Glendale, ON (The Regional District of Scarborough)

[GreekMan 246]

Bienvenue à la zone régionale de Scarborough/

Welcome to the Regional District of Scarborough!

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            Hello and welcome to Canada’s 25^th largest city, Glendale, Ontairo, Canada. Glendale is Canada’s Finest City with a population of 154, 874 people. The regional population is 192, 243. In addition to population, Glendale is one of Canada’s fastest growing cities. The regional district is one of the safest in all of Canada. Glendale is a perfect area to raise a family, and/or to enjoy hundreds of acres of parks and recreational facilities. Glendale is home to the Glendale Bears, a Canadian Football League (CFL) team. They are a five time winner of the Grey Cup. Hockey is also a popular spot. Residents enjoy the National Hockey League (NHL) team, the Glendale Hawks, who have won the Stanley Cup six times. Once again welcome to Glendale, Canada’s Finest City!

 

 (Sorry for the blurry pic. THAT's Pollution for yah!)

Editor’s Note: Once again I welcome you to another GreekMan City Journal. Hopefully this CJ will be a great one. I have put a lot of time into building this region and I hope you enjoy it! I recently bought Photoshop which I shall use in future updates! The other things that I did(while building my city) was watching all 5 Harry Potter movies, Band of Brothers and listen to music on my IPOD (Listen to the Music, RESPECT, and lots of others)The only thing I ask in return is for a lot of comments! I need them to keep me alive! That is much appreciated. As far as BATs go: I have downloaded many BATs. If you see something that you like, tell me. Thank you for reading this and let’s get this CJ up and running.

 

PS- The next update will be on the history of the regional district. After that I will start posting normal updates. Since this is 2008 and I am in the middle of school, I can’t update daily. I will try to update once a week. The great thing about being in a Catholic school (I am not one if you are wondering) is that we get a lot of days off, so I can try to post of those days!

 

Thank you for your cooperation,

~Chris a.k.a GM~

 

And here is a teaser of what's to come!

A rainy day in Downtown Glendale.

(Special thanks to granto93 for this amazing picture)

All Comments are appreciated SO DO IT!   Please, and hey i did ask politely

Also Happy President's Day!

[edmonton_stinks 5]

Looks nice. I just wish there weren't so many Freytag Buildings. Those things are so invasive!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Rock on! Glad to see you started the new one. I am sure it will be a great success.

[bbfan02 23]

Great start! I am eager to see more parts of that region! It looks fantastic!

-bbfan02-

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

This looks promising. I'll try to keep up

[gabry85 2]

Cool region, love the surrounding farms! Looking forward to more!

[TRNSTN 0]

Small town Canada! Even though I love big metropolitan cities, I"m sure this Scarborough will have its own set of interest points! Looking forward to your next update.

[crazyarchitect 7]

YAY, you're back at it again and better than ever, looks great so far, can't wait to see more

[crazyyaya 4]

Great to see you start another CJ Greekman. The stastics were done nicely. I just have a few constructive critisms. For one, you probally should've put your table of contents as your first post and your first update/intro second, not a big deal. In the future, make sure to close your menu when taking pictures too. Good luck.

[super_monkey 0]

YAY... hey were is it located maybe I will drive down to Visit. Looks awesome

[sEAhAwk fAn121 0]

Great Start! But you might want to try some seawalls... and get rid of the horrid maxis trees! they are scarry!!!  When you do that it can really improve the city!

[.soapy 127]

Lovely Downtown, the region looks nice and realistic. Although, I wouldn't mind seeing some more suburban sprawl on the sides of the city, but either way its still a great region. good work

[nihonkaranws 88]

Nice photoshopping to make the rain effect in your last picture. Looking forward to more!

[pcgirl24 3]

Looks great! I'll keep watching for more updates

[granto93 4]

ack! i thought i already commented

anyways, the downtown is looking pretty nice, a bit too maxis but ill survive. The only problem i see is the region, it doesnt look very ummm natural? if thats the word im looking for. Its very boxy and stuff. I think it should be laid out a bit like a real city would be, with a downtown core and than have it sprawl out in different directions in an uneven pattern. Just look at Google Earth, i guarantee you that there will be no perfectly square or rectangle cities. On the plus side, i do like the fact that you incorporated farms on the outskirts. Not many cities have random wilderness at city limits. Ill be looking out for more!

[AceofSpades 1]

Awesome work that downtown is amazing and from the region view outstanding suburban sprawl!

[simbox 0]

Great stuff, GreekMan! As a Torontonian, I especially approve of this thread

[GreekMan 246]

History of the Regional District

 

1850 - Jacques Cartier explored the area and names it Glendale

1853 – Village of Glendale is established, Population is 1,000

1859- Glendale has 3,000 residents

1865- A native tribe attacks the village, the battle is know as the Battle for Glendale. Glendale wins but at a heavy price

1867 or 68- Ontario becomes a providence of Canada, population is 8,000

1881- John Regal, a local city planner, constructs his own theatre, The Regal Theatre and it opens in downtown

1888- Glendale becomes a city with 20,000 residents

1892- The Great Glendale Fire, destroys 18,000 buildings and hilled 178 people

1895- The reconstruction of Glendale ends, 20,000 more people move into Glendale

1910- Railroads arrive to Glendale, population explodes to 50,000!

1917- World War I begins and factories are built in the city to help the Canadian war effort,

1919- The war ends and veterans call Glendale their home population is 64,000

1925- Glendale loses people, the population is 45,000

1939- World War II begins and more factories are built in the city

1945- War ends and more vets remain in Glendale, population is 75,000

            Jacques Gréber comes up with the Gréber Plan

1950- Glendale wins their first Stanley Cup!

1952- Glendale celebrates its 100 year anniversary, population is 100,000

1955- Glendale adds another 10,000 residents

1960- Freeways arrive to the city and the Big Dig project starts

1967- Prime Minister arrives in the city

1970- Big Dig project is complete after many tests, strikes, and scandals

1971- Centre City Development Corporation is established, first skyscraper is built

1973- Glendale wins their first Grey Cup!

1976- Greenbelt is established around the city

1981- The UN secretly meets at City Hall to discuss the USSR

1987- Queen Elizabeth II visits the city and a local freeway and avenue are named after her, population is 140,000

1990- The Regal Theater becomes a national landmark

1992- First female mayor is elected

1991- A home made bomb explodes from a briefcase at City Hall. Lucky no one was killed or injured

1993- A 72 hour standoff between the police and a terrorist group occurs. The police break into the building and arrest the Al Queda members, population is at 170,000

1997- A group of kids attack a local high school and injure 17 people

2000- The city’s population is over 190,000! People celebrate as the New Year rolls in!

2001- Following the 9/11 attack, the City of Glendale and nearly 97% rais

[gabetx 1]

Very nice CJ! And very realistic looking region view!

[rct3twins 14]

Alright! It finally starts! Need more custom content, though.

[jacqulina 162]

great start and intro my friend great looking region and first pic

[AceofSpades 1]

Cool history.

[GreekMan 246]

 

edmonton_stinks-Thanks for being my first responder! I also hate those buildings when the get aggresive!
Schulmanator- I looked at your icon and I thought you were jacky! Maybe I am going crazy... Anyway thanks for dropping by!
bbfan02- Thanks and welcome back! Thanks a bunch!
NMUSpidey- Thanks!
gabry85- Thanks a lot!
TRNSTN- Who said it would be small town? I could some day be bigger than Toronto. Nah but it will be pretty big! Thanks!
crazyarchitect- Thanks and welcome back!
crazyyaya- jees!! I look at your icon and I though that Dirk posted here.Thanks for the criticism but I got rid of the TOC post!  Also this is where you come in. Who can you get rid of the menu in region view?Thanks!
super_monkey- Well come on down! Thanks!
sEAhAwk fAn121- Well thanks for the comments and about the trees. MAybe I will change it in the future. As for seawall they shall come!
toki.s- I believe that I sent you a PM regarding that! Thanks and I will surely change in the future!
nihonkaranws-Well you have to thank granto for that! Thanks for commenting!
pcgirl24- Thanks a lot for posting!
granto93- ohh everyone is a critic! jk anyway I also sent you a PM regarding your comment. I know that you delete your PMs when you read them. Well I shall tell.... no forget it! Don't worry because I have said a billion times it will change!
AceofSpades- Thanks!
simbox- Thanks for repling! Watch out, this city may surpass Toronto! yeah right....
GreekMan- Great stuffs GM!
gabetx-Thanks a lot!
rct3twins-Welcome back! Thanks for repling and stay tuned!
jacqulina- Thanks jacky!
AceofSpades-Thanks ace!

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Presenting the first update for this CJ. Mark you, it really took me hours to do this! So I present you the very first update!

A Scarborough Regional Tour!

[bbfan02 23]

Great work! I like the little downtown. Great fun center and rural areas!

-bbfan02-

[mtbrocket 2]

Nice mix of town and country. Not too flashy. Keep it up.

Regards,

-Dan

[super_monkey 0]

Keep it comin... can't wait for the next update. Downtown reminds me of Kitchener Ontario.

[Giligone 10]

Excellent work GreekMan! Your skillz have really improved . I like how you have farms all around your city. And the downtown is so well proportioned! Top notch work here. I've lived in the real Scarborough and I can say yours is better, haha.

[rct3twins 14]

Cherbourg. PEOPLE GO TO "COLLAGE"?! jk Great update! Excuse for the pathetic joke. Couldn't resist.

Makes me want to build a big city like that.

[AceofSpades 1]

Awesome update! I love the downtown pic!

[WeekendCityPlanner 19]

Those little boxes in the corner are ingeniuos. I dunno about the mix of the water and the land textures though.