Nyhaven: Views From Within (AIN)

[JP Schriefer 5,591]

Great job! I loved this update. Royal Square is awesome!

[woodb3kmaster 342]

Schriefer: Thank you, my friend!

To start Nyhaven's time as the cultural capital of the Alliance of Independent Nations, I'm dedicating a whole episode to the city's many ethnic neighborhoods. This isn't the first time I've done this - I first did it seven years ago, at the start of the Nyhaven 2.0 era - but it's only fitting to start the festivities with a celebration of the many cultures that have found a home in Nyhaven. I've already shown you two neighborhoods - Chinatown and Okatown - in previous episodes, but today, we're going on a tour of 13 more.

We begin our tour at Saint Mark's Square, the epicenter of Nyhaven's Mediterranean immigrant communities. Just north of the square is Greektown, with its Orthodox church and... did you hear that? It sounded like thunder. I hope everyone brought their umbrellas, because it looks like it's about to rain.

Sure enough, it's raining as our tour reaches New Cattala. The city's Cattalian population has called this area between the square and the University of Nyhaven home since the first immigrants arrived in the 1870s, after Italy invaded and annexed Cattala. Unemployment was high in Cattala at the time, so the prospects of work in Lower Columbia drew many Cattalians across the ocean.

Of course, times weren't good in mainland Italy either, so many Italians also immigrated to Lower Columbia. Those who came to Nyhaven settled down just a few blocks from New Cattala, closer to the Elochoman Slough. Tensions between the neighboring ethnic groups were high for many decades, and gang violence claimed many lives in both districts in the early 20th century. Fortunately, those tensions have subsided in the ensuing years.

The storm seems to be passing as we reach the Croisian Quarter, or Rive Croisienne as the locals call it. People have been migrating from Sainte-Croix to Lower Columbia since the country's first settlers arrived in the Northwest in the 1560s, but a new wave of Croisian immigrants established this little community on the embankment in the early 1900s.

As we reach Little Soviyya to the north of Hunters Island, the sun is just starting to break through the clouds. One of the three communities of Slavic immigrants near Burgess Square, this neighborhood lies just south of the square and west of the R-3 freeway.

On the other side of the square is New Moscow, with its ornate Russian Orthodox church.

A few blocks north of Yule Avenue, we come to Hiigara Town. The various crises and conflicts that have engulfed the Hiigaran United Confederacy and its member states over the years sent many Hiigarans in search of safer homes. Those who came to Nyhaven settled here, around Lower Columbia's only Kran'et temple.

Crossing onto Hunters Island, we come to Little Tokyo. Like most immigrants from East Asia, the Japanese chose to settle on Hunters Island, specifically, just south of East Center Street. Many of the business executives who work in the neighboring towers come here when they want a little taste of home.

Further south, close to midtown, is Nakamatown, where Nyhaven's Nakamese population is centered.

As we approach the southern tip of Hunters Island, we reach Koreatown. Located close to Cathlamet and the local campus of Royal University, Koreatown has become popular with both students and boaters.

Returning to the mainland across from uptown Nyhaven, we come to Spanish Town. Our tour is almost at its end...

Finally, we visit two neighboring ethnic districts. To the west is New Casablanca, which is home to Nyhaven's largest mosque, as well as most of its Moroccan-born residents. To the east, meanwhile, is Little Ascadylea, on the other side of Hazel Avenue.

[JP Schriefer 5,591]

That's a nice town. Good job

[GreekMan 246]

some great stuff! boy I haven't been here for a long time. looks awesome!

[Fox 1,444]

I agree.. wonderful region.

 

Love the little park near the Russian Orthodox Church.

 

Hope you post a new update soon.

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

A rich clutter of buildings and architectural styles, but an eye-pleasing clutter nonetheless.

[woodb3kmaster 342]

Schriefer: Thank you, my friend! I'm glad you liked the ethnic neighborhoods.
GreekMan: It has been a while, hasn't it? Thanks for stopping by again, Chris, and for your kind words!
Fox: Your wish has been granted, my friend. Thanks for the compliments!
Ln X: I'm glad you approve of my clutter. Thank you for the comment!



After much too long, it's time for a new episode of Nyhaven! Today, we're looking at some of the city's newer suburbs. All of the areas we're going to visit today are on the islands in the middle of the Columbia River, to the west and south of downtown Nyhaven.


We begin our tour on Welch Island, which is home to one of Nyhaven's country clubs. Development on this island has been slow, due to it not having very good transportation links with the rest of the metropolitan area. Welch Island is still waiting to get service on the MetroRail...


Just across the slough, on Tenasillahe island, this little neighborhood is tucked between the slough and the island's creeks.


Farther to the south and west, we come to the southern outskirts of the city of Barrington. The R-50 crosses the island here on its way between Nyhaven and Kendall, with an interchange serving the suburbs just east of its bridge over the river.


Puget Island, however, is the largest island in the metro area. We visited it a couple of updates ago when we saw the athletics park. These suburbs are to the northeast of that park, though still on the same island. Near the top is the R-250, which forms a bypass of midtown Nyhaven for Kendall motorists heading to and from the airport. Towards the bottom is the R-150, which connects the airport to Nyhaven and its eastern suburbs.


Those two freeways meet at this interchange, and the R-250 widens to accommodate the extra airport-bound travelers at this point. This area is very popular with residents because of its excellent transportation options; in addition to the two freeways, three different MetroRail lines cross the island in this area.


Of course, it doesn't hurt that there are lots of shopping destinations around here, too. Petersen Crossing is the largest mall in the metro area, and it is conveniently close to the R-250, as well as the Loup Avenue station on the MetroRail's Saint Mark's Line.


The suburbs aren't all houses and shopping centers, though. Parks like this one make them all the more livable, and on a nice summer day, residents are grateful for these amenities.

[JP Schriefer 5,591]

Wow! Really really amazing update!

Wonderful mosaics too. 

Great job!

[Benedict 3,119]

Always great to see something new from Nyhaven.

[Belfastsocrates 1,753]

Lovely updates, I like the wonderfully green suburban communities and I particularly like the Russian Orthodox Church and adjoining park, that was rather nice.

[TekindusT 3,809]

Grid-breaking suburbs at Nyhaven! 

[mrsmartman 200]

nice suburb

[woodb3kmaster 342]

Schriefer: Thanks, my friend!

Benedict: Thank you, Ben!

Belfastsocrates: Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for your kind words! I'm glad you liked those last couple of episodes.

TekindusT: They certainly are - and I take it that you like them, so thank you for commenting!

mrsmartman: Thanks!

Those of you who have been long-time readers of Nyhaven have doubtless noticed that my updates have been getting much less frequent over the past year or so. There are a couple of reasons for this dropoff, mainly a lack of adequate spare time and interest on my part. Unfortunately, it's not going to get any easier for me to prepare new updates anytime soon; I just started graduate school, so free time is at a premium for me now. So rather than let this CJ languish in neglect, I think it's time for me to give it a dignfiied end.

I started the original version of this CJ eight years ago today, in this very thread, so today seemed like the most appropriate day to make this admittedly sad announcement. To thank all of you for your patronage over the years, here's a sort of mega-mosaic spanning Nyhaven's Old Town and downtown districts:

Click for full size

I don't know whether I'll have time for new updates in the future, but if I do, I'll post them in the CJ section. For that reason, I'm not posting this final notice over there. However, this is definitely the end of the road for Nyhaven in the forums.

In the words of Douglas Adams, so long, and thanks for all the fish!

[Ke|is 3,337]

Congratulations my friend, your regions is pretty nice and I enjoy a lot watching all your pictures and updates, Keep up the good work.

[jmsepe 2,039]

Well done. This is a great way to exit, a CJ worth making for. Congratulations.

[TekindusT 3,809]

WOW.

 

Don't thank us, it's us who should thank you for these 8 years of awesomeness. I remember your first rendition of Nyhaven, the Simlympics, the new rendition... A lot has happened on this time, you planned a lot of highways and metro lines, and offered us tours along hundreds of neighborhoods (ethnical, government, CBD, suburbs...)

 

Thanks for the great memories, you will always be welcome in the CJ section if some time you want to undust Nyhaven!

[Benedict 3,119]

Farewell to a classic in the classic forum section.

 

Good luck in all your non-SC4 endeavors.

[mrsmartman 200]

Nice use of NAM FARs in a residential district.

[GreekMan 246]

WOW 8 YEARS?!?!?!?! congrats on a long and great life! I will sure miss this CJ

 

 

Nyhaven fan 4 life!

 

And I agree with T: thank you for a great CJ! I remember when i tried to make a knockoff of this CJ......haha. I never had the success that you did, but I regress, best of luck Zack!