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Chicago's Trump Tower Is Not The Only Large Trump Sign

CHICAGO (CBS) – If Chicago thought the sign on Trump Tower was big, wait until they see what this man in Michigan did.

A man in Michigan showed his support of presidential candidate Donald Trump is a large way, by mowing 'TRUMP' into his 8-acre lawn.

"I was cutting out there one day and I said, well, it would be pretty neat to put a sign in here," Michigan resident Wally Maslowsky told WWJ's Jason Scott. "Being that I've got a design background I just kind of came in the house and laid it out and plotted some points kinda like you're doing a survey when you're laying out a basement for a house."

Maslowsky said the project took him about four to five hours to complete. He said from the front of the 'T' to the back of the 'P,' it is 330 feet parallel, and top to bottom 176 feet parallel, making the entire sign a little over 58,000 square feet.

Maslowsky said he saw a lot of support for Trump in the area and decided why not?

"I decided, well, I could do this; so just for the heck of it I did it," Maslowsky said. "I mean, that's what retired people do to keep busy, right? …Either that or sit in front of the TV and get old."

His neighbors may be in support of his giant sign, but Chicago was not a fan when Trump decided to make his mark right in the middle of the city with his tower's sign.

Chicago's Trump Tower has been around since 2008, but in the summer of 2014, Trump decided to mark his building with a sign, said to be 'the Hollywood sign of Chicago.'

At the time, city council approved the sign which stands 20-feet high reading the name 'TRUMP' in stainless-steel letters, facing the Chicago river. The letters span two floors of the building, covering 2,800 square feet and are illuminated at night with LED lights.

Shortly after it was hung, the sign became an outrage in the city for its size and distaste.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel called the sign 'tasteless' and 'awful.' Even the building's architect, Adrian Smith, agreed saying the sign lacked taste.

Although unable to remove the sign, Emanuel proposed an ordinance in the fall of 2014 to protect the city's riverfront from 'visual clutter' in the future.

The new rules require building signs to be 550 square feet or smaller, five times smaller than Trump's sign. There is a limit of one sign per building and the sign has to be placed closer to the rooftop. Signs also cannot have flashing or neon lights.

The changes did not affect Trump who saw the ordinance to be a victory, as it ensures that his sign will be the largest and will never face a rival.

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