Things I learned today:

There is a Lego-building group that focuses on constructing landmark Calgary buildings.

It took Roy Nelson five years and about 8,500 pieces of Lego to build my favorite Calgary building, The Bow.

Here’s a side-by-side comparison:

(Actual building pic from here, Lego building pic from the site linked above)

Isn’t that a beautiful building? The fact that he’s got a giant Lego head as that wire mesh head statue is pretty awesome.

If I had money to spare to buy this, I totally would. I dig this kind of stuff.