Philip Sadler is behind a growing Instagram account that showcases Lego-brick recreations of Salt Lake City landmarks, including the 9th and 9th whale, the downtown library and more. He builds many of them with his 11-year-old daughter.
“[There’s] so much attention to detail; recreating the mural colors, road signs and even throwing in the gnomes,” said Stephen Kesler, artist of the piece formally known as “Out of the Blue,” of Sadler’s recreation., when some anti-whale neighbors placed gnomes in the roundabout where it was eventually installed.
Philip Sadler and his daughter work together to make a Lego recreation of a Salt Lake City landmark on July 21, 2023. When Sadler decides on a place to recreate, he usually visits it first before trying to find out the story behind it, such as how long it’s existed and what struggles its owners or creators may have faced to keep it in place.
“Hopefully projects like this can lead in some way, shape or form to investing and getting people to appreciate the real things, so they stay around and the flavor of Salt Lake remains,” Ammott said.
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