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==The Rycroft Building (Spracklingbank)==
==The Rycroft Building (Spracklingbank)==
===Description===
===Description===
 
The Rycroft Building, home to the local BBC affiliate pre-outbreak, is now being used as a safehouse for revivers from the next-door revive point [[Eastwick Drive]].
The former offices of the local BBC affiliate. Now, the cameras point at the floor, the seats are filled with corpses, and the brainstorming board's last good idea was "harmanbargaz?" which was repeated over ever wall in the building with what seems to be a viscous mixture of blood and feces.


===History===
===History===
The Rycroft Building, named for one of Malton's first mayors, James Rycroft, was built in Spracklingbank in 1952. The architect, Vaughan Architectural Design, filed for bankruptcy in 1967 after several of their buildings collapsed due to faulty design. Rycroft was abandoned, like many other of Vaughan's buildings, during this scare, and it sat vacant until 1986, when the BBC bought the building and renovated it extensively, eliminating the design flaws. The BBC owned this building until the outbreak, when it was abandoned once more.


===Barricade Policy===
===Barricade Policy===

Revision as of 02:04, 21 September 2008

the Rycroft Building

Spracklingbank [87, 30]

a carpark
(Gibsonton)
Samways Lane
(Gibsonton)
Cleave Street
(Gibsonton)
Eastwick Drive the Rycroft Building Mauger Towers
Slann Boulevard Sparey Boulevard a junkyard

Basic Info:

The Rycroft Building (Spracklingbank)

Description

The Rycroft Building, home to the local BBC affiliate pre-outbreak, is now being used as a safehouse for revivers from the next-door revive point Eastwick Drive.

History

The Rycroft Building, named for one of Malton's first mayors, James Rycroft, was built in Spracklingbank in 1952. The architect, Vaughan Architectural Design, filed for bankruptcy in 1967 after several of their buildings collapsed due to faulty design. Rycroft was abandoned, like many other of Vaughan's buildings, during this scare, and it sat vacant until 1986, when the BBC bought the building and renovated it extensively, eliminating the design flaws. The BBC owned this building until the outbreak, when it was abandoned once more.

Barricade Policy

Current Status



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