{"id":32123,"date":"2025-11-07T17:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/32123\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T17:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:29:09","slug":"a-free-gingerbread-city-designed-by-local-architects-is-coming-to-nyc-this-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/32123\/","title":{"rendered":"A free Gingerbread City designed by local architects is coming to NYC this holiday season"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re\u00a0equal parts\u00a0sugar fiend\u00a0and architecture junkie, we may have just found your dream holiday destination. The Gingerbread City<\/a>\u00a0is bringing its winter magic and sweetness back\u00a0to\u00a0the Seaport for\u00a0a free display from December 5\u201328 at 19 Fulton Street.<\/p>\n

It’s created by over 100 New York-based architects, engineers and designers, so you know these gingerbread creations are going to be immaculate. Expect to see city parks, brownstones and skyscrapers created out of cookies, icing and candy. Plus, there’s a chance to learn how to make your own gingerbread creations.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0gingerbread display incorporates\u00a0not\u00a0only city structures, but also uses elements\u00a0like water, snow and ice to create winter wonderland scenes.\u00a0You can see miniature penguins crossing over bridges onto chunks of ice and frozen\u00a0waterfalls\u00a0running through villages. Snowmen, gummy bears and reindeer hanging out in front of lit-up storefronts. A\u00a0mini Santa\u00a0even hangs off a gingerbread skyscraper.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Created by London’s Museum of Architecture (MoA), The Gingerbread City brings an imaginative architectural twist to the classic\u00a0gingerbread house\u2014sparking\u00a0conversations about how we live, design and build\u00a0our cities. Now in its ninth year in London and second year in New York, the pop-up experience\u00a0is designed to\u00a0encourage all ages to see architecture and design in a new (and delicious) way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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For this year’s display, NYC\u00a0expert architects include\u00a0David Ling Architect, Jenny Peysin Architecture, M. Todd Studio Architecture, Rise Projects, Crina Architecture, Rachael Stollar, Yellow House Architects, Beyer Blinder Belle and Daniela Monroy. They worked with the\u00a0assistance of Gendo, an AI platform that turns sketches and early models into photorealistic images in seconds. At the event, Gendo will even debut a\u00a0“Gingerbread Button,”\u00a0which lets visitors transform themselves into gingerbread people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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If you feel inspired by seeing the professionals’ work, you can build and decorate\u00a0your\u00a0own gingerbread house to take home. The Gingerbread City\u00a0will host\u00a0a hands-on, hour-long workshops<\/a> for all ages. While visiting the display is free, workshops are ticketed and cost\u00a0$139 per house (suitable for up to four people). You’ll get a chance to build your own\u00a0community center inspired by this year’s theme, “The Playful City” which asks, “What would our city look like if joy, curiosity and imagination led the design?”<\/p>\n

All gingerbread kits are freshly hand-made to order by NYC’s\u00a0own Padoca Bakery,\u00a0ensuring every creation makes a beautiful, festive centerpiece to take home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The Gingerbread City brings people together through creativity, design and a little bit of festive magic,” Melissa Woolford, founder and director of the MoA, said in a statement. “New York has such incredible creative energy and this year we’re thrilled to invite families and friends to not only see amazing gingerbread designs but to make their very own.”<\/p>\n

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The Gingerbread City<\/a> is\u00a0on view for free\u00a0on weekdays (10am-5pm) and weekends (9am-6:30pm) from December 5\u00a0to\u00a0December 28 at 19 Fulton Street in the Seaport. You can book the gingerbread house-making workshops\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you’re\u00a0equal parts\u00a0sugar fiend\u00a0and architecture junkie, we may have just found your dream holiday destination. The Gingerbread City\u00a0is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1739,2530,10592,2521,1733,1829,2520,2526,2522,2524,1831,4305,9,11,10,2529,904],"class_list":["post-32123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-categories-things-to-do","tag-family-kids-good-for-kids","tag-good-for-good-for-a-rainy-day","tag-good-for-good-for-couples","tag-good-for-good-for-going-in-a-group","tag-good-for-good-for-going-solo","tag-good-for-good-for-going-with-friends","tag-good-for-good-for-locals","tag-good-for-good-for-taking-parents","tag-good-for-vibe-beautiful","tag-good-for-vibe-quirky","tag-more-free","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-news-events-festivals","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}