Nyhaven: Views From Within (AIN)

[GreekMan 246]

great update! see i told you it would be a good idea to get away!

[woodb3kmaster 342]

Mayorm: it's a beautiful plane, isn't it? Unfortunately, I can't release it, as the model isn't mine - in fact, I don't even have the model (emgmod and I photoshopped the plane into our pics). Anyway, thanks for the kind words! The city-building after the first picture is all emgmod's work, so I'm sure he'll be pleased to read your praise.

TekindusT: Thank you, my friend! Yes, it seems that emgmod is an even more avid downloader than I am - and I'm glad he was able to get you the link to that BAT. As for the diagonal taxiway grass edges, since those are in the one picture I contributed to this update, I'll address that. I prefer not to plop the RMIP grass for two reasons: 1) to keep there from being too many airport-related lots in one quad, therefore minimizing the risk of the quad getting corrupted and CTD'ing when I try to open it, and 2) I prefer to keep the terrain visible because it's more realistic that way (you don't see green grass between taxiways at desert airports, and I doubt you'd see less-green grass at an airport in Nyhaven's RL area). I think what I'd be better off doing is blending the lot edges into the terrain with ploppable grass; I'll have to try that out...

ComputerGuy890100: I'm sure he's quite happy to have his work featured here. Thanks for stopping by!

StanislavSoltys: What could be better than two CJs in one? Thanks for commenting, Stan!

DCMetro34: Thank you! Those are emgmod's automata, so thank him, too.

emgmod: You sure are! Thank you so much for contributing all your pictures and info to this update, my friend!

GreekMan: Thanks, Chris! You were certainly right about that.

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Well, it's been quite a bit longer since my last post than I expected, so please accept my apologies for the wait! I'm still trying to get back into SC4 and BATting, but it's been harder than I expected. However, I can't let this MD languish anymore, so for the next few semi-updates, I'm going to take a hint from SC4D's mrbisonm and take you on a tour of metropolitan Nyhaven by following various major streets from end to end. First up on this new string of "Nyhaven Excursions", we're following Main Street!

Main St begins at the downtown riverfront, where you'll find a string of shops with a maritime feel, as well as a small marina. Looks like it's a busy day down here!

Just a few blocks east is the heart of Nyhaven - City Hall and Founders' Square. The square has a long history going back almost to the founding of the city, though it took on its modern form around the turn of the 20th century. Nyhaven's city courthouse is also located here, as is Lower Columbia's only stock exchange.

Down near where Main St leaves Hunters Island and downtown, at the intersection with Fourth Avenue, is Nyhaven's oldest church, which we last saw when Paul and Jane got married here. The TV station next door is unaffiliated with the church.

Further east, on the mainland, we pass through the densely-populated inner city. Just off Main St, on its own turnaround, are the towers of University Crescent; beyond them is, as you might expect, the University of Nyhaven.

Main St passes through the southern part of Greektown as it continues to the east. The neighborhood is home to a very vibrant Greek immigrant community.

As we continue, we pass by a bit of "urban wilderness" - Lake Adams and its surrounding woods.

Nearby, and more accessible, is Rossmore Park, home to the lake that gives the district of Rossmore Lake its name.

The R-150 freeway passes under Main St further east from the park.

Papillon Manor, the home of Nyhaven's mayors since the 1830s, sits next to Main St, just before it enters...

...Ridgeland Park, which we've seen before. Gorgeously landscaped since about 1870, it forms part of the city's park belt, which divides Inner and Outer Nyhaven.

After passing through the Townsend Industrial Park, Main Street returns to suburbia in Wilshire Valley. The Eastern Line of the Nyhaven MetroRail system runs close to the street around here.

At last, we come to the end of development along Main St, at the R-148. This area is home to a number of big-box stores, office complexes and restaurants, like so many other intersections near freeway interchanges.

[DCMetro34 577]

Wow..

This is an awe-inspiring city!

Congrats on the Trixie...

DC 

[kakado_to_save 514]

like the garden

[TekindusT 3,809]

First of all, congrats on the Trixie! I took for granted that the "Best City Planner" would be for you again, but surprise... Second, I'm so glad to see you back to CJing again, this is one of my favourite CJs and I was really missing it. Until today!

And third, fantastic update once again. This time has been like a touristic brochure "The best of Nyhaven in ten pics". You've made me go back to the time you remade Nyhaven's City Hall, these were some busy days for Franconi... Great.

[Benedict 3,119]

Great to see you return, and with a really good idea for an update. Your CJ is stunning as always - your Trixie is well-deserved.

[GreekMan 246]

glad that u are back and congrads on yet another most deserved trixie!

[woodb3kmaster 342]

DCMetro34: Why, thank you very much, my friend! It's an honor to have won another Trixie, especially for Nyhaven being "awe-inspiring."

kakado_to_save: Thanks, and welcome to Nyhaven!

TekindusT: Thank you! I have to admit, I too was expecting to win Best City Planner again, but I'm certainly not going to complain about getting a different one. Thanks for the welcome back; it's been a busy four months for me, but I'm glad to be back!

Benedict: Thanks, Ben! I'm glad you liked the update, and you'll be happy to know that there are more, similar updates in the works.

GreekMan: Thank you, Chris! I hope to be back for some time now, although I might have to delay the update that's had the main story on hold for so long. We'll see...

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It's time for another full update, something that's been missing for quite a while now! Like Update 46, this one's images (and most of its text) come courtesy of my friend emgmod, so if you like what you see today, be sure to thank him! Now, without further ado...

The first day of our vacation was loads of fun, but even greater experiences were to come on Days 2 and 3, as we explored more of Strathmore and Palmona.

Early the next morning, we took the SPARTA Green Line to Downtown Palmona.

It wasn't the fastest route to Palmona, but it did provide an opportunity to transfer onto the Palmona Historic Streetcar. The days of Nyhaven's streetcar network were long gone, so riding Palmona's streetcar was a new experience for all of us - except Grandpa, who told us many stories of his own streetcar rides as we rolled on. I think that some of the local passengers might have been getting annoyed at him...

The Streetcar brought us and the kids all the way to Palmona Terminal.

Since it was Sunday, we decided to attend the service at a nearby Lutheran church, which turned out to be one of the oldest in Palmona. The service was more formal than we were used to, but it was a great learning experience for the family.

After that, it was a short ride on the SPARTA Blue Line to the world-famous MacGruber Amusement Park.

The first thing we did at MacGruber Amusement Park was hit the beach. It wasn't the warmest water out there, thanks to the California Current, but the beach was fun all the same.

Later in the day, we decided to go on some of the rides. However, we didn't ride anything particularly terrifying because of the kids.

As the night progressed, we decided to end our day on the Liberty Eye, the "center" of MacGruber Amusement Park.

The next day, the family took a taxi to the Sea World Strathmore and the Strathmore Zoo.

First up was Sea World. We viewed a nice collection of aquarium exhibits and watched a dolphin show.

After Sea World, we walked across the street to the Strathmore Zoo. After Sea World, the Zoo was a bit of a disappointment.

Before leaving Strathmore, there was one more thing we did. We took a taxi to North Strathmore-Francis Airport and booked a plane tour.

After takeoff, the plane turned south and looped around Strathmore's Downtown and University areas.

Going to the east, we passed over Palmona's skyline.

We turned around and were over the deep blue of Strathmore Bay, with the MacGruber Amusement Park in the distance.

One exciting flight later, we took a taxi back to our hotel, and got ready to board our train to Daloa...

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

Originally posted by: woodb3kmaster

It's time for another full update, something that's been missing for quite a while now! Like Update 46, this one's images (and most of its text) come courtesy of my friend emgmod, so if you like what you see today, be sure to thank him! Now, without further ado...quote>

Lyhoko: Don't remember ever being here...

The first day of our vacation was loads of fun, but even greater experiences were to come on Days 2 and 3, as we explored more of Strathmore and Palmona.quote>

Lyhoko: Nice elevated rail there.

Early the next morning, we took the SPARTA Green Line to Downtown Palmona.quote>

Lyhoko: SPARTA? Someone's having fun with the acronyms.

It wasn't the fastest route to Palmona, but it did provide an opportunity to transfer onto the Palmona Historic Streetcar. The days of Nyhaven's streetcar network were long gone, so riding Palmona's streetcar was a new experience for all of us - except Grandpa, who told us many stories of his own streetcar rides as we rolled on. I think that some of the local passengers might have been getting annoyed at him...quote>

Lyhoko: The lines don't seem to connect, though... same with the roads.

The Streetcar brought us and the kids all the way to Palmona Terminal.quote>

Lyhoko: Lots of variety with those buildings there.

Since it was Sunday, we decided to attend the service at a nearby Lutheran church, which turned out to be one of the oldest in Palmona. The service was more formal than we were used to, but it was a great learning experience for the family.quote>

Lyhoko: So that's where all the people are.

After that, it was a short ride on the SPARTA Blue Line to the world-famous MacGruber Amusement Park.quote>

Lyhoko: Amusement park!

The first thing we did at MacGruber Amusement Park was hit the beach. It wasn't the warmest water out there, thanks to the California Current, but the beach was fun all the same.quote>

Lyhoko: At least it's a place to cool your feet off after you burn them on the sand.

Later in the day, we decided to go on some of the rides. However, we didn't ride anything particularly terrifying because of the kids.quote>

Lyhoko: Ahh...

As the night progressed, we decided to end our day on the Liberty Eye, the "center" of MacGruber Amusement Park.quote>

Lyhoko: Shiny.

The next day, the family took a taxi to the Sea World Strathmore and the Strathmore Zoo.quote>

Lyhoko: There's quite a line by the parking lot.

First up was Sea World. We viewed a nice collection of aquarium exhibits and watched a dolphin show.quote>

Lyhoko: Dead trees?

After Sea World, we walked across the street to the Strathmore Zoo. After Sea World, the Zoo was a bit of a disappointment.quote>

Lyhoko: And more dead trees.

Before leaving Strathmore, there was one more thing we did. We took a taxi to North Strathmore-Francis Airport and booked a plane tour.quote>

Lyhoko: Nice plane there.

After takeoff, the plane turned south and looped around Strathmore's Downtown and University areas.quote>

Lyhoko: Looks interesting.

Going to the east, we passed over Palmona's skyline.quote>

Lyhoko: Nice waterfront!

We turned around and were over the deep blue of Strathmore Bay, with the MacGruber Amusement Park in the distance.quote>

Lyhoko: And some docks.

One exciting flight later, we took a taxi back to our hotel, and got ready to board our train to Daloa...quote>

Lyhoko: And back to the train.

[Simbourgeois 139]

Very nice updates! It's a long time since my last visit here, so I had a lot of things to see and explore.

That's a great idea to have an amusement park just next to the sea 

I also liked the simple story line - a plane tour, sounds really nice thing to do...

Best regards,

Simbourgeois

Mayor of Belleville

[Lacey14 3]

I love the effects on your pictures and the aspects of the pictures, very nice. 10/10

[Benedict 3,119]

Congratulations, Nyhaven is number 4 on Ben's Top CJs of 2010!

[TekindusT 3,809]

Please, tell emgmod his city is really nice and varied...

[Mayorm 14]

Well I have read through your update on Main St. so I will comment on that first.

I love the different areas of your city. Your city seems well planned and laid out (unllike mine where I just build), I also love that fountain in whatever park that is. I also can't wait to see what road you take a tour of next.

Now this past update:

Emgod's city is beautiful as well. I love that amusement park, and the overviews of his city. Also the pictures showing seaworld and the zoo, nobody is in those parks, so did Paul and Jane's family get the afterhours tour or something?

Also congrats on the well deserved Trixie.

[StanislavSoltys 47]

 *faints because of amazement* That was amazing Zack! Congrats on the Trixie! Hmmmmm, where did Daniel get the Liberty Eye?

[GreekMan 246]

Great updates zack!

keep it up and keep up those trixies!

[UrbanSprawl16 0]

i see mostly maxis buildings and not as many mods as other cities, but you used them in such a way that makes them seem very realistic

great job!

[MikeyBugs95 29]

Hello. I'm just a recreational SimCity guy but I'm a pilot and lover (not THAT way.) of flying and aviation. So.... I'd really like to know how you created the airport in the second/third/fourth/fifth/sixth snapshots. I'd like to build one myself but I'm not as creative as you. Even though I've many, many hours of flight time and countless additional hours in simulators. So if you can are you able to help me?

[woodb3kmaster 342]

Leech10: Heh, nice running commentary! Welcome to Nyhaven, and thank you/Lyhoko for commenting! (As an aside, do you go by Lyhoko Leaci at the ZBB?)

Simbourgeois: Welcome back, my friend! Thanks for your kind words on the latest updates; I'm glad you liked them.

Lacey14: Thank you! I enjoy putting effects on my pictures, so I'm glad you like them.

Benedict: They like me! They really like me! I'm thrilled to have placed so high on BTT for the year. Thanks for putting it together!

TekindusT: I did, and he was very happy for your comment. Thanks for posting it!

Mayorm: Thank you, my friend! I'm glad you liked the first Nyhaven Excursion, as well as the latest update contributed by emgmod.

StanislavSoltys: Thanks a lot, Stan! In case Daniel hasn't told you, he got the Liberty Eye from the STEX.

GreekMan: Thank you, Chris!

UrbanSprawl16: Welcome to ST and Nyhaven, and thanks for commenting! I think you're commenting on the first version of Nyhaven I built, from the first 3-4 pages of this CJ. The city is much different now, so please be sure to check out the last few pages to see how it is now. Hope to see you back here soon!

mustangflyer: Well, the first thing I recommend that you do is download as much custom airport content as you can from the STEX, especially the RMIP2 runway, taxiway and gate pieces. The readme for the first volume of the RMIP2 contains a detailed guide to how to build realistic airfields, so I strongly recommend reading it at least once through. If you want more help, feel free to PM me.

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We're going to take another diversion from the story so that emgmod can finish preparing our next update, and today, that means revisiting Kendall. I've done more work on Lower Columbia's capital as of late, so there's plenty to see there. It's time for a little "Kendallpalooza!"

First off, here's a look at Palace Square and the front of Kendall Palace. It's probably no surprise that the palace was among the first buildings to be completed when the city was built in the 1720s.

A large public housing project between the Houses of Parliament to the west and the R-3 freeway to the east.

Salem Theatre is Kendall's oldest major performing arts venue, having been built in the 1840s. While the nearby Kendall Cultural Center and Fitzsimmons Square's Royal Opera House have larger auditoriums, this theater has a sense of 19th-century grandeur that those newer venues lack. It remains a popular choice for the city's theatergoers, especially for foreign dignitaries and the royal family.

Finally, an overview of the city, stretching to the CBD. Please excuse the dilapidated and repeated buildings, both unfortunate side effects of my preferred strategy of growing my cities.

[GreekMan 246]

great work!!!!!

[TekindusT 3,809]

Very, very nice! It really looks like all this newer apartment buildings were have grown after tearing down some old buildings (like the "remaining" ones).

[Benedict 3,119]

Brilliant stuff. I love that huge park in front of the palace.

[Mayorm 14]

Looks like Kendall likes to build similar buildings I love that theatre at night, although some more lighting around it would be nice.

[wwetom1 831]

Great mosaic! I love that big ol' church you have there too!

[The Duke 11]

Very nice pics!! Love the mosaic, very classy city there.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

I think it's noble that you grow your cities. I do the same with mine (but that may be mostly because I can't be bothered to plop everything, hahahah). I figure, though, if my citizens want something, they'll build it.

That being said, everything looks wonderful!

[jj88 24]

This is great work indeed, I love that last mosaic!

Could please tell me which church that is in the centre of it?

[kakado_to_save 514]

Great update there.. Keep it up. I WANT MORE!!

[Benedict 3,119]

Congratulations, Nyhaven is back at number one on Ben's Top Ten this week.

[Simbourgeois 139]

What a great and beautiful overview of the city!!!

Keep up the great work!

Best regards,

Simbourgeois

Mayor of Belleville