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  1. AGC - Buildings RWS DLC

    Version 1.0.0

    162 Downloads

    This DLC contains buildings without lots (It is a dependency for future lots). Special thanks to @Bobelboy @brancra @IDS2 @Nikolaux and @Tyberious06 for the support Specs: You can find them as AGC_Buildings_ I will update this DLC constantly so you must be on the lookout. Scale of the models: 133% on z axis (Vertical scaling). Installation: Unzip the "Barroco Hispano DLCs" in your Plugins Folder (I highly recommend respecting my folder system because I plan to export or update thousands of BATs). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to everyone who donates! I'll start exporting exclusive BATs to my donors, just send me a DM. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=WF9FDNHXCHDVU
  2. FA2 Garden Apartments

    Version 1.0.0

    55 Downloads

    No dependencies A follow-up from my Postwar Garden Apartments, these are FA2 oriented versions representing the many garden apartment complexes in the suburban northeast, and across the country. They use a custom base model which is similar, but different to the Maxis barracks prop included in the other set. 8 simple landmark lots included, nothing fancy. Left and right rotations. The name is "FA2 Oakdene Gardens" in bldgplop, this is an old file, I hope you like it anyway Use these below to create big complexes, but you don't need them as a dependency.
  3. Pelham Mansions

    Version 1.0.0

    108 Downloads

    Inspired by Portman Mansions in London's Marylebone, these Victorian apartments are the abode of up to 200 R$$$ sims. They grow on a 4x3 medium- or high-density lot under Chicago tileset, or can be found listed as "R$$$_JFF Mansion Block 08" in the "LotPlop" extracheat. As always, the 3d model can be enjoyed from any camera angles, and the all-inclusive file weighs less than 200 KB. DEPENDENCIES: Essential for the model and building: JFF Barry Mansions JFF Commercial Corners Pack 2 JFF Row House MegaPack 01 JFF Row Shops Pack 5 Recommended for trees variety: (BSC MEGA Props - CP Vol01 BSC Mega Props - CP Vol02 BSC MEGA Props Jen_P Vol01 BSC MEGA Props - MJB Vol01 BSC MEGA Props - SG Vol 01 BSC MEGA Props - swi21 Vol01 BSCBATPropsMattb325 Vol02) all contained in the BSC Common Dependencies Pack AGC Environment DLC 3.0.0 or later AGV Heuvelstraat 109 & Stationsstraat 41 BSC Uppark Estate HaS dependencies If you like these apartments, check out my other files and stay tuned for more coming to the STEX! justforfun
  4. Apartment Building 4

    Version 1.2

    94 Downloads

    I needed an extra apartment building so I again took one from free3d.io. I changed the tiles of the roof from pink into a more normal black and made some other changes. It's a medium wealth apartment building which grows on a 6x4 lot in a corner.
  5. Flanders Mansions

    Version 1.0.0

    134 Downloads

    A R$$$ mansion block with a diagonal side, overhanging from a 3x2 lot. Suitable for all camera angles and weighing just 57KB! HOW TO USE: Like most diagonals, it is unlikely this will grow in the right spot, so you may want to: 1. Prompt the Lotplop extracheat, select "JFF Mansion block 07", plop it in the appropriate place, and then 2. Growify the lot as high- or medium-density residential. DEPENDENCIES: Essential for the model and building: JFF Row Houses Megapack 02 JFF Row Houses Diagonal JFF Semidetached Houses Pack 02 JFF Roundabout set JFF Barry Mansions Recommended for the trees: (BSC MEGA Props - CP Vol01 BSC Mega Props - CP Vol02 BSC MEGA Props Jen_P Vol01 BSC MEGA Props - MJB Vol01 BSC MEGA Props - SG Vol 01 BSC MEGA Props - swi21 Vol01 BSCBATPropsMattb325_Vol02) all contained in the BSC Common Dependencies Pack AGC Environment DLC 3.0.0 or later AGV Heuvelstraat 109 & Stationsstraat 41 BSC Mansion - Uppark Estate HaS dependencies If your sims enjoy their new stylish apartments, check out my other files and as usual stay tuned for more coming to the STEX! justforfun
  6. Apartment pack

    Version 1.0.0

    291 Downloads

    3 more buildings from free3d.io I changed the textures and edited it so it fits into SimCity. Unfortunately they don't have nightlights. There is one low wealth building on a 2x3 lot and one medium wealth building on a 4x3 lot. The building on the 9x7 lot can you find in the landmark-menu. If you want to plop them with the buildingplop cheat they are called: - Apartementen pover - Apartementengebouw oranje-wit - Appartementencomplex Dependency (for the path):
  7. Version 1.1

    228 Downloads

    Shoddy Residential $ lots are a thing of the past! To install, simply click on the download link and extract all the files to C:\Users\User\Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins
  8. Modern apartments

    Version 1.0.0

    541 Downloads

    This is a modern apartment building. It stands on a 8x4 lot. I downloaded this model from a free 3D-website, I changed some textures and rescaled it. I also added nightlights. Dependencies: SC4D LEX Legacy - BSC Common Dependencies Pack https://www.sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/22-dependencies/3-sc4d-LEX-legacy-bsc-common-dependencies-pack
  9. Flat Nerenhorst

    Version 1.0.0

    235 Downloads

    This is an apartment building I made to fill a gap in my suburb. It is a 4x4 medium wealth lot. There's only one dependency: if you want to get the lampposts you need Simgoober's props from here: https://www.sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/22-dependencies/3-sc4d-LEX-legacy-bsc-common-dependencies-pack
  10. Gloucester Mansions

    Version 1.0.3

    407 Downloads

    Your sims keep pressing for more upscale residences? Try with this elegant Victorian block inspired by the buildings in London's Gloucester Walk and imaginatively named "Gloucester Mansions". Coming with a manicured inner garden, these dwellings grow on a 3x5 medium or high-density lot under Chicago tileset, and offer classy urban living to up to 200 R$$$ sims. The model is as usual a true 3d suitable for all camera rotations, and only weighs 98KB including the lot. DEPENDENCIES: Essential for the model to appear correctly: JFF Row Shops Pack 01 JFF Row House MegaPack 02 JFF Semidetached House Pack 02 JFF Barry Mansions Recommended for the trees and plants: (BSCBATPropsMatt325_Vol02 BSC MEGA Props - CP Vol01 BSC Mega Props - CP Vol02 BSC MEGA Props - D66 Vol01 BSC MEGA Props - DAE Vol01 BSC MEGA Props - MJB Vol01 BSC MEGA Props - SG Vol 01) all contained in the BSC Common Dependencies Pack BSC Mansion - Uppark Estate AGC Environment DLC 3.0.0 or newer HaS dependencies Do your sims enjoy the view from their new pads? Let me know through likes and reviews, and stay tuned for more coming to the STEX! justforfun
  11. Flat Doetinchem

    Version 1.0.0

    230 Downloads

    This is an apartment building loosely based on a building at 53 Rozengaardseweg in Doetinchem, the Netherlands. It's a medium wealth residential building. It grows on a 2x3 and a 3x3 lot.
  12. Super de Boer

    Version 1.0.0

    182 Downloads

    This is a variation of the building with the C1000. This time it's with Super de Boer. Super de Boer was also a supermarket in the Netherlands. The history of the company began on November 28, 1925 when Evert de Boer opened a grocery store in Hoogeveen. Unfortunately this supermarket don't exist anymore. It was taken over by the same retail chain as the C1000.
  13. Version 1.0.0

    410 Downloads

    The C1000 was a supermarket in the Netherlands. Unfortunately it went bankrupt and it has been taken over by a big and bad retail chain. This building is a multi-use building: the ground floor is a supermarket and the other floors are apartments. It's a low wealth building and it has about 400 jobs (that is really a lot for a small supermarket but this is SimCity 4 logic ). Hope you like it and if there is something wrong please commend.
  14. Unreleased BATs

    Version 1.0.0

    429 Downloads

    Hallo, Here are some BATs that I made for my city. Some are variations of buildings that I released earlier and some are new.. There are 2 apartment buildings, 3 rowhouses and a corner building. There is also a statue of a guitar because I like guitar-music. It's for example for next to a shop to make it look like a music store. Unfortunately the flats and the guitar are missing nightlights but the rest have nightlights. I hope you like it and if there a issues please comment.
  15. Alexandra Mansions

    Version 1.0.0

    615 Downloads

    Inspired by London's Hyde Park Mansions on Cabbell Street, here is an apartment block for your $$$ sims. Since it is not an exact copy of the real building, I just gave it a fictional name. These classy flats grow on a 6x2 medium or high-density lot under Chicago tileset and provide residence to 200 sims. IMPORTANT: this model is an S3D, not a BAT, which means it looks like the ingame automata, with crisp textures yet no shading. It will stand out from other models and look sharper and brighter. Thanks to the "magic" of S3D, the whole file will take less than 17 KB of your disk space! DEPENDENCIES: Essential for the model and building: JFF Victorian Row Shops Pack 01 version 1.1.0 JFF Barry Mansions For the plants and trees: AGC Environment DLC 3.0.0 BSCBATPropsMatt325_Vol02 BSC MEGA Props - CP Vol01 BSC Mega Props - CP Vol02 BSC MEGA Props - MJB Vol01 If you enjoy these models, stay tuned for more coming to the STEX! justforfun
  16. Storefront USA

    Version 1.0.0

    2,909 Downloads

    Storefront USA, by Mattb325. --------------------------------------- The design for these mixed use residential and commercial buildings is so ubiquitous and found in so many different localities from coast to coast in the USA, I'm surprised something similar hasn't been available for download before. It is modeled as an L shaped corner building so you can create courtyard arrangements. In reality, these corner lots are W2W buildings that are typically 4-8 floors with mixed use materials (stone, brick and differently painted render) and reasonably complex massing to create visual interest. In all cases, the retail is located on the ground floor with apartments above. The CS versions contain the maxis storefront: both versions have shaded, seasonal props to eliven the lot. It is offered as an R$$ apartment and a CS$$ growable on the modern Houston tileset. Like all of my work, these are suited to both CAM and non CAM cities alike. This is the temperate version, a tropically lotted version will follow shortly. If you want these to be ploppable, I suggest downloading buggis extra cheats which will enable you to select these from a drop down menu. Stats below: --------------------------------------- STATS CS$$: Lot size : 4x4 Growth Stage: 5 (Medium and High Density Zoning) Bulldoze Cost: $ 432 Capacity Satisfied: CS$ 2,371 CS$$ 595 Pollution: 22 (Air)/ 14 (Water)/ 29 (Garbage ) Pollution Radius: 5/6/0 Power Consumed: 48 Mwh Water Consumed: 573 Gal/Month Building Style: Houston Occupant Group: Medium Wealth Commercial Services Building STATS R$$: Lot size : 4x4 Growth Stage: 5 (Medium and High Density Zoning) Bulldoze Cost: $ 432 Capacity Satisfied: R$ 1,147 R$$ 634 Pollution: 5 (Air)/ 2 (Water)/ 4 (Garbage ) Pollution Radius: 5/6/0 Power Consumed: 9 Mwh Water Consumed: 24 Gal/Month Building Style: Houston Occupant Group: Medium Wealth Commercial Services Building --------------------------------------- NOTE ABOUT DARK NITE vs MAXIS NITE: This download contains TWO model files; one for dark nite users and one for the standard Maxis nite. 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/) --------------------------------------- DEPENDENCIES: *BSC MEGA Props - CP Vol01.dat (https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1180) *BSC Mega Props - CP Vol02.dat (https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2790) --------------------------------------- To install, simply unzip the contents of this file into your plugins folder.
  17. Flat Arnhem

    Version 1.0.1

    480 Downloads

    A medium wealth apartment building for 132 sims. It grows on a 3x2, 2x2 and a 2x3 lot. It is based on a building in Arnhem (the Netherlands) that I saw when I was cycling.
  18. Welcome back to the Zephyr Bay Metropolitan Area journal! In the second entry to the series, we will be exploring the central part of Zephyropolis, the region's largest city. The city of Zephyropolis is commonly divided up into four "districts": Central, which is home to the Central Business District and some of the city's most popular destinations, North, a largely affluent concentration of the city's wealthy residents with an extravagant park system, East, a sprawling plain filled with residences of various incomes, and West, an isolated district separated from the rest of Zephyropolis by a river. This entry will focus solely on Central Zephyropolis, also called the Central City. As the region's premier business, shopping and nightlife destination, the city's core is a great place to discover what makes the city so great - and the challenges that the city faces as an emerging metropolis. Modern-day Zephyropolis stands at a dynamic point in its history. As the city and region have grown, so too have the various factors affecting the city. An increase in suburbanization has created a push to develop freeways through the Central area. So far only one Freeway, the Edmonds Expressway, has been built. However, plans are in place to build more freeways throughout the East and North Sides, and city planners want the new freeways to connect near downtown. While community activists have began fighting such efforts, the city's urban fabric faces an uncertain future. At the same time, the Central Business District (CBD) has began to grow noticeably denser over the past decade. It seems that the buildings downtown keep getting taller and taller. With every new addition to the skyline, the city's "world class" aspirations become ever closer to reality. Many cities pride themselves on being "a city of neighborhoods," and Zephyropolis is no exception. The city has many dynamic districts that cater to different types of people. In the Central City, the most central areas that made up the original city limits are divided into four "Wards", numbered consecutively. After the four wards were established and the city grew outward, city planners took a more creative approach to naming the city's numerous districts. The city's focal point is Central Circle, visible here at the left side of the image. Mitchell Monument stands tall in the circle's center as an inspiration to all who visit the city. Mitchell Monument serves as the starting point for not only the city's grid system, but also the city's crown jewels: Central Park and Zephyr Park. The two sprawling parks are an attraction in themselves and host a multitude of events throughout the year. Spanning four city blocks, Central Park can be seen in the above image. Central Park was once the center of an historic, upscale shopping district. Over the years, as the business district grew, the shopping district migrated North (or down, from the perspective of this image) along Tradewinds Avenue, the thoroughfare in the center that goes outward from Mitchell Monument. Today, only one major department store, Charlesworth's, is still located along the park loop. At the point where Central Park and Zephyr Parks meet stands the Zephyropolis City Museum, which serves as a southern frame to Central Park. This museum is a major attraction, drawing crowds from far and wide. Zephyr Park contains a number of amenities, such as a separated bike path and an amphitheater. The reflecting pool is popular with museum patrons. A busy ferry terminal provides frequent service to Shorewood and Groveport. Another view of the museum and amphitheater. On the park's west side, a large promenade serves as a gathering spot for residents and visitors alike. Several festivals and cultural events take place here throughout the year. Near the water stands the Sculpture Garden, with works on display from both local artists and nationally-renowned masters. In the First Ward, Donnelly Beach is a popular place to relax and enjoy the sunny weather. As a beachfront neighborhood adjacent to the CBD, the First Ward is an affluent, desirable place to reside. As such, it has grown into one of the city's most exclusive and expensive areas. The beach, however, is public property and open to all - much to the chagrin of some of the residents. Immediately to the North of the First Ward is the Second Ward. Largely residential, the center of the neighborhood is the location of the city's Entertainment District. Zephyrus Field is where the Zephyropolis Zephyrs play. Zephyrus, Inc., headquartered in the city, insists this alliterative naming convention is merely a coincidence. A budding theater district nearby is in its early stages of growth. Many well-off Zephyropolians reside in the Second Ward as well, attracted to the proximity of both the Entertainment District and Tradewinds Avenue. The Third Ward is home to the city's emerging Financial District. Many of the city's tallest new towers are located here, as is the city's Stock Exchange. Many residents of the First Ward work here. Surprisingly, the Third Ward is still not a very desirable place to live - the city's former industrial and vice district, Third Ward Docks, was located directly to the west and is only now being redeveloped - so the area still has a large amount of low-income housing. Those days are numbered, though, as new luxury housing has already began to pop up on former industrial land. The Third Ward Docks was once one of the city's major manufacturing districts, and also had a reputation for vice as well. For several decades it was a major industrial jobs center by day and a place to go for illicit goods and services by night. In recent years, many of the old industrial buildings have been demolished as part of urban redevelopment initiatives. However, one holdout has stood the test of time: the Third Ward Market, a prominent vendor's & farmer's market, has grown even more popular with the onset of gentrification in the Third Ward. Well-established in the community, the market has even become a popular tourist attraction - a notion that people thirty years ago would have been shocked to consider. There's even a cruise ship port right next door! The Fourth Ward, when compared to the other three downtown wards, is rather sleepy by comparison, being mostly residential. The neighborhood has historically been an eccentric mix of blue-collar and middle-class residents, with downtown office workers living next to factory workers in dense flats. In recent years, the rise of the Financial District has residents concerned about gentrification and displacement at the hands of the people who are getting priced out of the First and Second Wards. Technically a part of the Fourth Ward, Chinatown is a culturally distinct neighborhood at the Fourth Ward's Northwest corner. The community's main street became so popular that the street was converted into a pedestrian-only walkway. Zephyropolis' Chinatown is a vibrant, bustling community. Sadly, in recent years the neighborhood feels more separated from the Fourth Ward than ever before. Why, you ask? The recent construction of the Edmonds Expressway has not only created a physical barrier between Chinatown and the Fourth Ward, but has also divided the neighborhood of Millview completely in half! These two images show what the area looked like before the highway construction compared to today. Fortunately for the Fourth Ward and Chinatown, their portion of the expressway was elevated, making travel by foot or bicycle more accessible. The residents of Millview were not so lucky. The ground-level highway has made travelling across the neighborhood only possible at two points, and nearly impossible without a car. The neighborhood of Millview - along with Harpertown, its sister neighborhood to the North - has historically been a working-class community. Millview was named after its proximity to the factories in the district now known as The Junction. With so many of the neighborhood's residents working at the local factories, Millview was known as a sort of pseudo-company town. Sadly, Millview experienced disinvestment and depopulation as changing social and environmental factors made the community less desirable. The recent division of the neighborhood by the new freeway has further cemented Millview's status as a fractured neighborhood. In recent years, Millview has seen some signs of gentrification. As the new Junction Research Corridor begins to take shape, Millview is expected to become a more desirable community to live in - or, at least the land west of the freeway will be. On the west side of Central City, adjacent to the Fourth Ward and Millview, stands The Junction, a mostly industrial neighborhood that is beginning to see changes. With the rapid changes occurring to the south in neighboring Third Ward Docks, the city wants The Junction to transform into the city's new hub for tech and innovation. The Junction was chosen as the site of the new Junction Research Park facility, which is expected to be a catalyst for further high tech development in the area. Currently, however, it is still home to a number of factories that have so far resisted displacement. In the center of the city, directly north of Mitchell Monument/Central Park and between the Second and Fourth Wards, is the Tradewinds Avenue Shopping District. This multi-block stretch is home to a variety of department stores and attractions. Locals and tourists alike flock here to shop and dine. The Galleria Grand Central Station, a major terminus for the region's commuter rail network, is located here. The Divenere Tower, once the city's tallest building, stands as the tallest building in this part of the city. Finally, the last stop in our tour takes us to the neighborhood of Hortonia. Somewhat similar in layout to Millview, Hortonia became an upper-middle-class community early in the 19th century. As a result, a variety of boutique condo towers were built in the western part of the neighborhood, closest to Tradewinds Avenue. Over the years, Hortonia has managed to avoid the same fate that has plagued Millview. However, with the onset of new highway development proposals, the people of Hortonia are apprehensive about changes that might destroy the community's urban fabric. A grassroots community organization, Protect Hortonia, is dedicated to fighting against highway expansion into the neighborhood. Whether or not they are successful, however, is anyone's guess. --- This concludes our tour of Zephyropolis' Central City. We hope you've enjoyed learning about the various neighborhoods in this part of the city, as well as their histories and the issues that they face. Next time, we will be exploring the North Side of Zephyropolis, where a grand boulevard and parks system has given the district a sense of oneness with nature. I hope to see you in the next tour. In the meantime, feel free to post any questions or comments below, and I will hopefully not take so long to get the next journal entry posted. Thanks for reading! EDIT: for formatting corrections
  19. Why are my buildings being abandoned ? I made commercial zones, low/medium and high (you don't see them on the photos) is it because they are not in the central of the city ? or not nearby the residential houses/apartments ? The commercial zones are growing, all the buildings are there Thanks
  20. Poplar Apartments

    Version 1.0.0

    864 Downloads

    A cozy little low rise apartment in Denver I saw on the The Shining TV miniseries (thanks to @sarcosis for reminding me where I saw it). I have never been to Denver so I can't add much other than it seems like a decent little neighborhood it is located in. Like most in game apartments it is a 3x2 lot, this one I made into R$ since it looks older and quite plain. Not really sure what else to add, I gave it standard boring night lights but I might go back and give it a manually lit interior at some point.
  21. SM2 56 Glendale St

    Version 2.0.0

    608 Downloads

    SM2 56 Glendale St A small early 20th century 4 stories residential tenement. Many north American cities had lots of these residential buildings. We can still see them today. This model is without a mural. More of my downtown project models coming soon. Lot size 1x1 Growth stage 4 Power req 1 Water req 2 Cap satisfied R-$39 R-$$23 Bulldoze cost 291 It will grow on medium and high density residential zoning. Any tileset. Dependencies SM2 Essentials https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3586 SM2 Mega Prop Pack Vol 6 https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/34872-sm2-mega-prop-pack-vol6/ BSC - VIP girafe carpack vol. 1 & 2 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2821 Simmer2
  22. Flat building 2

    Version 1.0.0

    656 Downloads

    A residental building like my previous one but this time it's based on a building in the south east of Amsterdam. It is a low wealth building with 1112 residents. That are a lot but otherwise maybe it grows to fast. It grows on a 8x2 lot. No dependencies
  23. SM2 60 Glendale St

    Version 2.0.0

    681 Downloads

    SM2 60 Glendale St A small early 20th century 4 stories residential tenement. Many north American cities had lots of these residential buildings. We can still see them today, perhaps with a mural on one of the sides. This is the next model for the downtown project. More of the same type of buildings but with a different color and mural scheme will be available soon. Lot size 1x1 Growth stage 4 Power req 1 Water req 2 Cap satisfied R-$39 R-$$23 Bulldoze cost 291 It will grow on medium and high density residential zoning. Any tileset. Dependencies SM2 Essentials https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3586 SM2 Mega Prop Pack Vol 6 https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/34872-sm2-mega-prop-pack-vol6/ BSC - VIP girafe carpack vol. 1 & 2 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2821 Simmer2
  24. SM2 62 Glendale St

    Version 2.0.0

    694 Downloads

    SM2 62 Glendale St A small early 20th century 4 stories residential tenement. Many north American cities had lots of these residential buildings. We can still see them today, perhaps with a mural on one of the sides. This is one model of a series which I call the downtown project. More of the same type of buildings but with a different color and mural scheme will be available soon. Lot size 1x1 Growth stage 4 Power req 1 Water req 2 Cap satisfied R-$39 R-$$23 Bulldoze cost 291 It will grow on medium and high density residential zoning. Any tileset. Dependencies SM2 Essentials https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3586 SM2 Mega Prop Pack Vol 6 https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/34872-sm2-mega-prop-pack-vol6/ BSC - VIP girafe carpack vol. 1 & 2 https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2821 Simmer2
  25. Fort Lee Duplex

    Version 1.0.0

    722 Downloads

    Need a house? How about 2 at once? Download includes 2 R$$ lots, 3 recolors of the home with nightlights. They house 24 sims each and appear at stage 3/4 on Chi/NY tilesets This is a rather dutiful recreation of some homes in Palisades Park, NJ. I named them after Fort Lee, NJ because that's where I thought they were when I started modelling them, lol. But this type of house can be found over the place in metro NJ/NY. Additionally, I think these are fourplexes. So the whole file name is wrong! (Does anyone else find it pretty funny that the 2 major Koreatowns in Bergen County actually have Korean surnames? Fort Lee, Palisades Park? I crack myself up. Anyway enjoy the thing
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