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New Bond St London, by Mattb325.
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Originally posted in the BAT request thread. 

It is typical of the Georgian-era buildings that dot London's west end. 

It has a very simple facade displaying the typical balance, repetition and restraint that the later Victorian era completely forgot....only it's not, its actually a fake modern replica tacked onto a series of four or five joined-together buildings that run between the main street facade and Barlow place (the lane-way) behind it.

I lived in this area of London for well over a decade and remember the old building...sure enough in 2012, the entire Bond St facade was replaced with the mock Georgian facade that we see today.

I rather like the former higgledy-piggledy Edwardian facade, and will do a version of that, soon (if there is sufficient interest from the community)

Despite it's fancy new facade with Chanel as the anchor tenant, and because of how many jumbled buildings are all joined together, this one doesn't typically read as a "high-wealth" offering. 
Therefore, it is offered as a medium wealth, medium density Commercial Services Building on a 1x2 lot. The actual building is 20m wide by 45 deep, so to get it to conform to SC4s 16m grid I have had to make adjustments. None-the-less, there is a lot of visual interest with this one, and it will work well with my other London Building Packs that I have released over the years.

It grows on the Euro Tileset.

It provides 58 medium wealth commercial services jobs.

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STATS CS$$:

Lot size :                 1x2
Growth Stage:        5 (Medium and High Density)
Bulldoze Cost:        $333
Capacity Satisfied:CS$ 223; CS$$ 58
Pollution:                 2 (Air)/ 1 (Water)/ 4 (Garbage )
Pollution Radius:    5/6/0
Power Consumed: 5 Mwh
Water Consumed:  57 Gal/Month
Building Style:         Euro
Occupant Group:    Medium Wealth CS

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NOTE ABOUT DARK NITE vs MAXIS NITE:
There are two model files in this download. You must select the appropriate file from the download. The file suffixed with 'DN' is for those users with a night-time darkening mod installed. The file suffixed with 'MN' is for users who do not have any such mods installed.

If you are unsure whether you have a night-darkening mod installed, then choose the Maxis night version. 

If you use the dark nite version, you will need a dark nite mod. (http://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/23089-simfox-day-and-nite-modd/) 

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DEPENDENCIES:

There are no dependencies required.

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To install, simply unzip the contents of this file into your plugins folder.

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Thank you for this unique building!  It looks great from every angle.  I especially like the wonderful faded wall art!  As I have posted before, you are a rare artist.  And I hereby cast my vote for a higgledy-piggledy version!  Oh, and thanks for no dependencies.

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Thanks for the gift ! (am I wrong in liking the Before more than the After version, though ? Those cathedral windows... *:) ) 

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Beautiful -- simply beautiful !

The narrow lane next to it is EXACTLY what I had in mind.

And -- PLEASE DO make the higgledy-piggledy Edwardian.  These are exactly the sort of buildings that make old business districts look so interesting.  The "Gerkin" is all well and good -- but I much preferred the older London streets for my visits.  I once spent an hour eating a "Wimpy & chips" while examining Admiralty Arch from every possible angle.

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thank you  i love all the details on all sides of the building and would very much like to see the Edwardian facade version   thanks for another high quality addition to SC4

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Hi Matt,

looks pretty nice. One of my Citys was waiting for it ;-)

Thanks a lot for sharing Dude

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First of all: Thanks for making this BAT. I'm very grateful. It is so interesting to see all the different layers this building has and how well that has been worked out. And it is even more interesting with the extra information you gave us. I agree that the old facade is charming too - so please go for it! The wonderful thing about SC4 is that what is gone in real life can rise again in the game ...

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But for now I will enjoy the new version.

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