Hasta La Gadget!

These fantastic papercraft models will let you reconstruct a little Big Apple at home. And when we say little, we mean it. The models, which depict landmark New York buildings, come as printed postcards, which means 4-5/8″ x 6-3/4″ in size. You then (carefully) cut them out and stick them together.

You can pick the ones you want, but as they cost just $1.50 per building, you could just make the whole set, which includes the Empire State Building, the Flat Iron Building and the IRT Train. There are also a few pdf downloads at the site for you to print and make, and they’re free. These include the World Trade Center and One Times Square, although somewhat inexplicably misses its most important neighbor, Four Times Square, the NYC home of Wired.com.

Even if you’re not thinking about buying these, check out the site. The fifties-inspired design is lovely, and there’s a whole section of links to some very interesting stories (storeys?) of the buildings of New York.

Product page [Build Your Own New York]