The old sLiterary Building was designed to be the inworld home of sLiterary Magazine. Jackline Hugo, the editor and founder of sLiterary, had envisioned the building to be a gathering spot for writers and potential writers of the budding subgenre of metaverse fiction or "fiction set in the world of Second Life."
The build attempted to meet Jackline's vision and to answer, in its own way, the prompt addressed to the magazine's writers: "what Second Life can be."
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The essence of the building came from Licentious Maladay's idea of having ample waterfall-walls and gardens, and Ina Centaur's own modern style-affinity at the time. The building was code-named "Modern Nature." Three floors provided ample spacing for various events and meet-ups.
On the first floor, the grand entryway entered from below a three-tiered rust-stone waterfall facade into an entry lobby area with double indoor wishing-well waterfalls. A large breezy doorway led to the ocean beach and bubble-fountain outside in the building's "backyard." Also on the first floor were a mini-meeting room with projector screen, cafe seating, and an extra room.
Walking up the stairway connecting the first and second floors, one would see rising benches hanging from a high ceiling before arriving on the "Second Floor Concert Hall." Audiences sat on the hanging benches to watch live music concerts on a watertop floating stage or to gaze out the glass walls. A promenade walkway connected the main building to the annex, which housed writer's offices.