TOOTHPICK CITY II: Temples and Towers

How many toothpicks does it take to break the world record for a toothpick structure?

Spend your February Break Week (14th-22nd) watching creator Stan Munro build his amazing exhibit titled: TEMPLES AND TOWERS.  The exhibit will be a collection of more than 20 famous religious buildings and tall towers from around the world standing side by side on a 20-foot diameter circle platform.

“The exhibit will honor architectural achievement, religious diversity and historical accuracy,” says Munro.

Made with only with toothpicks, and Elmer’s Glue, Toothpick City II will be the largest toothpick structure in the world with almost 4 million toothpicks used when completed.

The centerpiece of the exhibit, the Burj Dubai tower, will stand almost 19 feet tall. All major religions will be represented in the exhibit re-creations of famous cathedrals, temples and mosques.

Buildings will include:

• The Grand Mosque in Mecca,
• The Vatican,
• The Blue Mosque in Istanbul
• Notre Dame in Paris.
• Plus Many more

Munro has been working on Toothpick City II for approximately four years and will continue to construct  the collection (which will total 40 structures and will break the world’s record for the largest toothpick structure) all while on exhibit at the MOST with an estimated completion date of December 2009.

Stan Munro is originally from Rochester, New York but currently lives in Syracuse with his wife. A full time “tooth-picker”, Stan began Toothpick City I: A History of Skyscrapers, in 2004. He sold it in 2006. It is currently on display at The House of Katmandu in Mallorca, Spain.

Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology. Syracuse, NY.
500 South Franklin Street, Syracuse, New York 13202. Phone (315)425-9068