Tokomo

[nihonkaranws 88]

Wow! A blend of European and Asian, with a side of North American. Beautifully gorgeous, keep it up, suomi2005!

[suomi2005 52]

Old Harway

 Old Harway was the capital city of Tokomo until 1806 when it burend compleatly to the

 ground during the great fier and the neigbouring city of New Harway got the title in

 1808. Since the two cities has been disputing about the titel and now there has been

 made a suggestion to join togeather the two disputing cities so they would form a city

 with a population aproximatly 1 200 000. After that Old Harway lost it's title it was

 rebuilt and became fastly the leading industrial city in Tokomo but in 1943 the city was

 nearly bombed to it's foundations and after the war the

 city lost it's industrial titel to Tokomo city that fastly became the biggest city in

 Tokomo. Old Harway became after the war a fastly growing commercial center but

 soon even that titel went to Tokomo city.

 Some Old factorys reminding of the industrial greatness of the city and some old houses to

 the left reminding of times before the great fier.

Old Harway castle guarding Suur-Harju lake is the oldest building in Old Harway.

The main route into downtown. The big roundabout makes it easier for traffic to flow.

Some downtown skyscrapers along Pohjois-Kanava (North-Canal).

Old Harway stadium at the canal bend.

some office buildings near Käpylä trainsation.

The most eastern part of Old Harway.

Typical residential area along Etelä-Kanava (South-Canal)

More of the residentials west of the South-Canal

A local mall serving the residents nearby.

Some of the residentials closer to downtown and the Stadium tower not long away from the Old Harway Stadium itself.

Replies next time I have been a little busy lately  so I don't know when the next update is going to be posted.

[nihonkaranws 88]

This CJ is so awe inspiring! I love the use of the Tokyo Tower along the canal, and the canals themselves. Excellent work!

[TRNSTN 0]

I love your med-density residential areas, they're so diverse. Great use of custom content.

[mightygoose 92]

some good work.

[s_olah 87]

I could barely see anything on the tenth picture...so densely populated...I love it though...

[GreyStreak 0]

So multi-cultural!

[zanehui 0]

i like the railway station and the planning of CBD

[jacqulina 162]

very nice great job with the castle and canals everything is wonderfull my friend

[Voulpiotis 4]

I see you've put a lot of work here.... I love it! Great, keep it up!

[Twenty20 28]

Great word, beautiful pics, I like it a lot !

[waiyeap90 0]

I love the castle a lot and also how the buildings line up near the canal. GREAT JOB MATE

[Benedict 3,119]

That castle is amazing, and you've placed it perfectly. Great stuff.

[Charles Rodulfo 0]

Nice CJ! I like the mixture of buildings. The canals are nicely built. Where'd you get the nice castle btw? Anyways, I'll check from time to time for your updates. can't wait for more! take care

[tankmank 853]

very nice city full of history

[psander5 198]

Hyv

[nihonkaranws 88]

Wow, can't wait for the next update.

[suomi2005 52]

The Island city of Hietasaari

The north ferry terminal in Hietasaari which connects with New Harway.

The congress center in the old town of Hietasaari(Sand Island).

In this picture you can see a little bit of the casino the higest building so far in Hietasaari and more of the fishing port on the 
south cost of the ilsand.

Kauniala Downtown

In this picture you can see the southernmost city in my region  the city of Kauniala.


A beautiful picture of the castle in New Harway.

Old Harway

West downtown of old Harway by night.

East downtown of Old Harway.

Some tower residentials in the westwern parts of Old Harway.

A park in middel of a nice residential area.

This is my first update after a very long time and Im goning to try to answer the replies on this page soon
I want to thank you all for your wounderful comments and wish you all great start on a new hopefully eventful year.

[Keegan V50 15]

this is seriously brilliant suomi...very well done!!...plus the downtown at night.....its really a spectacular place...and same to you..happy new year and ill be here for more updates..

wish you all the best...

Victor

[suomi2005 52]

Replies:

nihonkaranws: Thank you very much I'm glad you like the canals and the

position of the Tokyo Tower.

TRNSTN: Thank you Im glad you like it.

mightygoose: Thanks!

s_olah: Thank you going to see more densley populated residential areas in this cj.

GreyStreak: I haven't tought about that much maybe I should change the statistics and

make my nation a multicultural one.

zanehui: Glad you like it most of the CDB is plopped and I tried many layouts before I

got a pleasing result.

jacqulina: Thank you a lot it is allways nice to get a comment from you.

Voulpiotis: Your right it is a lot of work especially when yuor computer is slow some

days and Im glad to se you like the results.

Twenty20: Thanks!

waiyeap90: I'm glad I get so many comments for the castle and canals and I think I

going to continue building more of them.

Benedict: Thank you yuo get an better view in my next update over the placement of

the castle.

Chales Rodulfo: Im glad you like it the castle is aveilable on the simcity devotion site 

and I think you find it as an landmark I don't rember the creators name right now but I 

want to thank him a lot.

tankmank: It looks old and Im trying to come up with an  history to tell and its 

partly based on events in Finlands history like the Turku Fire and Wartimes.

psander5: That is very nice to hear you like my homecountry if you know the history

of Finland you will find some parallells with Tokomos history. Yes Finnish can be hard language to learn because the grammar and structure is so diffrent. By the way I love your cj.

nihonkaranws: Well I have the five next ones planned out now and Im sorry for the

long wait you all had to go trough.

Victor Valdes: Thank you very much Im glad you like the downtown area.

A Happy New Year to all of you here on ST!

[Petrovar Ambassador 15]

Holy Crap! This is one hell of a CJ! I like the blending of styles here, and the modern to old contrast, cant wait to see more!

[danielcote 9]

Very nice european theme I'd keep with it.

[rewright 804]

You put a lot of content in a very small space and do it nicely.

[Mike the Mayor 51]

Excellent cj going here, I just love the diversity in the city - lots of modern and old!

[Mike the Mayor 51]

Excellent cj going here, I just love the diversity in the city - lots of modern and old!

[Craig91 12]

You cities are very good but they could easily be a lot better if you made some changes to add realism.

The huge towers right next to 1 & 2 story buildings is very unrealistic so try and make the change happen more gradually.

I also think the solar power plants in the middle of an urban area isn't realistic.

I also think you could do with having some things like factories around the industrial docks before going into residential.

I hope you don't see my suggestions as too critical but you have the potential to be a great CJer but just seem to be lowering the quality with some newbish mistakes.

[suplado! 23]

wow -- those huge castle are good landmarks for the area, and the park is a nice addition to the city as well...

[suomi2005 52]

Replies:

Ambassador: Im glad you like my mixture of diffrent styles and the contrasts.

danielcote: Im glad you like the euro style there is also a lot of HK stuff and some American content also.

rewright: Yeah I know but I think there is going to be more mid city parks and plazas in

the futere know when the good costum content is gathering and Im starting to  get a hang

of parkbuilding.

Mike the Mayor: Im glad you like the contrast between modern and old.

CraigKingOfIreland: Well I have never actually tried to make a realistic cj but when

you mention this one has great potential I wonder if I should. There is going to be a lot

more mid-city parks in the near future now that Im getting a hang of it and I have plans

to place the industrial areas and cargo ports outside the first ringroad surronding my

metropolitan core. I know there are a ton of unrealistic details in my cities but I have got

rid some when I have developed the areas further. 

Im very glad to hear some opinnions how I can develop my cities into a better direction

and these kind of suggestions are allways welcome. However I don't find the fishingport

right next to the residentials unusual if you take a look at cities like Helsinki and

Bergen.

suplado!: Thanks Im glad you like it, it's allways nice to get an comment from you.

The next update will reveal the Northern parts of Old Harway.

[suomi2005 52]

Old Harway

North Old Harway: The northern parts of Old Harway  had allways been a

peaceful place by the side of the Suur-Harju Lake. This part of the city was long

known for it's profitable fishing industry  and many new fishermen did move uppward in

the society by makeing profit by fishing so these parts of the city were one of the more wealty 

during that time. The Northern parts of Old Harway where also known for it's beatiful lake 

views and attracted rich factory owners from the main city. 

However when the city burnt down in the great fire the fishing industry died out by the lake 

and moved to the seacoast after that this part off the city remaind for a long time undeveloped

with the exeption of some rich pepoles still attracted by the lake. 

After the wartimes the city started to grow in a fast phase and because the main city was

filled with bussines and wealthier pepole this part became the one attracting the low income

pepole but when the downtown started to get full of office towers the economic growth 

moved northward where new officebuildings where built and also many residential projects

started make this part of the city grow ever wealthier and with one of the fastest rates in the

country.

New broad avenues have been built as a result of the fast economic growth and the growing

increasing traffic also some future subwaylines are planned out.

A huge educational center in the city. The efficient  free educationsystem is responsable for

the econmic succes of the nation.

A view of the marina and the wealthier residential areas surroundig it and there is also a 

hotel provideing some spectacular views of the lake for visitors.

Ones home to the most succesful factory owner in the nation but now works as an exclusive

hotel and spa also hosting diffrent high end events.

Another view of the smaller marina built in a small bay.

A park with new residential buildings and apartmentblocks close by the smaller marina.

More Hotels with spectacular views and some rental flats rigt next to them.

In the middel you have the old hospital taht is also the oldest building in this part of the city 

nowdays pepole that need extra care are treathed there. The tower you can see to the left

is the reginol HQ of Samsung.

You can still spot some smaller buildings right in middel of the new buisness and

residential district towering up by the main marina.

Malls, shops and supermarkets are situted right by the waterfront broadwalks.

Departmentstores, hotels. nightclubs. private offices and even cardealerships has got and 

prime location in the city.

The port tower is the first tower in this part of the city now hoseing private bisneses.

[Craig91 12]

This update is great, I love the use of the marina and boardwalks