[Zulu2065]

Landmarks in GTA 4

Before you go ahead and lock this, first I'll ask is there any other thread that covers all of the real life buildings and landmarks in GTA 4, not just LC but Alderney too.
Basically post some pictures of the in-game building and a real life counterpart of it. I have a few:

Hotel Theresa as Hotel Hamilton
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/9530/hoteltheresa.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6480/hote...ngta4exteri.jpg

Engine Company No. 2 as Berchem Fire Department
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2620/1201...o2hobokenby.jpg
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2702/berche...epartmentgt.jpg

Harlem Hospital as Holland Hospital
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/8654/harl...ital5bbtjeh.jpg
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/8976/ho...talcentergt.jpg

If you guys have anything else can you post them? Thanks.

[digoko]

Thank you for sharing!

[AlexGTAGamer]

I've got a few.

The Tobacco Warehouse:


Due to the fact that I couldn't find a picture of this warehouse in GTA IV, I've provided a link to a map of it in-game instead (just turn the camera to the left):
http://www.gta4.net/map/?lat=-20.126953125...371&pp=-7.05436

Ashbury Park Casino:




Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital:

[jlamay]

Interesting finds.

Does anyone know what happen to those buildings?

Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital

The Tobacco Warehouse

Ashbury Park Casino

Why their abandon.

I just was wandering about their history.

[Zulu2065]

QUOTE (jlamay @ Friday, Jul 6 2012, 15:37)

Interesting finds. Does anyone know what happen to those buildings? Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital The Tobacco Warehouse Ashbury Park Casino Why their abandon. I just was wandering about their history.

I have no idea what happened to most of these, but the casino has some bankrupt history. They are restoring it I think, but I saw some pages about that being stopped.

Anyways, I got a few more:

Station Square in Forest Hills, Meadow Hills is Dukes:
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/854/424...a4aa23075fb.jpg & http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5175/20100614fhgardens.jpg
& Here it is ingame:
http://www.gta4.net/map/?lat=-2.548828125&...p=-4.11765&pz=1

Here are two real life counterparts of two buildings that exist in Willis, Dukes; these are just north of Forest Hills in real life:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2569/3584...14e785174cb.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3648/3583324...4e1bce6e3_b.jpg

This is the first building I showed but ingame:
http://www.gta4.net/map/?lat=0.52734375&ln...pp=3.97059&pz=1
This is the second building but ingame:
http://www.gta4.net/map/?lat=0.52734375&ln...p=-0.14706&pz=1

This post has been edited by Zulu2065 on Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 06:48

[AlexGTAGamer]

QUOTE (jlamay @ Friday, Jul 6 2012, 22:37)

Interesting finds. Does anyone know what happen to those buildings? Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital The Tobacco Warehouse Ashbury Park Casino Why their abandon. I just was wandering about their history.

I'm a little rusty with the history on those places but I believe it goes like this:

Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital:
The hospital was closed in the 1950s and the operations were moved to a new site in Queens. The building fell into disrepair in the 1970s, the architect inspected the building and then placed it onto the National Register of Historic places. Current redevelopment schemes for the site are currently being thrown around.

The Tobacco Warehouse:
Went out of business after the shipping industry in the Brooklyn area declined. Saved from demoliton in 1998, it is now used as a public space.

Ashbury Park Casino:
Went out of business a few years after WWII, businesses in the area moved to different parts and the building of Mammoth Mall 10 miles away drew crowds away from Ashbury Park, so the casino along with parts of the area became abandoned.

[enjoithepain]

Awesome topic, keep workin on it I'm curious to see more!

[lzw3]

An easy one.

The Statue of Liberty; The Statue of Happiness
http://i.imgur.com/2eH48.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/IdhfA.jpg?1

[ZombLee]

QUOTE (lzw3 @ Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 02:48)

An easy one. The Statue of Liberty; The Statue of Happiness http://i.imgur.com/2eH48.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/IdhfA.jpg?1

holy sh*t!

[lzw3]

QUOTE (ZombLee @ Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 13:25)

QUOTE (lzw3 @ Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 02:48) An easy one. The Statue of Liberty; The Statue of Happiness http://i.imgur.com/2eH48.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/IdhfA.jpg?1 holy sh*t!

What?

P.S. how can you call www.grandtheftwiki.com the REAL GTAWiki if gta.wikia.com was made first and all the admins on grandtheftwiki were originally the admins on GTAWiki and only left because of Oasis.

This post has been edited by lzw3 on Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 03:45

[Zulu2065]

I got a few more from Willis/Meadow Hills, R* put in quite a lot of real buildings from Austin Street, New York:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3640/3583558...d367760ec_b.jpg
http://www.gta4.net/map/?lat=0.087890625&l...p=-0.14706&pz=1
&
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3376/3583254...d39114377_b.jpg
http://www.gta4.net/map/?lat=0.087890625&l...pp=2.20588&pz=1

One MoMA PS1 as SUCA P45
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...irstwardsch.JPG
http://www.gta4.net/map/?lat=1.93359375&ln...8.17929&pz=1.33
They're pretty similar thought the one in GTA 4 looks a bit dumbed down and a bit more grimy.

This post has been edited by Zulu2065 on Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 04:33

[ZombLee]

QUOTE (lzw3 @ Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 03:42)

QUOTE (ZombLee @ Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 13:25) QUOTE (lzw3 @ Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 02:48) An easy one. The Statue of Liberty; The Statue of Happiness http://i.imgur.com/2eH48.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/IdhfA.jpg?1 holy sh*t! What? P.S. how can you call www.grandtheftwiki.com the REAL GTAWiki if gta.wikia.com was made first and all the admins on grandtheftwiki were originally the admins on GTAWiki and only left because of Oasis.

I was being sarcastic, no offense intended.

about the gtawiki, they moved from there but wikia refused to remove the old wikia because they make money from the ads and it's technically wikia's property.
the admins at grandtheftwiki.com wanted everyone to come to the new wiki.

Here's something the site admin/creator said on GrandTheftWiki.com's discussion page:

QUOTE

The only way to fix this would be to make sure we got MANY more websites to link to GTW - so we ask all users to put links to GTW in their forum signatures, on their websites, on their facebook/twitter/youtube and wherever they can to spread the word about GTW. The only other thing we could do is to start paying to advertise GTW. Unfortunately, unlike Wikia, we don't have the budget for that. gboyers talk 16:23, 30 October 2011 (GMT)

This post has been edited by ZombLee on Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 05:05

[lzw3]

QUOTE (ZombLee @ Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 14:50)

QUOTE (lzw3 @ Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 03:42) QUOTE (ZombLee @ Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 13:25) QUOTE (lzw3 @ Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 02:48) An easy one. The Statue of Liberty; The Statue of Happiness http://i.imgur.com/2eH48.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/IdhfA.jpg?1 holy sh*t! What? P.S. how can you call www.grandtheftwiki.com the REAL GTAWiki if gta.wikia.com was made first and all the admins on grandtheftwiki were originally the admins on GTAWiki and only left because of Oasis. I was being sarcastic, no offense intended. about the gtawiki, they moved from there but wikia refused to remove the old wikia because they make money from the ads and it's technically wikia's property. the admins at grandtheftwiki.com wanted everyone to come to the new wiki. Here's something the site admin/creator said on GrandTheftWiki.com's discussion page: QUOTE The only way to fix this would be to make sure we got MANY more websites to link to GTW - so we ask all users to put links to GTW in their forum signatures, on their websites, on their facebook/twitter/youtube and wherever they can to spread the word about GTW. The only other thing we could do is to start paying to advertise GTW. Unfortunately, unlike Wikia, we don't have the budget for that. gboyers talk 16:23, 30 October 2011 (GMT)

I know but Gboyers was just pissed at the wikia staff. GTAWiki is still active and I was an admin until about 3 months ago

[Zulu2065]

^^^Okay...^^^

Anyways I got two other famous landmarks designed by the same architect:
The Plaza Hotel:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Plaza_hotel.jpg
http://www.gta4.net/map/?lat=2.98828125&ln...1.43471&pz=1.33
&
The Dakota Apartments(which is really reduced in size):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...d_Shankbone.jpg
http://www.gta4.net/map/?lat=11.42578125&l...9.26768&pz=1.33

[nic_23]

wow this is an awesome thread keep adding to it keep up the good work

[Zulu2065]

I've got a building from Hove Beach that exists on Coney Island:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6785215...3040468ea_b.jpg
http://www.gta4.net/map/?lat=-36.804199218...4.53226&pz=1.33

I also got one building in Hatton Gardens; in Real life it's 867 Madison Ave. also known as the Rhinelander Mansion:
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9363/86...isonaveat72.jpg
http://www.gta4.net/map/?lat=-5.625&lng=-1...0.86459&pz=1.33

Pier A as Poop Deck:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jag9889/3675748745/
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2010...A4-exterior.jpg

Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park in Castle Gardens(Battery Park in Real Life):
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3115/2438403...d2db74eac_b.jpg
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2010...s-GTA4-park.jpg

I've also got 900 5th Avenue, NY:
http://www.emporis.com/images/show/698609-Large.jpg
http://www.gta4.net/map/?lat=3.251953125&l...6.52165&pz=1.33

This post has been edited by Zulu2065 on Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 20:41

[spaceeinstein]

QUOTE (lzw3 @ Friday, Jul 6 2012, 22:42)

P.S. how can you call www.grandtheftwiki.com the REAL GTAWiki if gta.wikia.com was made first and all the admins on grandtheftwiki were originally the admins on GTAWiki and only left because of Oasis.

GTA Wikia wasn't the first one... Learn your history first.

I bet Wikia doesn't have something I have set up here:
http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/Liberty_City..._York_Landmarks
If Wikia was really better, why did one of your admin copied contents from grandtheftwiki without any attribution a while ago? This blatant breach of the license caused Wikia to be the only site not allowed to use any contents from grandtheftwiki.

This post has been edited by spaceeinstein on Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 20:40

[Zulu2065]

QUOTE (spaceeinstein @ Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 14:34)

QUOTE (lzw3 @ Friday, Jul 6 2012, 22:42) P.S. how can you call www.grandtheftwiki.com the REAL GTAWiki if gta.wikia.com was made first and all the admins on grandtheftwiki were originally the admins on GTAWiki and only left because of Oasis. GTA Wikia wasn't the first one... Learn your history first. I bet Wikia doesn't have something I have set up here: http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/Liberty_City..._York_Landmarks If Wikia was really better, why did one of your admin copied contents from grandtheftwiki without any attribution a while ago? This blatant breach of the license caused Wikia to be the only site not allowed to use any contents from grandtheftwiki.

Uh, why are we talking about which site came first?

[spaceeinstein]

QUOTE (Zulu2065 @ Saturday, Jul 7 2012, 15:45)

Uh, why are we talking about which site came first?

Did you read the quoted statement...

[Zulu2065]

New York City Hall as Algonquin City Hall:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...k_City_Hall.jpg
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2010...A4-exterior.jpg