A City Severed: How the Draft Riots Tore NYC Apart, A Recreation in Handcrafted Miniatures

“There are better places, and better times, than New York City in July, 1863.”

A City Severed: How the Draft Riots Tore NYC Apart is a short that recreates the New York City draft riots of 1863 (the “largest civil rebellion in American history”) using handcrafted miniatures made by Four Story Treehouse. It is a promotion for Copper, a crime series on BBC America that premieres Sunday, August 19, 2012. We previously posted their historical mugshot creator.

A City Severed

via Copper

Rusty Blazenhoff
Rusty Blazenhoff