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[[Image:Meadows Park (GTA4) (northeastwards).jpg|thumb|350px|right|Meadows Park as viewed to the northwest from the southwest edge of the area.]] | |||
'''Meadows Park''' is the name of a large, public park and its adjacent community in central Dukes. It is bordered to north by [[Dukes Bay]]; the [[Dukes Bay Bridge]], Hewes Street and San Jacinto Avenue to the west ([[Steinway]] and [[East Island City]]); Charleston Avenue and Savannah Avenue to the southwest ([[Cerveza Heights]]); Tudor Street to the southwest ([[Meadow Hills]] and [[Willis]]); and the Broker-Dukes Expressway to the east ([[Francis International Airport]]). | '''Meadows Park''' is the name of a large, public park and its adjacent community in central Dukes. It is bordered to north by [[Dukes Bay]]; the [[Dukes Bay Bridge]], Hewes Street and San Jacinto Avenue to the west ([[Steinway]] and [[East Island City]]); Charleston Avenue and Savannah Avenue to the southwest ([[Cerveza Heights]]); Tudor Street to the southwest ([[Meadow Hills]] and [[Willis]]); and the Broker-Dukes Expressway to the east ([[Francis International Airport]]). | ||
==Character== | ==Character== | ||
The residential area of Meadows Park along Savannah Avenue is | The residential area of Meadows Park along Savannah Avenue is reminiscent of quaint, upscale neighborhoods in New York City such as [[wikipedia:Brooklyn Heights|Brooklyn Heights]] and [[wikipedia:Gramercy, Manhattan|Gramercy]], featuring rows of brownstones. | ||
The park area itself appears to features remnants of a world fair organized during the 1960s<ref>www.peepthatshit.com/sightsmedows.hmtl (In game website.)</ref> (alluding to the [[wp:1964 New York World's Fair|1964 New York World's Fair]]), with only a few reminders of the event standing. Portions of the park has since been converted for other recreational uses (including a series of outdoor tennis courts and a baseball field), but the park has generally remained lush with trees and fields. | |||
==Points of interest== | ==Points of interest== | ||
The park is home to [[The Monoglobe]] and [[Liberty State Pavillion Towers]]. | The park is notably home to [[The Monoglobe]] and [[Liberty State Pavillion Towers]]. Other noteworthy structures include a solitary building fronting the Monoglobe that houses tennis courts and an ice skating rink on one side and a museum on the other, and two bronze statues, each depicting a male and female, seen between the building and the Monoglobe: One in the middle of a pond, and another between the pond and the Monoglobe. | ||
==Influences== | ==Influences== | ||
Meadows Park is based on [[wikipedia:Flushing Meadows Park|Flushing Meadows Park]] in Queens, New York. Its Monoglobe is a replica of the [[Wikipedia:Unisphere|Unisphere]], while the Pavillion Towers are obviously supposed to be the New York State Pavilion. | Meadows Park is based on [[wikipedia:Flushing Meadows Park|Flushing Meadows Park]] in Queens, New York. Its Monoglobe is a replica of the [[Wikipedia:Unisphere|Unisphere]], while the Pavillion Towers are obviously supposed to be the New York State Pavilion. The building standing just north of the Monoglobe is a scaled down replica of the [[wp:Queens Museum of Art|Queens Museum of Art]], while the statues between the building and the Monoglobe is an expanded reworking of [[wp:Donald De Lue|Donald De Lue]]'s [[wp:Rocket Thrower]], both located within Flushing Meadows Park. | ||
==Transport== | ==Transport== | ||
The [[Liberty City Subway]] does not stop at Meadows Park, even though it runs along half of the perimeter of the park, even cutting through it at one point. However, [[Huntington Street LTA|Huntington Street]] station, in [[Cerveza Heights]], is only a very short distance away from Meadows Park and may be used by its residents. | The [[Liberty City Subway]] does not stop at Meadows Park, even though it runs along half of the perimeter of the park, even cutting through it at one point. However, [[Huntington Street LTA|Huntington Street]] station, in [[Cerveza Heights]], is only a very short distance away from Meadows Park and may be used by its residents. | ||
== References == | |||
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{{Dukes neighborhoods}} | {{Dukes neighborhoods}} | ||
[[Category:Locations in GTA IV]] | [[Category:Locations in GTA IV]] | ||