Borden, 'The Little Island City'

[asturianu 4]

OH!! Very romantic update, Brad!! And very realistic marriage! And Criston is one of the biggest cities of Canada! Great storyline. I'm really impressed, my friend!

Oh, Canada

Our home and native land

True patriot love in all thy sons com....

Hehe, very strange to hear from a Spanish that has never been to Canada singing the Canadian himn, no?

Cristian (a fan of Canada and Borden) (and of Criston)

[jacqulina 162]

wow fantastic update very nice little church there and the surrounding area,excellent work and pics my friend

[octaves 4]

nanumea - Hehe, your congrats goes appreciated!  I PM'ed you about the RHW set.

sEAhAwk fAn121 - Pfft, LOL!  I didn't think this update would be such a tearjerker...

rw0381c - Thanks, I like the church too!  Nice in urban areas and nice in rural areas as well!

Cjah - Thank you!

Equilibria - Phew, thast great, I didnt really wanna make an idiot out of myself by saying something waaay different than the real thing Thanks, I did the borders in GIMP.  Im trying to make my photoshopping more consistent.

fledder200 - LOL!!!  Send them to 1 Peir Place, Apartment 63, 1729 King Street, Borden, New Brunswick...Lol

Schulmanator - Thanks...Uhh...Wal Mart...?

tbone04044 - Thanks, glad to know I have more followers now!

MayorTim - Thanks, but I tried to give it a Upper North American look.  I dont want it to be tropical at all.  It just doesnt look good at all in SimCity.  (I love your avatar too )

funkytim88 (x3...?) - Thanks...for those three nice posts...Lol...You made enough posts to make it go to page 4!

asturianu - Thank you!  I hope you like your little bit o cameo there!  (Criston...Cristian...)  Just to let you know, its called the Canadian Anthem.  You seem to know it well!  You must be a very, very big Canadian fan!!

jacqulina - Thanks, as always!  :-)

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Honeymoon

*Snooooore*

*Snoooooooore*

*Snooooooooooore*

Andrew: Jessica!  Jessica!  Wake up!  We're in New Kingston.

New Kingston is a small City, smaller than Borden.  Its on the central part of Shetland Island, which is about 231 kilometers big.  Criston wasnt on Shetland Island, but right on the strait where it meets the mainland of Canada.  Anyways, New Kingston was just a little farming city, about twenty thousand less people than Borden.  Its about 70 000 people.  Bordens is about 90 000.  We were just going through a little coastal area with some farms and a residential area nest to us.  Mountains were off in the distance.

Jessica: Muuh...

Andrew: Okay then...Ill keep driving then...

Hours Later

Jessica's awake now.  Were at the end of Shetland Island.  We juust got out of the toll booth for the bridge and customs.  The bridge goes to Criston in Canada.  The strait was pretty long.  If you really looked hard, you could see a skyline through the haze!  Bigger than Borden, I can tell you that!  The customs and toll booth had three really shiny metallic spires.  Man they were bright in the sun!  I guess they were there to warn you that the booth was coming up...or they got solar power from it!

When you look back on it, you realise theres a light on it along with the sun reflecting.

Andrew:

Man...that is one loooong bridge.  Look!  You can see Criston!

Jessica: Where---Ohh!  I didn't think it was that big!  Last time I was there it wasnt!  Man, its really grown up!

A lot of the buildings in Criston were built later than 2000 because of the big office boom.

The highway turned a 90 degree angle when you got off the bridge.   We were actually going through a wooded area!  You could really see the skyline now!  It towered over anything in the view!  A large sign passed by and said

Luna Park

We make sure to keep our wildlife safe.  We keep 16 meters of clearance from the forest.

Keep Criston Clean - Do not litter

Andrew: Wildlife my butt...how bigs this park anyway!  Weve been going for ages...

Jessica: Its been 3 minutes...

Andrew: Oh...Hehe...Heres an exit into the city!  Wanna go walk around?  I have the address to our hotel in my pocket.

Jessica: Oh I cant wait till I see the hotel room!  It better be nice!  Hehehe!

Andrew: Oh, its nice...Its nice...*wink*

Jessica: Whoa...is that a drop ride?

We passed by Mark Anthony Pearson

Park (MAPP for short).  It was a huge theme park right outisde Criston.  Kind of in the part where its still urban, but theres suburbs all around you.

Jess had seen the Drop Zone.  A HUGE tower where the seats go up to the top on the outside and then after what seems hours they drop you!  Then it slows down right at the bottom.

Their logo looked exactly like a Texas flag...odd...

...

We finally got into the city.  We drove up a street right by a big old building.

Andrew: Whats that sign say...City Hall left.  Oh that must be the City Hall!  Nice...

Jessica: Ritz Carlton...would you be planning on turning in there...?

Andrew:

Nope!

Jessica: Oh...

Andrew: Dont worry, where were going is way better!

Jessica:

Yes!!!

I could see the hotel from here.  Why not walk around first!  Hehe...

So we parked on the street RIGHT in front of our hotel!  Then we walked down to the waterfront, and bought some cinnamon buns.  Mmmm...

We window shopped, and did all the stuff we would back home then we walked up the street behind our hotel.  I learnt on the internet that the tallest building in Borden was on this street.  It was one of two buildings called Standard Insurance Center.  The wereon a big plaza.

So we walked on to the plaza.  Man it was crowded and there was nothing interesting there, so we left.

It was gonna get dark out soon.  So we walked up onto the street where we parked.

Then I stopped right in front of the hotel.  She kept walking and noticed I had stopped.

Jessica: What did you stop for?

Andrew:

Won't you come in?

Jessica looked up.  She looked waaay up.  The building...or skyscraper we were standing next to was our hotel.  The Delta Criston.  They had the most ritzeyest, most romantic honeymoon suites EVER!  And Jessica saw the big Delta sign at the top.

Jessica: Youre not serious.  Oh my god youre not serious!  Oh my god!  Lets check in!

Andrew: Okay!

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It was dark out now.  We had checked in to our room, which was on the fourth highest floor.  It was odd to think that on the third tallest building in Criston there was only 3 floors above us!

Our suite was humongous.  Thats the way to describe it.  Just amazingly giant.  Almost bigger than our apartment!  Im beginning to love it here in Criston...

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[Mayor of Tempest Lake 34]

Excellent development Brad. I love the feel of both old and new in the region.

[sEAhAwk fAn121 0]

WOW very nice i wanna see a pic of the bridge humm!!! well very nice

[Porter 68]

Great stuff!!! Hope they enjoy their honeymoon!

[Hawkeye9 0]

You have a nice story line. the pics are so well taken. keep up the great work.

[asturianu 4]

OMG!!! Great views of Criston! I'm so honourated you "cameated" the name to Criston. Thank you very very much!

I loved this update. Andrew and Jess look like a bit lost in the huge Canadian city.

And yes, I'm a HUGE FAN OF CANADA!!

THANKS, and this CJ IS AMAZING!!!

Cristian

[fledder200 5]

Great update!!

I love the story line!

I like that plaza with the trees on on it!

Great city!! keep it up

[jacqulina 162]

excellent update my friend i do love the storyline,i like the way you have built everything so far.great plaza beautifull pics

[GMT 389]

very nice work. I like the idea with the flashing lights.

waiting for more

[rw0381c 2]

Loving Criston! I admire how quickly you put this together as well, I believe you mentionned two days ago it would be awhile before you update because you had to build another city!? The plaza in front of the Insurance building reminds me of Assumption Place in Moncton. In case I didn't mention it this update, great work as always!

Rheal

[Schulmanator 5,815]

The town looks great! He picked a great spot for the honeymoon!

[mjig_dudy 11]

lovely work!

[tbone04044 0]

great pics, they really are pleasing to the eye..... im a lil jealous on some of those pics! keep up the good work

[Benedict 3,119]

You have selected incredible screenshots for this CJ - they really make it stand out in a long list of good CJs.

[octaves 4]

Mayor of Tempest Lake - Thanks!

sEAhAwk fAn121 - Thanks, but the bridge is a movie set hypothetically.  All I did was open anew city, add a gorge with a river, and add the bridge and toll booth with some flora!  nothing else is there.  At all.  most of the region is flat plains of never-been-opened cities!

porter66083 - Thank you, and they are! 

Hawkeye9 - Thanks alot!

asturianu - Its no problem for such a hardcore fan like you   WOOT!

fledder200 - Thank you very much, your comments are always so nice

jacqulina - Thank you!  Im so suprised that everyone likes how I build things! 

GMT - Thanks, Im a GIF-aholic!

rw0381c - Funny, thast the exact look I was aiming for!   That, and the World Trade Center plaza (Pre 911 ).  Thanks for commenting as always!

Schulmanator - They sure did!  Thanks.

mjig_dudy - Thanks.

tbone04044 - Are you serious?  I never thought I'd be THAT good!

Benedict - Thanks!  The feedback here is really something awesome!

Thank you all!!! (Even you lurkers!!!)

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Im going to try to add more photoshop to this CJ.  As this is the tenth update, I think it is well deserved! 

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Rollercoaster!

Jessica: Wow...look, Andrew...the sunrise...

Andrew: It's really beautiful...

Jessica: Yeah...really pretty...

...

"Good morning Criston, this is Jane Dupree on 106.9 Capital FM.  It is currently 9 degrees celsius, forecasts show todays will reach a high of 19 degrees, and a low of 8 later this evening.  Smog will be an issue today, levels have risen since yesterday and the air quality in downtown is very poor.  The air will turn a shade of greyish-green and we advise people with severe breathing difficulties to stay in fresh air as much as they can."

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Andrew: Here in the hotel brochure it says that theres an amusement park museum in the short part on that huge building over there.

Jessica: Which huge building...theres like...fifty in this little block!

Andrew:

That one over there past the Standard Insurance thingy.

Jessica:

Okay, it sounds cool.  First we should go down to the resteraunt, I hear they have cinnamon buns!

Andrew: Im so there!

...

Jessica: So is this the building?

Andrew: Yeah I think...Oh, there's a sign!  It says to go in the door on the other side of the building.

Jessica: Dude...there's like...no one out here at all...

Andrew: Yeah I know...kind of creepy.  But the radio said to keep in fresh air as much a possible...so people might be inside.

Jessica: Great!  That much more crowded...

Andrew: Okay, heres the entrance.  Man...the tall part past that dome is massive!  And it really is green out!

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Jessica: The MAPP exhibit...isn't MAPP the park that we passed driving here?

Andrew:

Yeah, it looks cool, lets check it out.  Oh they've got aerial photos from the opening day!  Looks like it was cloudy...

Andrew: It says it used to be called Astroland...that would explain why that woodie says 'Astroland' on it...

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BONUS PIC!

This was taken where downtown and old downtown meet.  Criston is very historical in some parts, just because of barricaders in the 70's building boom.  You can see the Standard Insurance Center's twin towers on the bottom, and the new construction site to renew the waterfront.

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[crazychickensc12 84]

Whoa that is one amazing theme park!!! Lovely downtown as well, awesome work!!

[Porter 68]

Great work again! Looking forward to the next post as always!

Jacob

[fledder200 5]

Your Theme park is amazing!!

I love the way you make your pictures look...they make the look of your town very comphy and relax

Keep it up!!!

[asturianu 4]

I LOVE CRISTON!!! And the theme park is simply amazing!! Reading Andrew and Jess comments is like hearing real people. Very good storyline, Brad. I'm really impressed!!

Cristian

[Schulmanator 5,815]

That theme park totally ROCKS!! Can I get a season pass so I can go all year?!?!?!

[rw0381c 2]

Excellent use of the MAPP downloads released just recently, and also the Modular Water Park from way back! Simply love the storyline!

 

I'm using your CJ as well as those of nedal2001( The Land of Shamsia , Longines , Levante ), and louisville327(Adventures In New Urbanism, Eureka! --- Planning For The Future) as inspiration for my most recent stab at a city. I want that small/mid-sized city feel, and you’ve all nailed some aspect or another of what I like about that type of city!

 

Great update as usual!

Rheal

[octaves 4]

Announcement!

I was thinking yesterday abouthow this CJ barely focuses on Borden anymore.  These last few updates have been in Criston, and the other few were in various places.  So what I was thinking is...

A NAME CHANGE!!!!

So whadda ya think?  If I ever do, Im still not sure what to name it, but it should be something cheesy like 'The Adventures of Andrew and Jessica' or somethning dumb...I thought this because the CJ is still named Borden, but when newcomers to this CJ come on and see a huge city (Criston) theyre gonna think thast borden and theyre gonna get all confused and then not come here so I want this to have an appropriate name for the content.

So Im setting up a poll on the first page

and I wish for everyone to vote.  Theres a yes and a no.  Pick either one!

IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, PLEASE POST THEM HERE!!!

THE WINNER OF THE NAME WILL GET 3 SEASON PASSES TO MARK ANTHONY PEARSON PARK (MAPP) IN CRISTON TO SHARE WITH THEIR BEST SIMTROPOLIANS!!

[jacqulina 162]

excellent theme park my friend,love the layout,excellent pics too,everyone does like your building

[MayorTim 16]

Eh, (coming from Florida) I've seen several people get a realistic tropical look, but yeah, if your going for an upper North American look, you nailed it!

Very nice amusement park btw, I'm going to make my own soon and you gave me a few ideas on how to go about it.

[bubba_luey163 1]

Very good updates!!! Although there has been a lot of Criston in the last few updates, I still hope we get to see more Borden!

[rw0381c 2]

This is totally dumb ... but how about: "Cinnamon Bun Chronicles: The travels of Andrew and Jessica". It just seems to be a recurring theme in your storyline!

[octaves 4]

I really wish Borden could keep its name, but yeah...

Anyways, I just wanted to mention this:  Classes are starting tomorrow (Monday, January and sadly, I wont be updating near as much.  At all!  I probably will update twice a week?  Maybe a lot less.  I dont know, just hang in there, updates are about to come slow.  Thanks for commenting, everyone!

[fledder200 5]

Hi brad!

Don't change the name, i like Borden!!!!

I don't change Liaane in June& April city, so why would you change yours!

Keep it!