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[[Image:MeadowsPark-GTA4-northeastwards.jpg|thumb|376px|right|Meadows Park as viewed to the northwest from the southwest edge of the area.]]
[[File:MeadowsPark-GTAIV-northeastwards.jpg|thumb|376px|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 northern 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 southeast ([[Meadow Hills]] and [[Willis]]); and the Broker-Dukes Expressway to the east ([[Francis International Airport in GTA IV Era|Francis International Airport]]).
'''Meadows Park''' is the name of a large, public park and its adjacent community in northern 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 southeast ([[Meadow Hills]] and [[Willis]]); and the Broker-Dukes Expressway to the east ([[Francis International Airport, Dukes|Francis International Airport]]).


== Character ==
== Character ==
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== 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 [[:wp:Flushing Meadows Park|Flushing Meadows Park]] in Queens, New York. Its Monoglobe is a replica of the [[:wp: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 are expanded reworking of [[wp:Donald De Lue|Donald De Lue]]'s [[wp:Rocket Thrower|Rocket Thrower]]. Both real-life inspirations are located within Flushing Meadows Park.
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 are expanded reworking of [[wp:Donald De Lue|Donald De Lue's]] [[wp:Rocket Thrower|Rocket Thrower]]. Both real-life inspirations are located within Flushing Meadows Park.


== Transport ==
== Transport ==
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== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
<gallery width="auto" perrow="3" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;text-align:left" widths="180">
<gallery width="auto" perrow="3" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;text-align:left" widths="180">
Image:MeadowsPark-GTA4-Monoglobe.jpg|[[The Monoglobe]].
File:MeadowsPark-GTAIV-Monoglobe.jpg|[[The Monoglobe]].
Image:MeadowsPark-GTA4-statuesandmusuem.jpg|The statues and museum.
File:MeadowsPark-GTAIV-statuesandmusuem.jpg|The statues and museum.
Image:MeadowsPark-GTA4-LibertyStatePavillionTowers.jpg|The [[Liberty State Pavillion Towers]].
File:MeadowsPark-GTAIV-LibertyStatePavillionTowers.jpg|The [[Liberty State Pavillion Towers]].
</gallery>
</gallery>


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