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== Description == | == Description == | ||
Located in [[Chinatown, Algonquin|Chinatown]], [[Algonquin]] and bordered by Diamond St, Albany Ave and Bismarck Ave, the Dragon Heart Plaza is a massive multistorey building with an evidently Oriental architectural design, being based on the real-life [http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/241canal.html 241 Canal Street] (former Golden Pacific National Bank) in New York City's [[wp:Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown]]. | Located in [[Chinatown, Algonquin|Chinatown]], [[Algonquin]] and bordered by Diamond St, Albany Ave and Bismarck Ave, the Dragon Heart Plaza is a massive multistorey building with an evidently Oriental architectural design, being based on the real-life [http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/241canal.html 241 Canal Street] (former Golden Pacific National Bank) in New York City's [[wp:Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown]]. Being situated within [[Algonquin Triads|Triad]] territory, the building is also owned by the Triads, and was intended to be used to house a Triad club, which had only begun to be set up in 2008. | ||
The building is originally devoid of any interiors in GTA IV, but was modified as new episodic titles for GTA IV were released. In [[The Lost and Damned]], one interior possibly illustrating the Triad's unfinished club area was added for use in a cinematic sequence of "[[This Shit's Cursed]]", but is not accessible in gameplay. In [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], the extent of the building's interior is drastically expanded, encompassing four floors (the first floor is a cramped mall occupied by shops and [[Vending Machines|vending machines]]; the second floor is occupied by an office; the third and fourth floors are being renovated, with the unfinished Triad club on the fourth floor); the player can access the building's interior at any time of the game via the Albany Avenue side. | |||
== | == Prominent appearances in missions == | ||
In The Lost and Damned, the unfinished club area is used as a venue during "[[This Shit's Cursed]]" for [[Johnny Klebitz]] and [[Jim Fitzgerald]] to return a shipment of heroin to the [[Triad Boss]] in exchange for a sum of money, which quickly turned sour; the duo is forced to flee outside along the upper regions of the building before escaping onto an adjoining construction site. | |||
In The Ballad of Gay Tony, the Triad Boss is revealed during "[[Chinese Takeout]]" to have difficulty acquiring a liquor license for the club. [[Rocco Pelosi]] insists that [[Gay Tony]] and [[Luis Lopez]] can grant him this; although when it turns out Gay Tony and Luis can't afford to, the Triads attack, the two shoot their way out down the building's interior and escape. | |||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == |