Recreation: RUHRGEBIET by EJC

[Benedict 3,119]

Another stunning recreation. And what I meant was that you have managed to do the transitions perfectly.

[Uumke 0]

Great work E.J.C.

Take care my friend

[tommiej 0]

nice work E! to bad you don't like Vista.. your stuck with it... i still have XP, will keep it..

i really like the region overview (what a suprise), the new part looks nice, it follows the railtrack..

i like to see dusseldorf and i really think you should build koln as well!

how much time do you play sc4?? cause i read that you let a city develop/grow 30-40 years.. that's pretty long, and if you do that with every city...

looking forward!

[tommiej 0]

nice work E! to bad you don't like Vista.. your stuck with it... i still have XP, will keep it..

i really like the region overview (what a suprise), the new part looks nice, it follows the railtrack..

i like to see dusseldorf and i really think you should build koln as well!

how much time do you play sc4?? cause i read that you let a city develop/grow 30-40 years.. that's pretty long, and if you do that with every city...

looking forward!

[E.J.C 9]

E-ALTENDORF

@ Benedict; I did know what you ment! haha! thanks for the compliment! It's most dificult to get the transition done within low & med density..

@ Uumke; thanx for the comments always. It's good to see a fellow-dutch man often around here!

@ Tommiej; Windows Vista.. Urgh; YEAH!? :-S haha! But, I play SC4 not on daily basis. It's just when I have some spare-time in RL (mostly weekends and sometimes in the evening) I play around 5 hours a week SC4 I think, but that is average. Sometimes 3 weeks not, and then as many as 25hours a week.. it depends. And, my strategy is always to get transport done in a area, and then start zoning in. I let the game go on Llama speed (and sometimes cheetah) and build so on. (approximately 5hours to get infrastructure with help from google earth done within large citytile. And I think around 10hours to adjust everything and let the city grow to it's size (takes appr. 40years on average, but the city now showing, Essen, is allready at the age of 85 now I think)

Junction in "E-Frohnhausen", just gotta love the w2w-buildings made by our BATers around on ST

Western parts of  "E-Altendorf" and north of "E-Fronhausen"

Some heavy traffic on the  "A40" (Ruhrschnellweg)

Little de-tour towards Essen-south; the river  "Ruhr" near "Baldeney-See"

Well, see you soon @ the next update on Essen's suburbs... Keep commenting, and suggesting me to do things different. Also, real-life pics would be nice of the area

Help me out, because all help is needed!!

E

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull residential,excellent work and pics my friend,awesome work as usual,i love the river and countryside,excellent use of trees.

[Mike the Mayor 51]

Very good work and pictures there, lovely mix of buildings.

[tommiej 0]

the bigger the city, the older it needs to be! my oldest city ever was like 125 years.. it was my very first city i've build when i got sc4 deluxe, it was called tilburg.. what a surprise, my own city where i live.. it was all purely maxis, no mods, no custom content and way to american...

do you use any mod or something that makes sure that there are so many red-roofed houses?? i vaguely remember a post somewhere a long time ago in a thread about a mod that changes the growth rate of those red houses...

on the last pic, on the left side of the water plant, are they dumping sewer water in the Rhine?? cause if they do, i don't think the dutch further down the river will be pleased with it!

you forgot again to cut the vista menu bar on the pics!

Essen looks very good.. looked a GE today.. the comparison is amazing.. so many details are thought of, especially the highways and rails, of course!!

looking forward for the next piece of the Ruhrgebied

[E.J.C 9]

GOING FAST!!

Going on... And building on.. Develloping the Essen-metro-area..

"E-Altendorf, E-bergeborbeck, Altenessen-süd and E-nord".. All have been build

E

[jacqulina 162]

awesome region views beautifull work my friend

[Voulpiotis 4]

Region Shots=Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[E.J.C 9]

ESSEN WEST & NORD

A40 running through the city and devides it in 2..

Local shop in "E-Frohnhausen"

Heavy railtraffic towards "Essen-HBF" near "E-Altendorf"

Develloping further north and eastwards...

"E-Stoppenberg" and "E-Katernberg süd" are allready build!!

As you see,  I really got some speed (/time) develloped.. Stay Tuned & Keep me commented!!

E

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Hey, that highway in east/west direction that goes parallel to the Ruhr for a while and passes by that white patch (airport) - that must be the A52, right? To the right it ends by joining the A40 at Essen-Ost, and to the bottom left that should be the Autobahnkreuz Breitscheid, where A52 and A3 intersect - or am I mistaken?

If I'm right, that's the way I drive every few weeks when I visit my g/f! This is so cool... I see me driving over that bridge that crosses the Ruhr - the next time I'll do that might be this Friday. Whoa. I love this.

[jacqulina 162]

awesome suburbs,excellent building,i wish i could build like that.awesome region views too,excellent work and pics my friend

[Uumke 0]

I love it! awesome work E.J.C!

[bat 6]

wonderful updates, E.J.C! The region overviews are looking very fantastic!

bat

[Voulpiotis 4]

Stunning city...........great progress!

[E.J.C 9]

E-Bergeborbeck

Some green areas in "E-Bergeborbeck" a suburb in the north of Essen

Some industrial parts in "Essen-Nord"..

Same warehouses zoomed out and showing some parts of the area

Heavy traffic at the junction "Bottroper straBe" and "GrillostraBe"

Stay tuned because more updates on Essen will follow.....

E

[Axlar 0]

amazing amazing

[Mr. Beer 12]

Oh!!!! Sweet!!! You used my large warehouse and my John Deer factory... Thanks ;-)

I like the traffic jam on your highways, so living!

Take care my friend!

David

[Kotztopf 1]

the region shot is to die for, but i don't think that we have best buy stores in germany (or do we?)

[Benedict 3,119]

I just love the look of this CJ. Amazing work as always, I can't believe how patient you are!!

[E.J.C 9]

ESSEN NORD

Another not-German store.. I KNOW!! But we have a proper lack of Euro-BATing (shops, large commerce etc)

This is more German!! A Intercity crossing the Essener-city ring..

Some hotels and mid-rise office blocks are settled near the rail-tracks in "Essen-nord"

Some older parts closer to the city-center.. Gotta love the German sign!!

Another update on "Essen" done.. Still more, more, MORE to come!!

E

[jacqulina 162]

another awesome update my friend allways amazing work you do,looking and coming on great,awesome work and pics

[Benedict 3,119]

This is currently my favorite recreation CJ. Stunning work!

[E.J.C 9]

Altenessener StraBe

Area near "Altenessener-Strasse" with medium highrises

Some football-pitches near the neighbourhood

Also some tennis-fields are here for some relaxing on the Sims

The total park, that is seperating the flats from the other neighbourhood "E-Stoppenberg"

Closed up detail shot of some flats near the parks edge..

Next update will contain next of Essen's suburbs; "E-Stoppenberg"

E

[Benedict 3,119]

wow, daily consecutive updates and both are excellent!

[petriknl 15]

I love your recreations! They look so real and damn I have so much to learn when I see your picture and especially the transport map! I have been to Essen couple of weeks ago .. cannot wait to see the center.

[Uumke 0]

I love it E.J.C. You're work shows what you can do with a lot of maxis

[E.J.C 9]

Thanx for your replies all!! Update on the next page!!!