Aqua Vista

[seemurray2 21]

Welcome to my newest cj, Aqua Vista.  This city is located in the region of Meridian, and will have a primarily mid-western feel to it.  If you like downtowns, suburbs, and commercial developments then you might like this cj.  I don't edit any of my pictures other than occasionally flipping the view to a different angle.  I really am excited about this city, and I hope you will enjoy it!

Unlike my previous two cj's, I will start off with a suburban residential development - this one is called Bradford Park  - phase 1...

Pic1.1 - Overview of Bradford Park housing edition...

Pic1.2 - View looking north...

Pic1.3 - South end...

Pic1.4 - Close-up of Bradford Park Drive...

Pic1.5 - North entrance at night...

Pic1.6 - View looking southwest...

Pic1.7 - Final overview at night...

Hope you like these pics, I'm a little rusty, so they should get better as I go along, feel free to comment if you want!

[Camedia 0]

Nice, good job. It isn't big but it stays a pleasure to look at. Can't wait to see how your region develops

[football_fever 6]

very nice. looks like it could be a real housing development.

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

i love your little housing edition! suburbs are great

[GMT 389]

nice start here.

Like the area shown. Looks very sweet.

waiting for more

[oyd 2]

pretty.... great start.....

[mayorron 0]

Looks Great. Love the Suburbs.

[pickled_pig 7]

After the excellent Port Evergreen and Aquaville, it's great to see the master of suburbia back with another CJ.

If I were you, I would have curved the avenue around the hill, like a contour line, rather than have it go up and down. But other than that, you've presented us with some very realistic suburban sprawl.

(By the way... I really like the tall building in pic 1.5 - what is it?)

-Aaron

[jacqulina 162]

hi chris my friend amazing start i love that banner,wonderfull work so far,excellent suburbs beautifull pics

[Menotyou 0]

Nice little town! Great work!

[Hawkeye9 0]

yes!!! Another seemurray2 journal. I loved

Port evergreen, hope this turns out great too.

[Schulmanator 5,787]

An enjoyable read - looking forward to more.

[Abc987 3]

Your suburbs are great! I can tell you took your time. Keep it up!

Jason

[connor_v 3]

Looks amazing, very suburban feel to it. I'll be here next update!

[owenluby 1]

Wow! I just love it! Great suburban feel!

[seemurray2 21]

Here is the first update of hopefully many in Aqua Vista.  Before I get started I will do replies first, like always:

Camedia - Thanks for being the first to comment, and thank you for the kind remarks!

football_fever - Hey, thanks - that's what I was hoping for!

BlondeTwiggy - Thanks Twigster, yes I love doing suburbs!

GMT - Hey GMT - I'm glad you like it, hopefully I can keep you interested.

oyd - Lots of new "faces", thanks for the comment!

mayorron - Thanks mayorron!

pickled_pig - Hey, great to see you commenting - I don't know about "master of suburbia", but I do enjoy making suburbs as you probably already know.  About the hill, I was going to curve it around, but the people said they didn't want all flat roads and that they would prefer to just go right over it, so I obliged!  Thanks for the tip though, and that building is the BrenntLife Building.

jacqulina - Jacky!  Thanks, i'm glad you like the banner, even though it's kind of plain - but thank you for your very nice comments!  

Menotyou - Thanks!  Glad you like it.

Hawkeye9 - Hey Hawkeye, thank you I hope so too!

Schulmanator - Thank you for commenting!

jrhnemo - Hey Jason, thanks alot - yes I always take my time, maybe too much sometimes!

connor_v - Thanks for the kind words, see you soon then!

owenluby - Hey owen, thanks for stopping in!  I'm glad you like my suburbs, they should get better - my first ones are always the worst.

Pic 2.1 - Overview of updated area...

Pic 2.2 - Bradford Park phase 2...

Pic 2.3 - Close up showing the Walgreens on the corner of 15th and Main...

Pic 2.4 - New commercial developments and small office tower...

Pic 2.5 - Vista ONE shopping center, just your basic shopping center - nothing fancy...

Pic 2.6 - Same pic at night...

Pic 2.7 - A close-up of the shopping center...

Pic 2.8 - The MidFirst Bank Building...

Pic 2.9 - Overview of the updated area at night...

There you go, hope that wasn't too boring - I have already started on my downtown and will show some pics as soon as I can!  Thanks for checking out my cj!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Looks good- a nice city under development here

[paletexan 2]

You have an excellent grasp on building realistic suburbs. Looking forward to more.

[manman99 2]

This city reminds of a place called Woodbridge here in Jersey! It has a skyline, yet the buildings are far apart and midrise, like yours, also It has a great mall, like your minimall there, thats what I call it here in jersey, you may call it what you wish, so I dub yours as very realistic!!!! Great job!!!

                             Manman99               

[jacqulina 162]

chris thats an amazing piece of work,the housing is excellent,i love the shopping places just the right amount of parking areas,commercial is fantastic,everything looks so scenic,beautifull pics too

[crazychickensc12 84]

whoa cool you started a CJ, awesome work on it so far you are off to a great start!! keep it up!!

[oyd 2]

i really like the Vista ONE shopping center.....great work on that one.....

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

I like the shopping center, especially the close up!

[pickled_pig 7]

Waffle House... good choice.

Excellent update; I hope I'll be back soon.

[connor_v 3]

Wow, very metropolitan. Ooh...Staples.

[gurrgkud 2]

BEAUTIFUL!!!

Sooo looking forward to more.

[tbone04044 0]

nice job on this city, it looks so real!

[mayorron 0]

WOW!!! No Really! It looks a lot like BuckHead, Atlanta! A peaceful suburban (With Tall buildings) city. I like those kind of cities. Keep up the good work seemurray2. I'd be waiting for the next update.

[Camedia 0]

Looks very amazing, I like the filling where your highway takes a loop. Your city looks very rural and meanwhile quite busy.

[seemurray2 21]

Update two is going to be a preview of what I have coming up in the future for you.  I have made so much progress that I have enough material for three more updates, but I am tired right now so I will just give you a little sneak peek!  

Replies - First I just want to give a collective Thank You to everyone for responding, your comments were awesome!

Schulmanator - Thanks for dropping by again, and I appreciate the comment!

paletexan - Hey, thanks alot - I'm still trying to fend off the Walmartization though!

manman99 - Thank you, I hope it wont dissapoint you that what I've shown is only my mid-town area - but thanks for the awesome post!

jacqulina - Hey there Jacky, thanks for noticing! Just kidding, but seriously thank you for all your support you always give to everybody, you always have a kind word - you're wonderful!

crazychickensc12 - First off let me just say that I love your avatar, yes I'm a 27 year old straight guy and I love kittens - there I said it.  But getting back to the point, thanks for the encouragement - I really appreciate it!

oyd - Thank you very much!

BlondeTwiggy - Thanks Twigster, I hope you don't mind me calling you that - it just stuck with me,  there will be plenty more shopping centers to come!

pickled_pig - Hey Aaron - yeah I've had that Waffle House for a while and haven't used it lately so I figured I would just stick it in there!  Thanks and I hope you will be back soon too!

connor_v - LOL - thanks, yeah Staples is right next door to the Office Depot, I have a feeling one of them will be closing soon...

gurrgkud - Hey great to "see" you here, glad you like it!

tbone04044 - Thanks T-Bone!

mayorron - Wow, nice response - I like hearing about real life places that my cities remind people of, it's pretty cool!  Thanks for the comments!

Camedia - Hey thanks for noticing that, I will have some close-up pictures of that so you can see what it actually is in there, thanks alot for your great comments!

I have two pics to show you, the first one is a preview of my favorite university campus that I have ever made...

Preview Pic 2.1 - University of Oklahoma - Aqua Vista campus...

Preview Pic 2.2 - Downtown Preview...

Hope you enjoy, I'll be back!