Thousands of players join forces to build New York City in Minecraft at a 1:1 scale

The project is part of Build The Earth, a global initiative launched by YouTube creator PippenFTS to recreate the entire ...
Dexerto

Minecraft players spend five years building New York City to scale

There’s now a full 1:1 scale version of New York City in Minecraft, built by a dedicated team over the course of five years.
Yahoo

Minecraft goes from game to learning experience in NYC classrooms

JAMAICA, Queens (PIX11) — Some NYC Public School students are designing their own visions for the city inside a popular video game. At Thomas Edison High School in Jamaica, Queens, students are using ...
Staten Island Advance

NYC launches annual Minecraft education challenge: How to participate

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It’s time to get ready for a battle of the boroughs, in which New York City public school students will go head to head in the video game Minecraft to help create the most ...
Government Technology

NYC Schools Launch Minecraft Contest to Design City Spaces

(TNS) — It’s time to get ready for a battle of the boroughs, in which New York City public school students will go head to head in the video game Minecraft to help create the most inclusive ...
The Daily Dot

A Minecraft team is rebuilding New York City at scale. It’s been over five years of work so far

Minecraft can seem like a simple game of building blocks to the casual observer, but the community repeatedly proves time and again just how far the tools can stretch. Over the years, players have ...