WORLD

[Ke|is 3,332]

love new york

[Abc987 3]

Most realistic CJ EVER!

[penguin007 27]

Looking great everything has character which is so hard to get. Well done

[jcabassa 20]

Wow! Awesome version of NYC! The best city in the world, as I've said before! Looks like the real thing!

[skyliner22 16]

Wow You truly captured NYC! I love how u provide background on things in each city, KEEP IT UP! Can't wait til u go international!

[muffinpunk787 1]

wow this is amazing.. once again the color and realism strike me!  I really like the history behind the buildings and the construction of future buildings!  Nice job (oh and i think you'll need a bit more taxis than that)

[2ch.net simplayer 180]

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[Mulefisk 15]

Congrats on the best New York recreation ever, in a CJ that isn't even about New York.

I don't know how you do it, but you do it incredibly well.

Looking forward to the next update!

[MrVegetable 2]

Those two cities alone are some of the most accurate and beautiful representations of real cities that I have ever seen! Truely outstanding! One presumes you are only making cities that have the landmarks included in the game and those that are on this site. I'd love to see a recreation of places like London and Sydney just to see how you do it

[ilikehotdogsalot 307]

LONDON

Established by the Romans in AD 43 on the River Thames, London is the 2,000 year old capital to the United Kingdom and England. London is currently the most populated city in the European Union with an official population of 7.6 million. It is the home to the House of Parliament that seats the Government of the United Kingdom and residence to the Queen of England. London is one of the world's leading business, financial, and cultural center and is a global influence in politics, education, entertainment, media, fashion, and art. London is a busy tourist destination, and is well known for its black-taxi cabs, red double decker buses, busy underground tube system, and iconic landmarks like Big Ben, Tower of London, and the London Eye. With its share of bad luck, including numerous invasions, The Black Plague of 1665, Great Fire of 1666, The Blitz, and terrorist bombings, London's future now seems bright, with the 2012 Olympics bringing along new construction/ redevelopment projects and rise in population.

Tower 42 is the tallest skyscraper in the Square Mile, London's oldest and most modern section. It is located on 25 Old Broad Street, hovering 183 meters above the Business Center of London. The building was designed by Richard Seifert and was built by John Mowlem and Company between 1971 - 1979, opening in 1980. Tower 42 was an extremely controversial building at the time of its construction, as it was a major departure from the previous restrictions on tall buildings in London. Today it is a major general-purpose office building occupied by a variety of companies.

The Palace of Westminster is where the two Houses of Parliment of the United Kingdom [house of lords and house of commons] meet to conduct their business. The Palace of Westminster is located on the north bank of the River Thames in the borough of City of Westminster. The Victorian Gothic Clock Tower, known as Big Ben, but officially known as St. Stephen's Tower, is also located here. St. Stephen's Tower is 96 meters high and was designed by Charles Barry after the fire of October 16, 1834. Today, It is London's most iconic landmark and a busy tourist attraction.

The British Airways London Eye was completed in 1999 and opened to the Public in March 2000, and was the largest observation wheel in the world until the opening of the Star of Nanchang in May 2006. The London Eye stands 135 meters high on the western end of Jubilee Gardens in the South Bank of the River Thames. The Wheel is one of the busiest attractions with almost 8.5 million people having traveled on it in the first 2 years. It's an excellent way to see the city, and many of London's landmarks can be seen from the capsules.

The O2 a.k.a Millennium Dome is a large dome shaped building on the Greenwich peninsula in south-east London. The dome was constructed to hold a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium, which opened on January 1, 2000 and ran until December 31, 2000, however, it did not attract as many visitors as anticipating, leading to financial problems. There are plans to re-use the Dome for many indoor sporting events of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

London is known for having clean-cut neighborhoods with stunning architecturally rich terrace homes.

King's Cross is a large railway station in the district of Kings Cross in northeast central London. It is the southern terminus of the East Coast Main Train Line and is adjacent to the Midland Main Line terminus of St. Pancras station, which looks more like a castle than a railroad station. There is a new terminus being constructed within St. Pancras and Eurostar trains will arrive there later this year, completing Stage Two of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link project.

Canary Wharf is a large business development in London, located on the Isle of Dogs centered around in the London Docklands. Canary Wharf contains the United Kingdom's three tallest buildings: One Canada Square, HSBC Tower, and the Citigroup Centre. The plan for Canary Wharf was first developed on July 17, 1987 when Olympia and York Canary Wharf Inverstments and the LDDC signed the Master Building Agreement for the 12.2 million square feet £3 billion international financial centre. Today, It is London's busiest financial center along with The City of London Centre.

Battersea Power Station was first in the series of coal-fired electrical plants set up in England as part of the National Grid power distribution system. It was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott [he also designed the red telephone box, Liverpool cathedral and the now Tate Modern Art Gallery]. The first part of the structure was built in 1939. Today, The Battersea Power Station stands empty with little - no plans of redevelopment or restoration due to its poor location in a R$ section of London.

REPLIES

frogface: One word: Thanks!

Poetic: Thank you! I will be doing asian cities later on, Tokyo and Hong Kong are at the top of the list currently

Dark_Jedi06: lol, Thank you! I hope you enjoyed this London Update!

fledder200: lol, Thanks Ferry!

IDS2: Thank you! To bring out the color, I do Image > Adjustments > Match Color > Color Intensity. Hope it helps!

Glenni: Wow, Thank you Glenni, That really means alot!

GreekMan: Thanks!

zelgadis: Thanks, Glad you found the building To get the taxis, I plopped transit-enabled lots that spawn taxis, I then photoshopped and duplicated the taxis so there would be more

crazyyaya: Indeed, New York is one of my favorite cities, I'm glad you liked it!

El Burro: I'M THE MAN! Yeah! lol, Thank you

HabLeUrG: Thanks buddy, I'm happy you liked it! I saw your New York update and it's truly amazing, Extremely well-created!

homeandaway: Wow, Thank you!

Moshi: Yeah, Empire State Building is one of the best Maxis buildings in my opinion, Glad you're liking the recreations!

SC4WTC: Thanks!

tomdapom: Indeed! It's a simple idea but so much can be done from it, Happy you liked it!

powerdc: Thank you! I rely on the STEX since my computer and the BAT don't get along, Cheers!

Deever: lol, It's fine, I was just kidding around I'm happy you liked the mini-tour

rav1410: Thanks! Welcome to Simtropolis!

IDS2: Indeed, NYC is the best. I was going to do Times Square but there simply weren't enough buildings [and ads] for it, If a Times Square set is released, I'll make it and edit the update! Have a good day!

tommiej: Thank you! Come again!

SpecialEddie: Yeah, I know, I posted there but Dedgren deleted my post, heh, I'm glad you liked the update!

Yoman3: Yeah, I know some things are missing, but I think only New Yorkers will notice it, Thanks for the comment!

mjig_dudy: Thank you!

patriots_1228: Thanks, I'm glad people are enjoying reading the texts! Have a good day =D

jayo: Thanks!

doodlea21: Thank you!

Mike the Mayor: Thanks

BlondeTwiggy: Blondes....lol, Just kidding! I've never been to San Francisco but from pictures, it looks amazing. New York City was just wicked though. This was my secret project, Hope you like the next updates!

kelistmac: Thank you!

jrhnemo: Wow, Thanks!

penguin007: Thank you!

jcabassa: Thanks

skyliner22: Thank you! International cities are going to take a little longer because I have to do more research, but glad you liked it!

muffinpunk787: Thank you!

2ch.net simplayer: I posted, Hope that isn't too long

Mulefisk: Wow, Thank you! I'm glad you liked the recreations!

MrVegetable: Thank you! I've seen much better jobs on these cities, but I am very happy with the way they look I'm going to do cities with more landmarks on the STEX first, and move onto the more difficult cities later in the Journal. You've just seen London and Sydney is already on the works!

[frogface 352]

The best London i've seen in Simcity, shame about the Parliament but it did the job anyway,I feel you have captured the spirit of the place. Better than tea and crumpets!

[jcabassa 20]

London looks great! That's London alright, great re-creation!

btw- Do you have any region shots of your cities?

[Mulefisk 15]

Canary wharf is nothing short of stunning!

Great work!

[fledder200 5]

awsome!!!! it realy looks amezing!!!! i wonder what great city you will bring us next!!

Maybe Amsterdam!!

[BurroDiablo 222]

Wow, that is simply awesome... I laughed when I saw all the Pedalo's in the Mellenium Dome pic, with all the traffic that the River Thames has i'm sure those things are like mini deathtraps... haha

[Krio 624]

I agree with frogface, and also best recreation for long time.

[HabLeUrG 32]

yeah!!!! I agree with froface, the best London ever made.... you deserve it youre the best!!! waiting for more

[Yoman3 5]

Dear god, that is the best representation of London I've ever seen, my favorite picture is the one of Kings Cross, you've outdone yourself!!!!

[GreekMan 246]

Wow this is great!

Did you get the PM i sent you?

[2ch.net simplayer 180]

oops! Watch out which side people drive!

waiting for tonkso to arrive....

[Zelgadis 638]

Whoa... Nice London! I didn't even know half of those things were available!

ISF

[luker91 0]

wow the rowhomes were my favorite part of an awesome update... looks amazing!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Nice work! Makes me ready to get some fish and chips and drive on the wrong side of the road!

A++ for great effort!

[crazyyaya 4]

Great Job, where did you get the millelium dome?

[Dark_Jedi06 13]

Good lord, this CJ is amazing.

I honestly cannot find the words to explain the glory of this CJ...

[Mikeaut1 261]

This is SOO awesome!! What a great creation of London!! I'm stunned!! Excellent work, this city journal is amazing!!

[Amerikaner 42]

Awsome, this is amazing, you did a wonderful recreation of london, its amazing feels like im there lol

[octaves 4]

Oh.  My.  Lord.  That is AMAZING.  AHHHHH!!!!!!  I love this!!!!!!!!  YAY FOR HOTDOGS!!!!!!!!!!

[SpecialEddie 3]

London's looking pretty swell, hot dogs. But do you actually recreate the entire city, or do you just build specific parts of it? Since you don't really zoom out on the shots. But I think I'm the only one that notices these things.

[powerdc 0]

Another incredible update. All great pic's but my favourites are those of the terraces.

Can't wait for the next city. Have my passport ready.

Cheers

Dave