's the lego architecture like this that puts you too the type of challenge with the best results. |
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November 1, 2009 |
you sould make a big city with yankee and ohter thing you have built. good job |
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November 1, 2009 |
you sould make a big city with yankee and ohter thing you have built. good job |
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October 22, 2009 |
You trully are a Brickgod or something. I love the detail you put in there, and it's quite obvious that you take pride in LEGO brick building. |
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October 22, 2009 |
Wow, that's some really nice work there. And all the details. I'm stunned! |
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October 20, 2009 |
shaun, u r truly the master |
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October 18, 2009 |
awesome! it would be even cooler if was a full building |
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October 18, 2009 |
how in the world do you think of making all those pieces just to make the top of a pillar! Very well done!!!
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October 17, 2009 |
amazing, absaluatly amazing! great tescture and great build. |
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October 17, 2009 |
THIS IS THE WORK OF A TRUE PROFESSIONAL! |
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October 16, 2009 |
I'm not sure if there are words to describe how amazing thing creation is! I'ts so detailed and the size in just uncanny! There is no way i could rate this creation anything other than the highest. =) |
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October 16, 2009 |
Those pillars are just too darn awesome! |
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October 16, 2009 |
Those pillars are just too darn awesome! |
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October 15, 2009 |
I just stumbled across this build and I'm glad I did!! It really is a beautiful build. The detail is amazing! Great work! |
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October 14, 2009 |
beautiful! Stock exchange building has never looked so tempting! |
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October 13, 2009 |
I saw this in the "most popular" section and I was like "Who's this guy?" Then i saw it was YOU, and now I feel stupid! Wow! That's all I have to say:) |
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October 13, 2009 |
Actually, Sean, LEGO used that tecnique in set #7990... |
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October 13, 2009 |
Amazing. Just Amazing. |
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October 12, 2009 |
wow incredible. period. |
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October 12, 2009 |
It is about time that someone cares about the economy. Good job! |
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October 12, 2009 |
Very nice work there. I like the columns (and the fact that they're twisted) and the little balconies (they are balconies, right?) best. |
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Clone Revan October 11, 2009 |
Wow! Another Great Moc! A soon as i see one of your mocs i know it's yours without lookin. |
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October 10, 2009 |
I really want to start a petition to raise the rating bar. This is just spectacular! |
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October 10, 2009 |
Cool! very detailed! and I wrote something in mocpages help I need you to look at asap. thanks. |
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I made it |
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October 10, 2009 |
Quoting Spencer R.
Awesome! Nice documentation. I'll just pretend I didn't see the illegal connection in step #5!
Nothing illegal in step 5! It's a 5x5 chunk set atop a 3x3 chunk. That said, Step 4 is technically illegal by TLG product design standards. (Technic holes are a fraction of a millimeter higher than those side-studs.) |
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October 9, 2009 |
Awesome! Nice documentation. I'll just pretend I didn't see the illegal connection in step #5! |
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October 9, 2009 |
AMAZING SEAN! |
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October 8, 2009 |
Another beautiful build. Great job! |
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October 7, 2009 |
Perfect work!! you are the best!!! |
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October 7, 2009 |
Man you're good! All those details, that really is excellent.. |
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October 7, 2009 |
WOW thats amazing! |
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October 6, 2009 |
holy this is amazing!!! |
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insane! absolutely stunning! amazing unbelievable undescribable! holy cow - wow! |
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October 6, 2009 |
Most impressive! Love those pillars. |
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October 6, 2009 |
O_o Whoa, it's amazing! How you've managed to fit so many details in is incredible, and the capitals are GENIUS! 5/5! :) |
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October 6, 2009 |
Great work Sean. And thanks for the 'reveal' on the pillar design. That is really stellar! Once again you have created something that just leaves me in awe. Now you just need to add some cops leading the crooks that work on Wall Street out of the exchange in shackles. ;-) |
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October 6, 2009 |
Wow! You ACTUALLY used slopes in this one. Nice MOC, Sean! I'm especially impressed with the figures and... Whatever you call the house version of greebling.
Good day |
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October 6, 2009 |
Definitely a wow there... wow. |
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October 6, 2009 |
dang... |
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Dave and John Xandegar October 5, 2009 |
What can you say but WOW!! Everything about it is spectacular, from the lower level balconies to the incredible fresco and everything in between. Those capitals are priceless...and so much simpler than one would think. When we grow up we wanna be just like you (LOL)!
Your Pals, D&J:) |
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October 5, 2009 |
Nice job Sean. |
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October 5, 2009 |
This is a masterpiece yet again from you! I LOVE IT! It's weird though. You post more than me :) !!!!! |
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October 5, 2009 |
This is so detailed.GREAT WORK!!!!! |
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October 5, 2009 |
This is so detailed.GREAT WORK!!!!! |
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I think that this sculpture resides in the "Sean's best" category. Originally the unique columns brought my attention here. I've seen and experimented with a lot of types of columns and this is the most masterful design I've seen so far. The Corinthian style capitals would be a pain and much harder that the simple Doric style that is seen mostly in Lego, due to the squareness of the capitals. The use of this capital makes your structure challenging and great in appearance.The sculptured filled pediment is also a very nice touch and was executed flawlessly. Overall, the pediment and capitals "upper columns to top of the triangular piece" were the highlight of this MOC. I've never seen this style represented before, especially in this way. I think that it's these styles are the fine line that separate a master builder from an apprentice. I'm speechless, Sean. -Dylan |
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October 5, 2009 |
I like this MOC a lot. I visited the stock exchange two years ago. You captured the front facade realy well. For my library MOC I used some different techniques for the top triangle, but what you've done looks great as well. Ofcourse your scale is slightly larger than mine. Nice solution on the K, I had some difficulty with the R and I see you've used a similar solution for that letter as well. All in all thumbs up. Kind regards, Teddy |
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October 5, 2009 |
Brilliant! What would we expect from the master!? Great techniques at the top of the column, great work all around. |
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October 5, 2009 |
genius |
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October 5, 2009 |
astounding Sean, this is truly a work of genious, especially those pillars! ~T |
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October 5, 2009 |
Sean, you are such a Lego doric. Ha ha! |
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October 5, 2009 |
now i know how to build a pillar, and knowing is half the battle! ... =) |
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October 5, 2009 |
Very accurate. Awesome detailing too.The whole thing is fantastic. |
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October 5, 2009 |
nice moc I really like the pillars |
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October 5, 2009 |
You have captured this famous monument to capitalism very well. I especially like the fine corinthian capitals which are part of the most difficult of the classical orders to recreate in LEGO. |
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October 5, 2009 |
Woah! Nice! Another great build from you and another great one. Amazing recreation. Great job, well done. |
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October 5, 2009 |
Woah, that's huge! And really great too! |
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October 5, 2009 |
Outstanding work Sean! |
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October 5, 2009 |
Now THAT´S a nice MOC!
Extremely interessting and inspiring!
Thanks for the close-ups of the details and the how-tos!
I would like to see something more with the windows and glassing, and the "small" door on the left side... ;-) |
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October 5, 2009 |
This is amzing, exactly what I would come to expect from you! |
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October 5, 2009 |
Nice work Sean. The only thing missing is the iconic American flag.
Great job on the statues at the top! |
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October 5, 2009 |
Great architectural design!!! And accurate too! |
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October 5, 2009 |
Great Job! PS Thanks for creating MOCpages. That is probably the most detailed building I've ever seen in my life. 1,000,000/1,000,000 lol Its better than 5/5 |
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October 5, 2009 |
Awesome! This is so cool and true to the real facade of the New York Stock Exchange. The detail is unbelievable like in the pillars or the sculptures at the top. Thank you for the instructions on the pillars, but I don't think I have anytime to use those yet. Awesome piece. Keep building! -Anthony |
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October 5, 2009 |
Magnificent structure from the tops of the pillars to the figures in front! This is a work of architechural art! |
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October 5, 2009 |
Awesome! Stunning! |
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October 5, 2009 |
Wow ! Words can't describe how wonderful this moc is. |
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October 5, 2009 |
At first glance, I thought, "That can't be LEGOŽ". But it is! Fantastic! |
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October 5, 2009 |
Amazing moc pages needs more people who put this much time in there work. |
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October 5, 2009 |
Sean, this is awesome. The frieze looks amazing and I love the combo of Miniland and Mini-figure scale. The behind-the-scenes instructions are the icing on the cake. Nice work. |
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October 5, 2009 |
OMIGAWD THAT IS SOOOO COOL! |
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