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The Naito Galleria  1.0

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In the early days of retail, it was nearly impossible for shoppers to resist the lure of a full-service, full-block, terra-cotta faced beauty like this one built as the Olds, Worthman, and King department store in 1910.

While those days are now long gone, the building had been restored for use in a brief retail reincarnation as a shopping mall. Now, it is capable of serving well into the new millennium in the capacity of the home of Western Culinary Institute.

I took some liberty with BATing this building, as I have added back the awnings removed in a recent renovation, leveled out the sloping block, and floodlighting around the entire building (only 3 sides are flood lit in real life).

Additionally, I used a custom LOD as to make the building skywalk-compatible (in case I ever decide to add the building's infamous parking garage across Morrison Street). Also, if you want to add flags as props to the corners, as there are in real life, you may do that in Lot Editor-they'll fit right onto the roof.

The Commercial and landmark lots will query as "The Naito Galleria" in honor of the enterprising brothers, Bill and Sam Naito, who purchased and renovated this building in the 1970's. This was the first in a long line of historic buildings saved by the Naito family.

Installation Instructions:

Unzip and run the installer program. Files will unzip to C:/...my documents/SimCity 4/Plugins/Sparkythepenguin/Galleria (you may change the destination if you wish). You may then go through and remove undesired versions.

Stats:

Lot: 4x4 (all lots)

The growable lots should grow only as a stage 5 Chicago tiles.

Contents:

8 Sorts to choose from!

Galleria Model file

Read-me & associated photos (you are here!)

1 Growable CS$$$ (117 C$$$ jobs, 289 CS$, then 1147 CS$ when degraded)

1 Growable CS$$ ( 289 CS$ jobs, then 1147 CS$ when degraded)

1 Growable CO$$ ( 289 CS$ jobs, then 1147 CS$ when degraded)

1 Polppable CS$$$ (117 C$$$ jobs, 289 CS$, then 1147 CS$ when degraded)

1 Ploppable CS$$ ( 289 CS$ jobs, then 1147 CS$ when degraded)

1 Ploppable CO$$ ( 289 CS$ jobs, then 1147 CS$ when degraded)

1 City College, queries as Western Culinary Institute, with standard college stats.

1 static landmark

dependencies:

None!

Bugs/glitches/annoyances:

None that we are aware of.
Part of Around the Roses: The Portland and Oregon BAT Project.

Proudly bringing you the best of the City of Roses since 2002! Please report any problems with this file to our thread or PM sparkythepenguin here at Simtropolis.

Enjoy!

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Nice one, Sparky! Very realistic, looks like the vintage era department stores that were around in the Baltimore - DC area as well back in the day. Great detail. 10/10

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I can't believe how such a simply-shaped building is something so unique in the game, and I love all the effort you put into this, especially modding all those different versions! This one will go into my plugins folder for sure!
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I'm so glad you got this finished and released, Sparky -- I was looking forward to it. Awesome job!

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... but i just noticed your in game picture, whats the Galleria doing in San Francisco??? Shouldnt there be an asian supermarket there instead lol.

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Most likely, I will use only the growable CS-$$ version, but certainly, your added effort is most appreciated. The general shape of the building isn't too unique, but the detailing and the texture work is top-notch!

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Great job Sparky, very authentic and looks so much like the real one!

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Right before I saw this file, I was on the phone with a good friend of mine who has an office on the second floor of the Galleria! In fact, that's where we met! How cool!

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Is this based off of the flagship Neiman Marcus in downtown Dallas, Texas? It looks great!

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Alexzero77, I don't know if the building is based on anything. :( I do know that the supervising architect was very prolific locally at the time.

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