Building Gulliver’s Gate

The Whitney Museum of American Art at Gulliver’s Gate.  (Mary Altaffer / AP)

The Seine river, the Champs-Elysees and the Eiffel Tower are depicted in the Europe section of Gulliver’s Gate.  (Mary Altaffer / AP)

Ricardo Martinez of Argentina puts final touches on a cruise ship in the Latin America section of the Gulliver’s Gate exhibit.  (Mary Altaffer / AP)

The Taj Mahal is in the Asia section of Gulliver’s Gate.  (Mary Altaffer / AP)

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., is part of the diorama.  (Mary Altaffer / AP)

The Fearless Girl statue facing the bronze statue of the raging Wall Street Charging Bull is depicted in the New York City section.  (Mary Altaffer / AP)

St. Basil’s Cathedral and the Kremlin at Gulliver’s Gate.  (Mary Altaffer / AP)

A bear crossing a street is shown in the Moscow section of the sprawing display.  (Mary Altaffer / AP)

Times Square is depicted in the New York City section of the Gulliver’s Gate exhibit.  (Mary Altaffer / AP)

Israel is depicted in the Gulliver’s Gate exhibit.  (Mary Altaffer / AP)

A building is made to look like it’s burning in the European section of Gulliver’s Gate.  (Lori Rackl / Chicago Tribune)

Little people use ropes in an attempt to straighten the Leaning Tower of Pisa at Gulliver’s Gate.  (Lori Rackl / Chicago Tribune)

A model builder works on Gulliver’s Gate a few days before it opened to the public in early April.  (Lori Rackl / Chicago Tribune)

A worker puts the final touches on a New England section of Gulliver’s Gate.  (Lori Rackl / Chicago Tribune)