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# This Minecraft player is building all of Manhattan brick for brick
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/minecraft-player-building-all-manhattan-brick-brick/
- Published: 2014-03-05T17:11:48.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:28:18.000Z
- Description: We kind of joke when we talk about Minecraft and say that one day the entire structure of the Earth with be plotted in coarse cubic pointillism; but maybe we’re not joking. At least Manhattan will be accounted for, as the ambition of Minecraft creator Christopher Mitchell is to model the 13-mile str
- Author: Jason Johnson
- Tags: News, Architecture, Building, Lego, Minecraft, New York City, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

We kind of joke when we talk about *Minecraft* and say that one day the entire structure of the Earth with be plotted in coarse cubic pointillism; but maybe we’re not joking. At least Manhattan will be accounted for, as the ambition of *Minecraft* creator Christopher Mitchell is to model the 13-mile strip of concrete jungle with 1:1 precision. That means Yankee Stadium, the Chrysler Building, the New York Public Library, Times Square, et cetera; all rendered in the pallor of New York’s iconic grayscale.

How might one man with nothing better to do with his free time pull off such a feat? Well, [according to Ars Technica](http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/03/manhattancraft-the-quest-to-make-a-full-size-city-of-minecraft-blocks/?ref=killscreen.com), by using “orthoimagery, bathyspheric, and elevation data from the USGS EROS service, and 3D buildings from Google’s 3D Warehouse.” Let me translate: He’s relying on information readily available on the net, like Google Maps.

This raises numerous questions. One, is the most important PC game of our time ultimately just a real-world modeling kit, the digital equivalent to those craft store kits that are the domain of classic car enthusiasts and war vets? And the other, more pressing issue: is Kill Screen on the map? It doesn’t sound like it. The modeling stops just shy of crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, which means we just miss it. Drat.