Gala

The Gala Neighborhood, originally known as the Gala Apple neighborhood, is a distinctive area in New Orange City. Positioned to the east of the Haverhill neighborhood and north of Parkview Island along the water, it shares its western border with the independent town of Homestar Port. Bounded to the north by the Connoor River, Gala is renowned for housing the Hall of Justice and was historically the site of the ancient Alpha Forest Preserve.

History

Founded in 1783 as an apple orchard, Gala derived its name from the abundant red apple trees that once adorned the region. General J.F. Waldorph, during the Ghastreach Crisis, established a resupply depot on the southern shore in 1778. After peaceful resolution, Waldorph was granted land, initiating construction on his estate in 1783. Subsequently, families flocked to the area, fostering a small community.

The village faced challenges in the nineteenth century due to frequent floods. Efforts to construct a canal in 1805, 1817, and 1820 failed until the Oranjestad government completed the project in 1827. The Great Flood of 1937 devastated Gala, prompting a reconstruction supported by the Oranjestad government. In 2015 the Gala Apple Canal collapsed and was subsequently filled in, leading to redevelopment and the addition of mid-rise apartment buildings and St. God's Hospital.

Points of Interest

• Hinterland Inn: Dating back to 1798, it is the oldest continuously operating inn in the Oldeshire area.

• Grunto Fortress: Owned by distant relatives of J. Torrance the First, offering public tours. The fortress predates Oranjestad and was originally built by Duke Grunto.

• Hall of Justice: Gala's only Tier 3 connected structure, housing detective services, criminal courts, surveillance facilities, and an airship patrol station.

• Gala Watchtower: Formerly used to observe ships, now a tourist destination.

• St. God's Hospital: A small yet state-of-the-art hospital serving the Oranjestad area.

List of Buildings

• Hall of Justice

• White Hinterland Inn: A historic inn originally modeled after a building in Mattropolis.

• Gala Watchtower: An old watchtower, now a tourist attraction.

• St. God's Hospital: A state-of-the-art hospital.

  

  St God's Hospital

• The Spartan (Apartments)

• The Winwood (Apartments)

• Werner Taut Residency: Home of a famous 1950s TV show theme composer.

• Grunto Fortress: Predates Oranjestad, owned by distant relatives of J. Torrance the First.

• Black Rock Expressway: A gateway to an ultra-fast underground commuter path.

• Vaporwave Condominiums

• The Belligerent Lady (Apartments)

• The Special Lady (Apartments)

• The Tempura Family Shelter for Lightly Battered People

• Homo Electronicus Skate Park

• Sister City Plaza: Dedicated to New Orange City's sister city, Lost.

Behind the Scenes

The area was once heavily decorated with red apple item frames and red wool - hence the name. Grunto’s Fortress was actually Shire player Grunto’s tyro build. It is still in it’s original location. Grunto’s floating castle, which used to float above Parkview Island, was demolished.

White Hinterland Inn was copy/pasted from the destroyed Mattropolis, an unfinished city that used to exist near Holzdorf.

The “Alpha Forest” is a reference to the way trees that originated in Minecraft Alpha looked. Alpha leaves had a very different item code and as a result when they converted to Beta and other versions, the leaves of Alpha trees became 100% random: evergreen, jungle, birch, etc etc all appeared in one tree. As the server developed, these trees became more and more rare. The Alpha Forest Reserve was made in an effort to protect them (although some were manufactured via WorldEdit). This forest was demolished on August 19 2015. A new Alpha Forest Preserve was created soon after, just east of Belthil.