A city pack for the Moonlit Atlas book

New York

The classic way into New York is by water, past Liberty, so this set starts there: her torch raised over the harbor, a ferry and a tug crossing, then brownstone stoops, the Brooklyn Bridge and the skyline under the moon. Put it in your Moonlit Atlas book, press the brass button, and sail in.

The Moonlit Atlas book, closed: 8.1 × 6.7 × 2.5 in (206 × 170 × 63 mm). The book is sold separately; with this pack, New York is what folds flat inside it. Scroll to sail in.

Press the brass button. The lid lifts slowly into a night sky with a moon, and New York's three rows stand up with it, upright at 90°.

In by water. Liberty stands on her star-shaped fort at the corner of the harbor, torch raised, and a white ferry and a small tug work the water beside her.

Ashore, a block of brownstones: stone stoops under lit parlor doors, bracketed cornices, and a yellow cab waiting at the curb.

Behind the block, the Brooklyn Bridge: two stone towers with pointed arches carrying the cables, and Midtown's grey-blue towers with water tanks on their roofs.

At the back, against the moon: the spire of One World Trade Center, the Empire State Building's mooring mast, and the Chrysler Building's crown of arches.

Lights out. Windows glow from the brownstones up to the Chrysler crown, and Liberty's torch shines over the harbor. They glow in the dark: no batteries, no wires.

Seen from the water

Picture New York and you picture it from the water: the towers rising behind the harbor, and Liberty out in front with her torch up. So this set is laid out the way the ships see it. The harbor lies in the tray, nearest your hand. The brownstone block stands right behind it, the Brooklyn Bridge behind that, and the skyline rises at the back against the book's moon.

The harborLiberty on her star-shaped fort, a white ferry and a small tug, on the plate in the tray.
The blockBrownstones with stone stoops and lit parlor doors, and a yellow cab at the curb.
The bridgeThe Brooklyn Bridge's two stone towers, and Midtown's grey-blue towers with their water tanks.
The skylineOne World Trade Center, the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building.

Up close

The harbor after dark, on your shelf

New York standing in the open navy book at night: a cream moon and glowing stars on the indigo sky panel, grey-blue towers with rows of glowing windows led by the tall spire of One World Trade Center, the pale Brooklyn Bridge on the left, a row of brown brownstones with glowing windows and a small yellow cab, and a green Statue of Liberty at the front-left corner of the dark blue harbor with a white ferry on the water — New York after dark in the Moonlit Atlas book (the book is sold separately): the windows lit, the stars out, Liberty at the corner of the harbor.

Close-up of the Statue of Liberty in verdigris green with a glowing yellow flame on her raised torch, standing on a cream stepped pedestal and star-shaped fort at the corner of the ribbed dark blue harbor plate, with the brownstones' cream stoops on the row behind — Liberty up close: robe folds, crown and tablet, her flame lit, on the star-shaped fort at the corner of the harbor. The cream walls around her are the book's tray.

Drag to turn the book. Tap a number for its story.

9 landmarks, from Liberty to the Chrysler crown

Walk the set the way the film did, in from the water. Pick a landmark to see where it stands and what the model shows.

Already have the book?

Paris off, New York on

Say your book holds Paris. Each row clicks onto its frame with magnets and V-keys. Lift it straight up and it comes free.

Once Paris's three rows are off, lift its river plate out of the tray.

Drop in the New York harbor: Liberty on her fort, with the ferry and the tug on the water.

Set the New York rows on, back to front. The grooves slide over the keys and the magnets pull each row home. Paris goes back on the same way whenever you want it.

What's in the New York pack

The set

Three building rows and a harbor plate that drop into your book and click onto its frames with magnets. No batteries: after a lamp has charged them, the windows and Liberty's torch glow brightest for 30 to 60 minutes.

Weight: about 4.1 oz 117 g
Made from: PLA
Tallest tower: One World Trade Center, about 5 in 128 mm
Building depth: up to 0.47 in, so the rows fold flat 12 mm

The closed Moonlit Atlas book: navy cover, cream page block and a brass button

Add-on: needs the Moonlit Atlas book

New York needs a book to stand in

This pack is the city only. It stands up inside the Moonlit Atlas book, which is sold separately. The rows click onto the book's frames, so New York swaps with any other city pack in seconds.

See the Moonlit Atlas book