The Headwaters of Nemonos

[Giligone 10]

blarrg, page flip bug

[IDS2 3,436]

Mmm, Nemonos makes great marshmellows! Nice place this is, almost paradise...I'm...so lost...and happy here.

[Simfan34 11]

What about the forest? Could we expand?

[yarabundi 3]

Your CJ is very inventive, very interesting.

[Giligone 10]

IDS2 haha, Nemonos Marshmellow emporium eh. How'd you swing that?

joshiejack Lol, yea, you don't want to be doing that. Even though utilities are included its probably not the best idea! Your downstairs neighbours might not be too impressed.

pipishere Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. You know you can delete your posts?

IDS2 Haha, thanks.

jackie Thank you very much. More to come... eventually...

joshiejack Yayyy, a new fan! Thanks alot!

Giligone haha, yes, thats annoying- wait... thats me,

IDS2 hhaha This marshmellow emporium sounds like a wonderful place. I'm going to have to build it in my city now!

Simfan34 lol, not right now. The real-estate update is closed for now. Stay tuned for the next one in a couple weeks!

yarabundi Thanks, and welcome! Hope to see you posting here again!

Ooook, some great feedback there. I've been working a good deal on improving the downtown core as of late. So likely the next update will be on that. I know you are all excited about that so stay tuned!

[GreekMan 246]

yay downtown!!!!!!!!! i can't wait for that.

[Shanna 1]

I look forward to more of your CJ my friend!

[IDS2 3,436]

Indeed, Giligone, I'd be very happy...its fluffy, chewy goodness is heaven too much to resist...

Will be looking forward to your downtown! *nudge nudge*

[joshiejack 0]

Can't wait to see the downtown

[Voulpiotis 4]

Impressive city!

[pipishere 3]

lol no i didn't! Looking forward to your next update.

[IDS2 3,436]

So cool...mmm I love free food! Though it isn't exactly good for me...this is the life! Nemonos...Nemonos...Nemonos...

[Giligone 10]

Ok, so the SCFL season started today! Very exciting.

The Highlanders came out to a good start against the Alamosa Avengers in Alamosa.

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Unfortunately, the Avengers managed to walk away with the victory in this hard fought game.

1-0 Alamosa 35 vs. 0-1 Nemonos 18

A side note, of all the teams that lost, the Highlanders had the highest score. So I guess thats some consolation.

Next game is Monday vs. the Huskies of Athalon

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[AfroThunda 1]

Dang, hard loss man... "There's always next week" is something that we've learned to say a lot here in Buffalo... Haha, I just can't wait for the STHL to start up!

-Afro

[IDS2 3,436]

Lol bourns to that, too bad Vontaria has the lowest score lol!

[GreekMan 246]

Dear City Council of Nemonos      We have heard form our city council president, GreekMan that he bought a property in downtown Nemonos. We congradulated him. He told the city council of Chula Vista that he wants to propose a building on the current site if possible. He said that it would stregthen the friendship of both cities. Mayor Murphy also agreed with the council president. For the plan we would like the HSBC bank building to built there. It is 3x4 which is perfect. Any avalible land on the current gound we would like parks to fill it up. Well he hope that the mayor and the city council will approve the new building. Thank you so much for an exelent oppertunity.                                                      Sinceraly,                                                                Chula Vista City Council                                                                           and Mayor Murphy Current view of the property. Proposed building.

[asturianu 4]

Oooooooh, this building is great! Hope the project has a happy ending!

And, c'mon, don't worry, Highlanders will win a lot of matches!

Cristian

[ccecill 52]

Ohhh. That'd be the tallest building in Nemonos, right.

Also, sorry about the loss. Hopefully you'll win next week. First home game.

[jacqulina 162]

wow thats tall my friend,great pic

[AfroThunda 1]

The HSBC Tower would look pretty nice there...

-Afro

[IDS2 3,436]

I agree, but aesthetics is the key.

[Giligone 10]

Oooo, new feedback banner. haha. **hint hint**

GreekMan haha, yes. I also can't wait! And you won't have to wait long, mmm say right now?!

Shanna Thanks, more to come, right now

IDS2 haha, yes. You'll get cavities though! Good thing Nemonos has excellent dentists. Some of the best in the world I've heard.

joshiejack well, here it is!

Voulpiotis Thanks!

pipishere I don't think you are the only one either! most people don't delete their accidental double posts... for shame.

IDS2 lol. Stick a vitamin in it, you'll be set.

AfroThunda Yea, they'll be set for monday. First home game! I'm sure all of you with seasons tickets will be there! Yes... when will it start I wonder...

IDS2... again lol, no worries. Next week, next week!

GreekMan Wow, great proposal! Very formal. Since the building is a perfect fit I see no problems as to why this can't be started immediately!

asturianu haha, yes, it is. It will look great in the Financial district i think.

ccecill Hmm, not sure. Maybe in floors but the new NBIC building has a tall spire so... Yes.. next week we will win!

jackie haha, yep. Great for the downtown

AfroThunda I think so too.

IDS2 whats that supposed to mean?

Ok, wow. Soooo much feedback! Thats definately the most I've ever had to do. But good stuff. UPDATE TIME!!!

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Haha! Finally time for the update. Once again, notice the new background on the banner. I figured since my downtown looked very different now than when I made the first banner (in October!) it was time for a new one.

Lets get things started with a lovely overview shot of the current downtown.

As you can see there have been lots of big developments! First up is the new NBIC (Nemonos Banking and Insurance Corporation) world headquarters.

**drools**  How I do love that building, hehe. Towering over the city this 42 story glass clad reinforced concrete tower is the tallest building in the whole region (thanks to its spire). NBIC recently gobbled up several large international banking and insurance companies and so it was time to set up a new head office. What better spot than the Nemonos financial district?

Next up, you'll all have noticed there is now shoreline reinforcing all around the downtown. Well, it turns out that the city's engineers didn't do the math right when they allowed the JOC tower to go up. As a result there was thread of erosion and collapse of the shoreline embankment. Obviously that couldn't happen and so a large project was set about to not only reinforce the shoreline but also to beautify it.

In this shot we see the first phase of landfilling going on. This was done to extend the shore to make room for an esplanade and a seawall.

This close up mosaic shows more detail on the area.

Now for a mosaic of the finished product.

As you can see this new land allowed the construction of several new buildings along the shore as well.

First up is the new Nemonos Central Terminal. This columned building is the central station of the Nemonos subway system (yep, Nemonos has a subway now, more info on this in a future update) and the regional bus system. Due to land constraints the surface rail system terminates at a station a few blocks West (see behind hospital).

The intensification of the downtown also meant that there were too many people for the current hospital (Nemonos General: joshiejack's work). Thus a brand new state of the art health care facility was constructed right along the shore.

Now to address the newest project in the downtown, GreekMan's re-development of his land into an HSBC tower. As you know HSBC is the region's largest financial institution. They currently occupy the majority of the Nemonos Financial Building (tall red-glass building). Recent population expansions have meant they need more office space and so they are going to build a second tower right across the street from their current location.

Here's the site now.

Now, that building has to go! So, they contracted a demolition company to take it down. It was later learned the company was from Siberia... uh oh.

Haha, so needless to say the building was totally obliterated. Once the rubble (rubble? more like dust) was cleared the lot was ready for construction.

Of course there's some paperwork that needs to be done before ground can be broken but that won't take too long.

While all this was going on landowners of the adjacent lots got wind (how could they miss?? haha) of the new project. This resulted in a spike in land value and some new construction projects.

No-one really wanted that old ugly tenement anymore anyway so these blew through the application process like a hot knife through butter.

Here's how it looks now, construction on the HSBC tower will begin very soon. Stay tuned for that!

Oook! wow, big changes in the downtown!! These are exciting times in Nemonos, now with over 450 000 people regionally (190 000+ in Nemonos proper). Stay tuned for more downtown updates!

[Schulmanator 5,813]

All are good pix - I esp like the 2 on the right in the last pic. What are they?

[pipishere 3]

Fabulous Work! I love the wway the Downtown is developing...keep it up!

[GreekMan 246]

first of all great update.

thanks for including my project

And i can wait till future updates.

i also do have one thing i don't like but it will chage later in future updates.

I don't like how you have all of those three buildings in a row. It's not very nice. but is your cj

And the last thing

How did you beat me is posts? I was ahead and now im behind

did you PM someone for the review?

[RHMgerards 7]

greatly improved downtown!! the waterfront has really turned out nice! keep it up!!

[AfroThunda 1]

Wow, nice update... I like the shoreline, marrest has some seawalls you can dl that might fit better downtown.

-Afro

[ccecill 52]

Nemonos is turning out to be awesome. Can't wait to see the new building.

[RushHourFreak 1]

Your downtown is an special postcard. Excellent for selling it on the libraries  The water is very scenic and I really enjoyed those mosaics. I appreciate your work so far.

RHF

[RushHourFreak 1]

Your downtown is an special postcard. Excellent for selling it on the libraries. I like your water, it looks very scenic, also enjoyed the mosaics. I appreciate your work so far.

RHF