Albert Tower

**Albert Tower** is a clock tower in central Thailand. Located near both the main center of Thailand and the Thailand Racecourse, and viewable from as far as the border, the Albert Tower, is the third-tallest structure in Thailand, at a height of 73 blocks, behind AliahX's water wall and TheAllSeeingTower respectively. It is located next to JVTA's house.

Albert Tower is a wooden clock tower designed to resemble the Elizabeth Tower in London, United Kingdom. It has a thin, five-block-wide, fourty-block-tall shaft. At the top of the shaft is the four clocks, which are all stuck reading 3:00; RoryRDMB likened this to "giving the L in all four cardinal directions." The tower is topped with five spires, each with a redstone torch on it's peak, likely referencing aircraft warning lights.

The clock tower was entirely planned by JVTA, the tower's namesake. Construction began on October 31st, 2022. Prior to the beginning of construction, JVTA had been looking for a location to put the tower; many options considered involved putting it behind what was at the time SpecShark's haunted house, and putting it way away at the end of Media Avenue. The building was later put on hold as JVTA turned their focus to growing Jonasland. There had been many demands to finish the clock tower and the nearby JonasMart from several Thailand residents. Eventually, on August 7th, 2023, the tower was declared "complete", despite lacking its redstone lamps.

The tower's name, design, and final location drew some criticism from TAITHELEGEND, who claimed that the tower was too close to the main town. He suggested that JVTA move the tower away from the main town and, despite Albert Tower having nothing to do with PMI, rename the tower to "Media Tower". These proposals were quietly rejected.

The building's design was based off a design going by the same name used countless times by JVTA in various Minecraft worlds.

## Appearance

The tower is completely constructed out of wood and glass. The main shaft of the building is built out of a mix of spruce wood, birch wood, and oak wood, with white stained glass panes in the middle of each wall. The building has four clock faces, each permanently reading 3:00. The clock faces are made of white stained glass and have redstone lamps behind them. The top of the building composes of stripped birch logs, sandstone pillars, and birch fences. All points on the building are capped with redstone torches.

The building bares resemblance to the Elizabeth Tower, a clock tower in London, United Kingdom, famed for it's bell, named Big Ben.

## History

### Construction

Construction on the tower began on October 31st, 2022. Despite a quick building effort, construction later halted as JVTA became busy with other projects. The building remains unaltered as of July 29th, 2023; the original goal had been to complete the tower by November 30th, 2022.

### Threats of removal

Around mid-2023, part of the tower was destroyed by TAITHELEGEND, who had thought that JVTA was no longer working on the tower. However, JVTA immediately reported the removal to the moderators as vandalism. Tai's subsequent banning caused considerable controversy, mainly due to it's length, which was seen as outlandish for what was perceived as a "grief against a minor building". After the incident, TheAllSeeingBird was granted permission to finish the building, though he made few contributions.

In late July of 2023, the governor of Thailand RoryRDMB issued an ultimatum demanding JVTA finish or remove the Albert Tower, after it had stood unfinished for months. On July 29th, RoryRDMB informed JVTA they had seven days to do so. The tower has stood unfinished due to a lack of resources to complete the work and an inability for JVTA to find time to finish the tower. It is possible that, should the building be forcibly removed, JVTA may report the incident to the moderators, as they did with the previous incident.

### Completion

After the week passed, on the morning of August 7th, 2023, RoryRDMB warned JVTA that their time "was up", though, after stating that he was feeling generous, granted him until 4:30pm NZST to finish the tower. JVTA criticised this, stating that they would not be home by that point, to which Rory commented that JVTA had "a whole week" to finish the tower.

JVTA logged on that day at 4:00pm NZST, contradicting their protest. Despite JVTA's fears, RoryRDMB did not show at 4:30. After an hour and thirty minutes of work, JVTA declared the tower "complete" at around 5:30pm NZST, a full hour after the deadline. However, the redstone lamps were missing, a factor JVTA decided was not important. RoryRDMB soon arrived right as JVTA got off the server to take a break.

## See also

**Political entities:** Potato Democrats |  Social Democratic Party

**Locations:****Albert Tower** | JVTA's house |  Jonasland | Jonas's Store