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[[wp:Battery Park City, Manhattan|Battery Park City]] serves as the entire inspiration for the neighborhood. From its location on a peninsula of sorts separated from the financial district of its city by a major street to it being named after a nearby neighborhood ([[Castle Gardens]] is to Castle Garden City as Battery Park is to Battery Park City), it's obvious as to what Castle Garden City is supposed to emulate. | [[wp:Battery Park City, Manhattan|Battery Park City]] serves as the entire inspiration for the neighborhood. From its location on a peninsula of sorts separated from the financial district of its city by a major street to it being named after a nearby neighborhood ([[Castle Gardens]] is to Castle Garden City as Battery Park is to Battery Park City), it's obvious as to what Castle Garden City is supposed to emulate. | ||
Making the Battery Park City connection even more obvious is the presence of what appears to an imitation of the [[wp:World Financial Center|World Financial Center]] (as the [[WTF Center]], complete with a replica of the famous Winter Garden) along the residential drive that branches off Castle Drive. | Making the Battery Park City connection even more obvious is the presence of what appears to an imitation of the [[wp:World Financial Center|World Financial Center]] (as the [[WTF Center]], complete with a replica of the famous Winter Garden as well as the [[wp:New York Mercantile Exchange|New York Mercantile Exchange]]) along the residential drive that branches off Castle Drive. Other sources of influence from Battery Park City include the lookalikes of [http://www.emporis.com/building/libertycourt-newyorkcity-ny-usa Liberty Court], [http://www.emporis.com/building/the-solaire-new-york-city-ny-usa The Solaire] and [http://www.emporis.com/building/millenniumpoint-newyorkcity-ny-usa Millennium Point] in Castle Garden City, as well as facade elements derived from [http://www.emporis.com/building/conrad-new-york-new-york-city-ny-usa Conrad New York], the [http://www.emporis.com/building/south-cove-plaza-new-york-city-ny-usa South Cove Plaza] and [http://www.emporis.com/complex/gateway-plaza-new-york-city-ny-usa Gateway Plaza]. | ||
==Transportation== | ==Transportation== | ||