Making Permanent Old Cities

[Mike the Mayor 51]

I've given away what this is all about in the title but what does the 'Make This Building Historical' button do? If I was to press this on an old building in my Old City would it prevent it from being built on again?

Also, would the PED Mall Tiles also prevent a buildinging being rebuilt over?

Mike the Mayor

[Krio 624]

Yes. It you press the MTBH-button, it stays like it forever.

[sebastin 1]

interesting. i've experimented with it but the buildings appears again when game is restarted.

[spa 968]

The make historic button is my best friend. Keeps high wealth from taking over and the city from changing too much too rapidly.

[flame1396 9]

historical should be use without rtestraint for anyone whe likes to sculpt a city

[Mulefisk 15]

Without it, I probably wouldnt play the game half as much as I do.

[YannickSHE 0]

Same here. The historical button is WHY I play SimCity4 (and SC3000K as well).

I sculpt my cities from oldtowns, to downtowns, to suburbs, everything. That way, my computer is more effective (not having many developments at same time) and I get the R$$$ demand always floating. I love it.

You should definitely play with the Historical button.

Hint: If you want more diversity in the region, I often play with cities that each of em are having a different building type (Houston, Euro, New York and Chicago). That way, when you grow a city, if it's only the NY style for example, it definitely builds nice concepts and neighborhoods and that's when the Historical button becomes your best friend.