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===Urban renewal in Southshire (June - December 2021)===
Robo's was founded on the first of June, when [[Southshire]] commissioned RoboRik to design its new capital, [[Southshire#Samcester|Samcester]]. Inspired by the British inflection of the name, he looked to England for inspiration; his finished design reflects the archetypical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_architecture Victorian architecture] of the 19th century, particularly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture Gothic Revival]. Not one plot or street in Samcester is perfectly straight, like the winding alleyways of real English cities. The three buildings on King Peter's Square, the monumental plaza in the city centre, represent the three successive powers from the history of Southshire: first [[the Commonwealth]], then [[Yoahtl]], and finally the independent Triumvirate. The city remains RoboRik's largest project on any Civ-server thus far.
[[File:King Peter's Square.png|left|thumb|600x600px|King Peter's Square, the central plaza of Samcester. Note the angled walls.]]The basic design was ready in early July, but CivClassic was winding down by 2021, and Southshire could not provide the labour force to actually realise such an ambitious project. Only the foundations of Samcester Parliament were ever completed. By November, RoboRik pivoted towards smaller-scale redevelopment in [[Southshire#City of Southend|Southend]]. He proposed a reconstruction of the [[Southshire#The Dark Forest Estates|Dark Oak Estates]], a neighbourhood that was by then abandoned, and added a new square to the northeast of the city, with a museum and a railway terminal. This time, the architectural vocabulary was rooted in the elegant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_architecture Georgian style] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath,_Somerset Bath]. Construction began on December 1st. Together with [[Orinnari]], RoboRik cleared the Dark Oak Estates and flattened much of the northern embankment. The project was cut short just one week later, when [[TealNerd]] announced the closure of the server.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/rc370p/through_the_roof_n_underground/</ref> The version of Southend on [[CivLegacy]] was taken in the middle of the constructions works; the embankment is marred by a large scar, but the map is old enough to preserve the Estates unmolested .[[File:Dark Oak Estates.png|thumb|The Dark Oak Estates have a large, neoclassical gate.]]▼
▲[[File:King Peter's Square.png|left|thumb|600x600px|King Peter's Square, the central plaza of Samcester. Note the angled walls.]]The basic design was ready in early July, but CivClassic was winding down by 2021, and Southshire could not provide the labour force to actually realise such an ambitious project. Only the foundations of Samcester Parliament were ever completed. By November, RoboRik pivoted towards smaller-scale redevelopment in [[Southshire#City of Southend|Southend]]. He proposed a reconstruction of the [[Southshire#The Dark Forest Estates|Dark Oak Estates]], a neighbourhood that was by then abandoned, and added a new square to the northeast of the city, with a museum and a railway terminal. This time, the architectural vocabulary was rooted in the elegant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_architecture Georgian style] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath,_Somerset Bath]. Construction began on December 1st. Together with [[Orinnari]], RoboRik cleared the Dark Oak Estates and flattened much of the northern embankment. The project was cut short just one week later, when [[TealNerd]] announced the closure of the server.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/rc370p/through_the_roof_n_underground/</ref> The version of Southend on [[CivLegacy]] was taken in the middle of the constructions works; the embankment is marred by a large scar, but the map is old enough to preserve the Estates unmolested .
===Yoahtl Gallery (July 2021)===
Yoahtl Gallery is a small exhibition space in [[Yoahtl#New Yoahtl City|New Yoahtl City]]. Conceived by [[Jyn]] and commissioned by the Yoahtl government, it displays and sells a rotating collection of [[Map Art|map art]]. The gallery is intended to mimic the fashionable art shops of American urban centres.
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