Minecraft Project: Postwar Lower Manhattan

Update: 510 Buildings now.

Added:
World Telegram Building
Tenements from the old Washington Market area
Bogardus Building(same neighborhood)
40 Rector Street
Trinity Church(#500, still incomplete)
28 West Street
The Gas station on the site of 90 Washington Street
Diner and tenement at the corner of Rector and Washington
Battery Garage (only the 1950 version, the awful addition was built in 1968)

I’ll add photos after and extend the list as well.

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Update again; 512 buildings.

I got bored and built the Whitehall Buildings at last; considering the others are done, that block is nearly complete. The only exception is the small park area, which was pulled up and replaced by that giant black box at 2 Washington Street.

Here are photos;
World Telegram Building and it’s extinct neighbors (WIP)


Laing Stores at Washington and Murray

Downtown Athletic Club and 21 West

Whitehall Buildings (added 2 hours ago)

Gas Station (Diner/tenements not shown) at the site of 90 Washington Street

Aerial of Singer Building showing the newly completed block bound by Greenwich, Albany, Washington and Cedar

Tunnel Area

Trinity Church (Still incomplete)

1950 Battery Parking Garage

These have nothing new, but here are some shots of some lost or forgotten landmarks from a few weeks ago I admire that I thought I’d share. Until next time…

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This looks so good! Can’t wait to see the finished Trinity Church!

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Thanks. I’m working near the tunnel and Battery Park (and I might add the dun building because of requests) but one day I’ll get back to it.

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The Whitehall has always been my favorite Building of yours, no idea why lol🤣

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This is really great work dude. It’s really like a time machine. For those of use who didn’t get to see nyc at that time, it’s a real treasure.

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Thanks; I try to aim for accuracy as great as possible, I get cast in the shadow though by all of the younger kids that recreate the twin towers terribly and try to show off as if they’re the overlord. One day that’ll change.

But anyways, time for yet another update. We have 535 buildings now. Additions;
294 Broadway, Dun Building - Demolished 1969
296 Broadway - Demolished 1970
298 Broadway, Chanler Building - Demolished 1970
300 Broadway - Demolished 1970
302 Broadway, Vincent Building - Demolished 1970
Thanks to floorplans and different resources from Fordham I was able to give the Vincent Building it’s proper floorplan.

Additions, continued;

291 Broadway
299 Broadway
Broadway Chambers Building
285 Broadway (WIP)
279-283 Broadway, on the site of Reade57(WIP)


Near Battery Park…

Added the South Ferry Building, demolished in 1969 for 1 State Street Plaza. It is actually 6 buildings in one; two 12 story wings, one 6 story wing, and 3 separate 2 story portions.

Began the curvy tenements between the Ferry Building and Chesebrough Building. Not quite done.

On another note, I finally finished the West Side Highway. It is done from Warren Street to Joseph P. Ward Street.

That’s it for updates and addons as of current. I’m planning to do more south near the ferry area. I made a lazy MS Paint chart of upcoming buildings, if all goes to plan.
(I’m going to take this time away to say 15 Moore Street is an awesome building)

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Question, how north are you planning on Building? Considering now you can technically build the entire island

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A few blocks north of Canal Street or Canal Street itself

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Miniature Update: I started near the Brooklyn Bridge area again.

So far I bulldozed the end portion of the bridge to redo it, renovated the World Building, and added a few tenements on the block with the Black Building (1905-1962).

My paranoia is getting to me: can anyone help me locate color pictures of the St. Paul Building from the 1950s? I’ve seen the colored photos and postcards from the early days, but I’m digging for a color photo from the late years, as it was demolished in 1959.

I’ve found a showing of demolition from early 1959:

but still nothing on color photos.

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Are you gonna add that elevated train thing on the east side near the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridge? And the subway system in general?

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Not sure about the subway but I’ll have to add the 3rd Ave El that runs through the east side of downtown since it was dismantled in 1955

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Shameless Update:
I haven’t added anything new but I’m fixing my sleep schedule to allow for actual progress to happen again.

If my plans go through I have a few areas to target:

Target 1:The buildings north of the German American Building, such as the demolished Federal Reserve Warehouse;

Target 2: The piers west of Radio Row on the West Side Highway;

Target 3: Buildings and lots near the Brooklyn Bridge, potentially Tweed’s Courthouse

Target 4: The south block of Chase Manhattan Plaza, including 28 Pine Street (which I can’t find frontal photos of)

Hopefully I can live up to my potential.

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Well I’m starting the south Chase Block and I can’t find a frontal or base photo of 30 Pine so I’ll probably have to pay for a tax photo, considering they won’t finish digitalizing the damn things and I won’t be going back to NYC till october at the earliest.

I hope the money doesn’t go in vain

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In the mean time, you should start the 3rd Ave El because that would look awesome!

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I’ll probably start it when I spread toward Chatham Square which is the best place it runs through considering the surrounding beauties

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Well time for another update:

I added a few more buildings:

-24 Pine Street,
-30 Pine Street,
-Manice Building,
-Home Insurance Building,
-Wadsworth Building,
-36 Pine Street
-40 Pine Street
-Continental Fire Building

All were demolished 1961-62 for the south Chase Plaza area.

I also finished the block off directly east of the Singer Building.

The year is now 1961. The 1 year anniversary is tomorrow, 8/26, and I wanted to try setting the year to what I initially wanted, 1961.

The main plus is I get to have Chase Manhattan without the plaza space…

And 2 Broadway with the old Kemble Building.

I might change it back eventually, but the original 1954 copy was deleted because Microsoft sucks ass so if I go back I might go for 1956-57 to have 49 Wall Street and the Produce Exchange again.

My main hope if I change back is late 1956, so that I can have the Brooklyn Bridge onramps, as well as 20 Broad Street(sadly) but keep 49 Wall Street, 218 Broadway, and the Produce Exchange.

We’ll see how time treats this issue, but I will still progress.

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How you gonna get that window design with that semi modern building in the most recent pic?

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Not sure actually. I’ll find a way though if I don’t retreat back to 1956, I remember I had an idea a while back but lost it

I’d probably put buttons over every other panel and use a pattern two different glass colors

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Well, I had another vote, which was 5-2, so the year will be 1956 now.
Changes:

Atlantic Mutual Site: Old Building :white_check_mark:
Stock Exchange Site: New Building :x:
Newspaper Row: Missing World Building :white_medium_square:
Chase Site: Excavation :white_medium_square:
2 Broadway: Produce Exchange :white_check_mark:

Until next time…

(If I get enough backlash I might go back to 1954 but I kinda like the idea of the Tribune Building dominating alone)

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