Show us your Downtown!

[MariusBleek 5]

Times Square

And commercial district

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[Ranaldo20 0]

Here is mine, Ritter's Point.  I still have some development to do, but it is looking rather nice.  This is the first CBD I have had that is post-worthy!  The Hotel District is to the left next to the Arena and Stadium.

[specializedguy 193]

Here is a shot from North Keilah, a city in the land of Chora (my CJ):

[B33Rm47 1]

Originally posted by: io_bg

My newest city located on an island

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How did you build an avenue and other things under the bridge? I have the deluxe version (it comes with the rush hour expansion pack) and I can't build ANYTHING underneath the bridge except make the river wider!

[citiesxlfan42 27]

The avenue under the bridge is on the stex. It is a mod that allows transportation networks to get dragged under bridges. Type avenue under bridge or highway under bridge. You'll find it. As for the seawalls, each seawall pack comes with a special lot that has overhang to place under bridges and stuff. Hope it helps,

citiesxlfan42

[Jayster 7]

Good luck trying to find it on the Stex... I hate the search....

[stocktons_pimp 10]

Originally posted by: Jayster

Here is a picture of one of my small city skylines.

Hope you like. I think I'll be starting an MD at Sc4devotion as I prefer the way it's set up over there. No offense to Simtropolis. Please tell me what you think! quote>

this looks smooth.

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[io_bg 249]

Originally posted by: citiesxlfan42

The avenue under the bridge is on the stex. It is a mod that allows transportation networks to get dragged under bridges. Type avenue under bridge or highway under bridge. You'll find it. As for the seawalls, each seawall pack comes with a special lot that has overhang to place under bridges and stuff. Hope it helps,

citiesxlfan42quote>

You're wrong. There's no mod like that, dragging networks under bridges is not possible.

You can achieve this by using overhanging lots (http://klex.blog85.fc2.com/blog-entry-11.html) which act as subway stops and convert the road traffic to subway at the sides of the bridge.

[specializedguy 193]

Here is another shot from my Chora CJ. This is the city of Keilah.

[m.moton 0]

This is Grandmaer Harbor, the main CBD in one of my regions...

It's not finished but it's gettin there

[diamonddog_74 32]

Jayster, that looks terrific. I see that you built an El-over-road. Very nice.

[wwetom1 831]

io_bg, I love that one of the bridge stretching over the island. Great use of the avenue and road lots.

[Wrightguy0 40]

Overview Downtown and Midtown, New Liberty

closeup, Midtown, New Liberty

[blade2k5 1,523]

Here's my first CBD in more than 4 years...yeah, it's been that long since I had the urge to play the game

At night:

This city tile was completed about a week ago and currently has a pop of 165k with a mix of dense/medium zoning.  All 'grass' areas are now complemented with trees and I'm also going to be removing that twisted teal/white residential bld from my plugins, can't stand blds without lights no matter how much I like them.

Enjoy.

[cheeseman 3]

altho all the pics are good, io_bg really makes me mad sometimes that my cities never look half as good as his, excellent work as always, you have too much free time my friend ;p

[Blazerhawk 162]

One that I have been working on for the last few days from the city of Aquarius.

 

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: crushedcar

One that I have been working on for the last few days from the city of Aquarius.

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Very nice  Oh and thanks for reminding me of that old 60's tune called Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In by the 5th Dimension.  Now I gotta listen to it

[FishermanIvan 3]

Progress from the 'burbs to my downtown core. The city is named Annecy (got if from the region that I downloaded... I'm pretty unoriginal with city names.) This is the main part of the city, holding the downtown and then sprawling out into suburbs.

Some farmland and a nine-hole golf course.

More of the golf course, and a small hotel bordering the small river leading into the lake that the town sits on.

An older suburb area, with mature pines.

The modern hospital right across the highway from the old walled city. Many churches still reside in there, along with some small houses and the modern city's City Hall.

The two sports stadiums share a parking lot right next to the lake.

The tip of the downtown core; holding the majority of Annecy's major commercial and residential population.

[citiesxlfan42 27]

Fishermanivan, great job! I like your very realistic golf course, and your use of One Canada Square. It looks nice out on that peninsula!

crushedcar, cool CBD! The seawalls are really cool there!

Blade, for coming back after four years, your CBD looks great. BTW,  that area on the left side of the river with all of those closely packed white apartments reminds me a bit of an Australian city. Good job!

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: citiesxlfan42

Blade, for coming back after four years, your CBD looks great. BTW,  that area on the left side of the river with all of those closely packed white apartments reminds me a bit of an Australian city. Good job!quote>

Thanks.  I just love European style buildings and use them exclusively for my residential areas, especially in more densely populated areas.  Those rows of tightly packed apartments are all 1x1's  with a space between the zoning as to plant trees to add a little green to a concrete jungle.  Can never have enough trees IMO.

[gman42 1]

Here are some pics of my city Bendran. Right now I am still working on it therefore the population is only about 207,000. I used Houston, Tx as my inspiration with multiple, modern, skylines, and a very urban yet sprawly setting. In both the Uptown and Downtown areas, all of my buildings are grown, not plopped. It took a lot of luck and bulldozing to get my areas to grow the way I was hoping for them to.

Downtown Bendran:

Uptown Bendran (Still needs a lot of work):

Region Shot (Still needs a lot of work):

Hope you enjoy!

[Simcitymaster13 27]

That reminds me of Denver,Colorado.

[citiesxlfan42 27]

Yeah, me too! Also, cool photo effects! A diaginol cloverleaf? That's a horse of a different color.

[thefunktopus 1]

This is my main CBD (oldish photo):

And the transition to suburbia (again old pic):

[Cobra_nVidia 30]

Not my CBD, but I have some pretty big LBD's

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

Nice! I like the suburbs in the middle of all the highrises!

[This is my name 13]

@Cobra_nVidia : I miss open spaces and trees in the last picture. Other than that, good work  (I won't call it epic, because that's against the real meaning of 'epic' )

Now, some pictures inside the CBD Area in my region, Bayford City.

[dudkis 108]

This is my biggest city's (Baysville) downtown area. It has taken me almost 500 years to grow, with no cheats.

[skinnybones111 3]

 I think i did a good job with my downtown also the way traffic flows out   

[Hazy37 4]

might be a little hard landing a plane in your city dudkis lol... credit for growing it all tho and no cheats!