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Being situated at a seafront, Castle Gardens sports many piers jutting out into the water surrounding it on three sides. | Being situated at a seafront, Castle Gardens sports many piers jutting out into the water surrounding it on three sides. | ||
The western half of Castle Gardens is a maritime attraction, featuring heavy vegetation, promenades along the water's edge and the "Poop Deck", a municipal pier turned minimall, serving as an escape from the high-paced nature of The Exchange to the north. Due to its location at the very tip of Algonquin, bordering the southern end of the lower Algonquin financial district, investment bankers and other financiers are common sights in the area. | The north-western half of Castle Gardens is a maritime attraction, featuring heavy vegetation, promenades along the water's edge and the "Poop Deck", a municipal pier turned minimall, serving as an escape from the high-paced nature of The Exchange to the north. Due to its location at the very tip of Algonquin, bordering the southern end of the lower Algonquin financial district, investment bankers and other financiers are common sights in the area. | ||
The eastern half of Castle Gardens is predominantly occupied by a massive construction site accessible via [[Columbus Avenue]] and [[South Parkway]]. The site is linked to [[Yusuf Amir]], an Emirati property developer who wishes to build a luxury condominium tower in the area; this suggests the project is only in the earliest stages of construction, as only the base of the structure has been erected; it is also unknown if the site rests on recently reclaimed land or was previous occupied. The project has drawn flak from local groups, which claim the project will "ruin the skyline of Castle Gardens"; following a string of events as depicted in GTA IV and [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], Yusuf Amir buckles to pressure and offers to build a memorial on the site to union workers killed by on-the-job accident instead | The north-eastern half of Castle Gardens is predominantly occupied by a massive construction site accessible via [[Columbus Avenue]] and [[South Parkway]]. The site is linked to [[Yusuf Amir]], an Emirati property developer who wishes to build a luxury condominium tower in the area; this suggests the project is only in the earliest stages of construction, as only the base of the structure has been erected; it is also unknown if the site rests on recently reclaimed land or was previous occupied. The project has drawn flak from local groups, which claim the project will "ruin the skyline of Castle Gardens"; following a string of events as depicted in GTA IV and [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], Yusuf Amir buckles to pressure and offers to build a memorial on the site to union workers killed by on-the-job accident instead. | ||
==Influences== | ==Influences== | ||