Kawkawlin, MI – In a shop just off M-13, a team of six artists has worked for the past month to recreate an ancient and significant piece of history now on its way to New York City.
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Come June, visitors to the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn will be able to see the 24-by-11-foot replica of Jerusalem’s Western Wall — also known as the Wailing Wall — built by Niche Design of Bay City.
“This is one of the big ones,” said Martin Roznowski of Niche Design, who led the construction effort. “To be able to work on something this prestigious … I’m very proud.”
The real wall has stood in Jerusalem since 19 B.C., when King Herod expanded the area around the Temple Mount. The Western Wall is the last remaining wall of the site and is considered among the holiest locations in Judaism.
Roznowski and his team members put the finishing touches on the replica wall Tuesday in a space lent to the firm by Holsinger Manufacturing, 2922 S. Huron Road in Kawkawlin. The wall then was disassembled, packed up and shipped out.