Rebuild Newburgh with Minecraft

Founded in 2021, The Newburgh [Minecraft] Project is an interactive video game where users immerse themselves in the City of Newburgh before Urban Renewal destroyed 1,300 buildings in the 1960s and 70s.

Using the Minecraft platform, Ember Beeler has built 450+ buildings and aims to increase the public’s understanding of the buildings lost but also test the intersection of preservation and gaming technology. Few preservation efforts are as unique, interdisciplinary, and participatory as this project. In Ember Beeler, founder of The Newburgh Project own words “ the goal is to educate and inform people from educational, Hudson River Valley and gaming backgrounds alike, encouraging the virtual revitalization of the City of Newburgh”.

Event Details

Sunday, October 6 at 2pm

Festival hub at 113 Liberty Street

This event is co-sponsored by The Fullerton, Urban Archive and Open Space Institute McHenry Award .

In honor of Barney McHenry’s contributions and accomplishments, the Open Space Institute has established and administers an award to celebrate his leadership and foster future leaders in the Hudson River Valley. The annual award will be used to provide financial support to promising young leaders and exemplary projects that make significant contributions to environmental conservation, environmental justice, historic preservation, tourism, and the arts in the Hudson River Valley.”

This event is organized in partnership with AIA Westchester + Hudson Valley and presented as part of @Archtober, NYC's annual architecture and design festival.