Airport City buildings in real life

[Jenn B]

Following Teboho's general rule of "complain on the forum and it shall arrive"... I found the Gates of Amun. I just had to realize that the architecture was not of the traditional gates (with only 2 open sides like the Gates of Dendur), but had substantial Roman influence in the form of columns and 4 open sides.

It is the Arch of Septimus Severus in Libya, commissioned by the Libya-born roman emperor. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Septimius_Severus_(Leptis_Magna))

 

[Jenn B]

OK, so I found a close match to the Emperor's Tower. The top and corners of the roof are a dead match for the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, China (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Crane_Tower). It just has fewer levels than the one in the game.

 

[Chloe11111]

OK, so I found a close match to the Emperor's Tower. The top and corners of the roof are a dead match for the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, China (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Crane_Tower). It just has fewer levels than the one in the game.

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Thanks, I will use this. While searching for this, I found an Buddhist proverb that said "better to save one life than build a seven story pagoda". Do you know what the significance is of "seven story pagoda"?

 

[Jenn B]

Thanks, I will use this. While searching for this, I found an Buddhist proverb that said "better to save one life than build a seven story pagoda". Do you know what the significance is of "seven story pagoda"?

Not that I can find. It just means to focus on immediate solutions first, rather than long-term ones first (Liu et al, 2018, BMJ Open, volume 8, article e019351)

 

[Chloe11111]

I think I found the sea food restaurant :

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/K64PNB/sh...2017-shenyang-china-12th-september-K64PNB.jpg

still bugging me that we can't find a non-Alamy pic of this. I would love to include it

 

[LX Air - Teresa]

still bugging me that we can't find a non-Alamy pic of this. I would love to include it

not as cool, but also similar, and non-alamy

Dotonbori Konamon Museum

Konamon Museum is a place where you can eat, learn about and make Takoyaki: Osaka's soul food.

osaka-info.jp

Dotonbori Kukuru Konamon-Museum | Food&Eat | Official web site The Shopping District of Dotonbori-

www.dotonbori.or.jp

 

[Chloe11111]

not as cool, but also similar, and non-alamy

Dotonbori Konamon Museum

Konamon Museum is a place where you can eat, learn about and make Takoyaki: Osaka's soul food.

osaka-info.jp

Dotonbori Kukuru Konamon-Museum | Food&Eat | Official web site The Shopping District of Dotonbori-

www.dotonbori.or.jp

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I saw that. I was hoping someone with a non-North American location could get to different sites with an image of the original one. This is my backup plan though

 

[Jenn B]

still bugging me that we can't find a non-Alamy pic of this. I would love to include it

But the building itself looks nothing like the one in the game. It is sort of like looking for a newspaper building with a giant typewriter on it, or a pharmacy with a giant pill. I think these are all generic buildings with no direct matches in real life.

 

[Chloe11111]

But the building itself looks nothing like the one in the game. It is sort of like looking for a newspaper building with a giant typewriter on it, or a pharmacy with a giant pill. I think these are all generic buildings with no direct matches in real life.

I agree, but the octopus on the building in the Alamy pic is fun

 

[Jenn B]

I agree, but the octopus on the building in the Alamy pic is fun

In that case, these are my favorites.... the Bristol Aquarium one where it is smashing the van is quite good 😁😄

 

[Flyer]

Nice choice @Jenn B. It must be the npc van from the road. It must have bumped into it..... The Octopus is not happy about it though.

 

[Chloe11111]

For the Museum of Gold, I'm really leaning towards Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute.
- the pillars at the front door along with the peak over the front door and first story windows.
- the statues in between the peaks that sit on the second story
- The curved windows on the second story
- The walkway above the windows and below the dome
- even the placement of the holes in the dome that are aligned between the double windows

Really the only thing that is missing in the coloring of the dome. But even then, it looks like copper patina so would be closer to gold when it's new

@TeresaLisboa @Jenn B @Madge59230 @Flyer @Bridogg72

 

[LX Air - Teresa]

For the Museum of Gold, I'm really leaning towards Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute.
- the pillars at the front door along with the peak over the front door and first story windows.
- the statues in between the peaks that sit on the second story
- The curved windows on the second story
- The walkway above the windows and below the dome
- even the placement of the holes in the dome that are aligned between the double windows

Really the only thing that is missing in the coloring of the dome. But even then, it looks like copper patina so would be closer to gold when it's new

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@TeresaLisboa @Jenn B @Madge59230 @Flyer @Bridogg72

Seems good to me

 

[Flyer]

For the Museum of Gold, I'm really leaning towards Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute.
- the pillars at the front door along with the peak over the front door and first story windows.
- the statues in between the peaks that sit on the second story
- The curved windows on the second story
- The walkway above the windows and below the dome
- even the placement of the holes in the dome that are aligned between the double windows

Really the only thing that is missing in the coloring of the dome. But even then, it looks like copper patina so would be closer to gold when it's new

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@TeresaLisboa @Jenn B @Madge59230 @Flyer @Bridogg72

Great find @Chloe11111. Agree.

 

[Chloe11111]

For this one, I went through the skyscraper center and filtered on everything before 1940 worldwide. I went through the 500 tallest buildings around the world in that timeframe and didn't find anything that could even be close to a match. https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/qu...=1885&max_year=9999&region=0&country=0&city=0

 

[Jenn B]

For this one, I went through the skyscraper center and filtered on everything before 1940 worldwide. I went through the 500 tallest buildings around the world in that timeframe and didn't find anything that could even be close to a match. https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/qu...=1885&max_year=9999&region=0&country=0&city=0


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Closest I have gotten is the Paramount Building in NYC. Fairly good match with the entrance and clock tower.

 

[Chloe11111]

OMG, I think I finally found a building in Canada! Missing the front section though. Thoughts? Monique Corriveau Library in Quebec City

 

[Chloe11111]

I also found a great match for the new event building but got it off someone's pinterest and they don't name the building

Update - Found what it is. Check the page in the wiki for details.

 

[LX Air - Teresa]

OMG, I think I finally found a building in Canada! Missing the front section though. Thoughts? Monique Corriveau Library in Quebec City

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Real one is much more pretty

 

[Chloe11111]

I'm really disappointed about the college of music. One building that overtakes the search results is the Royal College of Music. And while there are definitely similarities, there are so many things about the building that wrong. And it may have more in common with the Royal Conservatory of Music but that is wrong too.