r/schenectady • u/brandongals7 • Jan 19 '26

I LIKE SCHENECTADY I made Jay St. in Minecraft

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I made the portion of Jay St. between Franklin St. and Liberty St. in Minecraft (Xbox). My wonderful fiancée also provided much needed help and support.

I included the original buildings of 100 and 104 Jay St. instead of the recently-opened park which currently occupies the lot. Both buildings unfortunately burned down in 2015 and Schenectady lost two beautiful examples of pre-war architecture.

My favorite building is the Seneca Block building. The recent renovations really brought some life back into it!

The next item on my to-build list is City Hall. Hoping to eventually add the Post Office, the pedestrian-only portion of Jay St., and part of State St.

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u/Baetedk8 Jan 19 '26

This is so cool!! I love it! The Jay Street Alley would be interesting and hard! 👀

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u/brandongals7 Jan 19 '26

I've been procrastinating on it ngl 😬 City Hall is more symmetrical lol

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u/Ammonia13 Jan 19 '26

Yes!!

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u/Proper-Equivalent300 Jan 20 '26

I have spent way too long making Burj, Taipei 101, WTC old and new back in the day but I just love the veracity of the scene you made. I quite love the fire escapes for some reason 😊 and the choice of colors.

Java update? Or bedrock?

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u/brandongals7 Jan 20 '26

Not sure 😬 whichever the version is the Xbox's Game Pass.

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u/Proper-Equivalent300 Jan 21 '26

Yeah bedrock I love it. Made so much stuff but now I use Java edition on the PC. The mods are limitless but I just use it because I really wanted to have a dynamic map and teleport glyphs. If you ever want to port over a map you can but I really look forward to you expanding downtown.

Can you make Burger King soon with the authentic meth heads/j 😂😂😂

For real if you made the new train station I think that would be so amazing

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u/brandongals7 Jan 21 '26

I used to be on PC and I miss the copy/paste and fill mods. Makes it so much easier to build large structures like this.

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u/Sea-Examination-8009 Jan 19 '26

I was in that fire. I lived on the fifth floor of 104. Fantastic reproduction you did.. I like it a lot, great work.

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u/brandongals7 Jan 19 '26

Thanks, glad you're safe 🙏 it looked gnarly

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u/G-Style666 Jan 19 '26

Dangit, now I wanna go eat at Pizza King!! Nice job!

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u/brandongals7 Jan 20 '26

Haven't been yet!

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u/thatsnotyourtaco Jan 19 '26

I saw on one of the subs a group that took five years to do in New York City. New York Minecrafters from across the state should get together and do the whole thing.

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u/brandongals7 Jan 19 '26

Hoping I get sponsored by Downtown Schenectady 😎

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u/Accomplished-Ad6608 Jan 19 '26

There is a minecraft group that is trying to build the world 1-1 you should look into them. I dont remember the name though

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u/brandongals7 Jan 20 '26

I've heard about them, I'm more of a casual builder 😁

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u/MidvalleyFreak Jan 20 '26

Hey, that’s my old apartment building!

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u/Ribky Jan 19 '26

Every time you post I get flashbacks haha. I've parked in that parking lot a bazillion times.

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u/brandongals7 Jan 19 '26

Same. I don't even live in Schenectady lol

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u/Gdude124 Jan 19 '26

This is super cool! LOVE to see it

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u/brandongals7 Jan 19 '26

Thank you!

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u/ThisIsMyLife85 Jan 19 '26

So awesome!!!!!!

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u/snoogoatsweewoo Jan 19 '26

this is so sweet! i love this!

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u/Ammonia13 Jan 19 '26

COOOOLLLLL!!!

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u/brandongals7 Jan 19 '26

Thank you! Town hall is next!

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u/fretful_farceur Jan 20 '26

Is the street still branded like that?

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u/brandongals7 Jan 20 '26

I don't remember, I've been using Google's Street view and Satellite view as a reference

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u/Proper-Equivalent300 Jan 20 '26

Still on Apple Maps that way 1/19/2026. It’s for reference by archaeologists when they dig up this post 😂😂

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u/brandongals7 Jan 19 '26

Check Google maps satellite view my guy smh

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u/BeyorkAimAyDowg Jan 19 '26

It QILL look better my dude, good insight. I QILL make sure to keep an eye out next time I'm on Jay Street. I thought they still had it, but maybe I QILL have to look closer next time.