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The history of the MetLife Building begins in 1954 as part of the plan to reconstruct Grand Central Terminal. Erwin S. Wolfson developed the project in the early 1960's with the assistance of the architects Emery Roth and Sons, Walter Gropius and Pietro Belluschi. When the doors of 200 Park Avenue opened on March 7, 1963, it was known as "The Pan Am Building" and was the focal point of Park Avenue. Today, this building is known as "The MetLife Building 200 Park Avenue." It stretches from East 43rd Street to East 45th Street and offers direct access to Grand Central Terminal, an important transportation hub in New York City.

The file contains a CO$$ plopable and a combination Grand Central and MetLife Building lot.  The later was based on a request from several users in order to maintain proper spacing between streets and avenues in custom NYC maps.

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I found some recent photos of the restored MetLife here, http://www.travcopaintremoval.com/clientimages/Metlif2.jpg and here, http://forums.wirednewyork.com/viewtopic.php?t=941&start=0 Hope that helps with the textures.

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Ok...fixed the textures. It is still just a landmark plopable. I was testing a version with jobs, but not sure how many to add. Tried around 6500+, but my city didn't have enough demand. It was pretty stable around 2000+ CO$$$. Any ideas?

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2000 CO $$$ seems sufficient. I know this tower is huge, but, sometimes demand isn't the greatest in the world!

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I'm not a proffesional nor have I seen the acctual building or the sky line around it but its scale seems to big for my city. It is however perfect scale for the the back alley kit. Can you scale it down at all? By the way awesome! More and better than I could do!

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Just wow, my dad works in front of this building, so I would know how real it looks and boy does it ever. The texture seems rite on, and also it really is as big in real life. Btw a building like this has between 3-4k jobs. 10 for you

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I love it you've done an excellent job.. its just unfortunate that it doesn't contribute to the game... give me JOBS.. its still is a 10 in my book

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Yes it looks nice. What about creating more NYC building such as MSG or The flatiron building... looks really nice 9/10
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Yay! I have been looking for this building to download for the past few months! Thank you soooooo much! Great JOB!

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i keep trying to download this building, but i keep getting this message after i hit "Download BAT (5.76 MB)". anyone know what the problem is? otherwise, i love your building...the real one is one of my favs here in nyc. i love traveling through the bottom by cab!

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i meant to post the message: The XML page cannot be displayed Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.

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the rest of the message: An invalid character was found in text content. Error processing resource 'http://stex.simtropolis.com/lots/vanderveenre/va... DBPF

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Thank you, thank you, thank you. Looks great! Like I mentioned earlier, this is one of my fave bldgs. I love looking down (or up) Park Ave and seeing it rise majestically over the avenue!

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