GTA IV: Images from Colony Island nee Roosevelt Island

A week or so ago I ran a post regarding the fact that the new Grand Theft Auto IV game including sequences that take place on Roosevelt Island (nee Colony Island) and my desire to see what the virtual representation of our island looked like.

Well with a little digging I found on a site called Gamespy several screen-shots of “Colony Island” (images 37-41 if you visit the source website). I have created a slide show (see above) of the more recognizable Colony Island sites. It is not hard to see that these shots are indeed modeled after Roosevelt Island but as with all GTA locations the images take on a much darker and foreboding feel to them. It also appears that President Avenue is the Main Street equivalent in the game and as in reality Colony island is part of Manhattan Isle's counterpart Algonquin Island.

Thanks again to the “blah-blah-blahg” for pointing out what I was curious about in the first place.

GTA IV Includes Renwick Ruin / Smallpox Hospital

Apparently Grand Theft Auto IV in addition to representing Roosevelt Island as Colony Island includes a recreation of the former Smallpox Hospital / Renwick Ruin. According to the "blah-blah-blahg" it is that recreation that is:

"officially my favorite location in the new GTA. they've even replicated ther planks supporting the window bays."

If anyone is able to snag an image of the recreated smallpox hospital or any other locations on "Colony island" I would love to post them here.