virtual Archives | City Share Canada https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative-tag/virtual/ Wed, 12 May 2021 17:08:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://citysharecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/favicon.png virtual Archives | City Share Canada https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative-tag/virtual/ 32 32 San Francisco’s Chinatown was re-created in Minecraft video game by a group of students and recent grads to preserve the neighborhood’s rich history. https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative/san-franciscos-chinatown-was-re-created-in-minecraft-video-game-by-a-group-of-students-and-recent-grads-to-preserve-the-neighborhoods-rich-history/ Wed, 12 May 2021 17:08:28 +0000 https://citysharecanada.ca/?post_type=initiative&p=2691 Members of the Chinatown Community Development Center youth groups, spent months faithfully re-creating the San Francisco neighborhood in the world-building video game.  A lot of the re-creations were built from images found on Google Images and Google Maps, where crowded streets of Chinatown often obscure certain details these kids are trying to render; in a […]

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]]> Members of the Chinatown Community Development Center youth groups, spent months faithfully re-creating the San Francisco neighborhood in the world-building video game.  A lot of the re-creations were built from images found on Google Images and Google Maps, where crowded streets of Chinatown often obscure certain details these kids are trying to render; in a way, they’re rebuilding the Chinatown of the recent past to keep its tourist aesthetic in the present.

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