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-[[File:Java 2018-12-19 09-33-34-19.png|thumb|right|300px|Interior, December 2018]]
+'''Arctic Mills''' is a mall and plaza originally built in 2017 by [[ZaidCatDog]], adjacent to the Ice Lake in [[Arctic Spongecraftia]].
-'''Arctic Mills''', formerly known as the '''Village of Winter Mall''', was a mall and plaza in [[Arctic Spongecraftia]] built in 2017 by [[ZaidCatDog]]. During its relatively short operation, it was considered to be the flagship of Zaid's various businesses in [[SpongeCraft Classic]], being his primary project until his ban from SBC in December 2018. Upon Zaid's ban, Arctic Mills remained standing open as SC operators planned to demolish the complex to make room for other development. It was officially closed on December 19th, 2018 after being unintentionally damaged by [[HawkbitAlpha]], before being fully removed three days later in a [https://youtu.be/VIn3LQoZ-5U controlled demolition] carried out by [[sbl]], [[OWM]], and Hawkbit. The track-side Arctic Mills plaza sign, the only remaining piece to be untouched by the demolition, was left standing. The land on which Arctic Mills once stood was expected to be the site of future development, though no plans were ever brought forward before the closure of SpongeCraft in 2019.
-The plot of land formerly occupied by Arctic Mills was left as an empty, partially snowed-over grid adjacent to Arctic Spongecraftia's Ice Lake. Prior to its demolition, a complete copy of the mall and its surroundings was also placed on the map far outside of Spongecraftia limits; in the map's public release, a portal in a corner of the [[Grand Spongecraftia Directory]] named "Arctic Mills Museum" will teleport players to the copied complex. However, shortly after Spongecraftia was returned to use on [[SpongeCraft Frontiers]] in August 2024, WorldEdit was used on the copy to restore Arctic Mills to its original site in Arctic Spongecraftia, where it remains on the server today.
+==History==
+===SpongeCraft Classic (2017-2018)===
+[[File:Java 2018-12-19 09-33-34-19.png|thumb|left|300px|Interior, December 2018]]
+First conceived as the '''Village of Winter Mall''' in August 2017, Arctic Mills was one of the most controversial builds in [[SpongeCraft Classic]], as it was created by connecting two previously separate malls together; one of the two was a neighboring mall that had been built by [[tvguy]], who had abandoned the build due to arguments with Zaid. The combined Arctic Mills was Zaid's "flagship" creation in SpongeCraft Classic, and was the focus of much of his time spent in the server. According to him, it was envisioned as a build inspired by real-world malls operated by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills_Corporation Mills Corporation], reflected mainly in its expansive and (later) highly-colored concourses.
-== Revival (2024 - Present) ==
+[[File:Javaw 2024-09-03 20-16-59-70.png|thumb|right|300px|"Neighborhood 3" during reconstruction, September 2024]]
-When Zaid returned to SBC in August 2024, he decided to "bring arctic mills up to code", and started a project to remodel it inside and out, of which said project is still on-going.
+Arctic Mills was officially closed by SC operators in November 2018, after Zaid's ban from SBC. Several weeks later, it was demolished in a [https://youtu.be/VIn3LQoZ-5U controlled demolition] carried out by [[sbl]], [[OWM]], and [[HawkbitAlpha]]. However, prior to its demolition, a complete copy of the mall and its surroundings was also placed on the map far outside of Spongecraftia limits; in the post-closure public release of the [[Spongecraftia]] map, a portal in a corner of the [[Grand Spongecraftia Directory]] named "Arctic Mills Museum" will teleport players to it.
+===SpongeCraft Frontiers (2024-)===
+In August 2024, shortly after Spongecraftia was revived as a second map for [[SpongeCraft Frontiers]], Hawkbit used WorldEdit on the "Museum" copy of Arctic Mills, restoring it to its original plot of land in Arctic Spongecraftia, where it remains on the server today. Since Zaid's return to SBC in the same month, he has also returned to developing the mall at its original location, radically changing almost every aspect of its design to "bring [it] up to code". The "1.0" version of the mall as shown in the "Museum" portal also remains outside of the map limits, permanently protected by WorldGuard.
+==Images==
+[[File:Javaw 2024-09-03 20-26-07-43.png|thumb|center|600px|During reconstruction on [[SpongeCraft Frontiers]], September 2024]]
 [[Category:Malls of Spongecraftia]]
 [[Category:SpongeCraft Classic]]