Student Replicating Manhattan In Minecraft
Christopher Mitchell, a Computer Science PhD student, is actively replicating Manhattan in Minecraft to scale. So far, he has built Yankee Stadium (which resides in the Bronx), the Time Warner Center, the Chrysler Building, the Brooklyn Bridge, the New York Public Library, a portion of Times Square, Carnegie Hall, the Plaza Hotel, the New York Life Insurance Building, and the Flat Iron Building.
(Source: ArsTechnica)