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The bike shop is a
ridiculously tall three story building, with an apartment on both the
second and third floors. The restaurant, also known as the Crab
Kitchen, is a bit smaller, having only two floors: the restaurant and
an apartment. The story behind this model is that an inventor, Dr.
Douglas M. Turner, is attempting to find a way to have infinite power
in the year 2049. He meets a boy named Ted, the restaurant owner's
son, who is insanely good at chemistry, and together they work
towards Douglas's goal. Douglas lives two stories above the bike
shop, which is owned by Alan from the building's middle floor.
The
bike shop has brick detailing on the facade, and features ornamental
window trim on the second and third floors. The roof features a
classic vertical half circle common among American architecture. For
the Crab Kitchen, I tried to make it look as Japanese as possible,
with a black, shallow-pitch roof.
In
the bike shop there is a tiled floor, a few bikes, some surfboards, a
couple helmets, a checkout counter, and even a pair of roller skates.
An elevator takes you up to the second floor, consisting of a
kitchen, a bedroom, a table, a bathroom, and a washing machine, and
the third floor, where you'll find Douglas's home, which features a
desk, a kitchen, a bathroom, a Murphy bed, and his lab space. I got
the idea for the Murphy bed from the Parisian
Restaurant, and made it a bit narrower for this one.
The
Crab Kitchen features two tables, a bar, a full kitchen, and stairs
out back leading up to Bruce's (Ted's dad's) apartment, which
includes a dining table, two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a small
kitchen.