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This is my third BAT: the Booktower of Ghent
The Boekentoren, (Dutch for Book Tower) is a famous building located in Ghent, Belgium.
Designed by the Belgian architect Henry Van de Velde.
It is part of the Ghent University Library and currently houses 3 million books
The real building:
Although the tower is only 60 metres high (+ 4 metres antenna), it makes a huge impression as it is located on the highest point of the city called de Blandijnberg.
Van de Velde designed it in 1933 to be the fourth tower of the city completing the famous three towers of the Middle Ages: the Saint-Nicolas Church, the Belfry and the Saint Bavo Cathedral.
The tower was finished in 1939.
Together with these 3 towers, the so called "Tower of Wisdom" helped Ghent realising the dream the town had since it hosted the World's Fair in 1913 of creating a "Parade of Towers".
The zipfile contains two folders (it's best if you choose one):
1) College:
This BAT is a new college for your city (it doesn't replace the original city college). It's the tower + a lowrise building
Plop cost: 40000
Max cost monthly: 1200
Max number of students: 1200
Lot size: 8x3
Water: 10
No pollution
Nightlight: yes
Large boost for IQ for surrounding population
Dependencies: Belgian Road Pack
2)Library Version2:
This BAT is a new library for your city (it doesn't replace the original library). This is just the tower (no lowrise) with a self-designed entrance (nightlighted)
Plop cost: 10000
Max cost monthly: 3600
Max number of books: 10000
Lot size: 3x2
Water: 5
No pollution
Nightlight: yes
Large boost for IQ for surrounding population
Dependencies: No
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Many thanks to: Simfox, JasonCW, Simhottody, WC_Eend, Brutalizer and everybody that helped with the progress
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