Lankota, Alberta, Canada

[gabry85 2]

Wow, amazing pictures! The city looks very realistic, great work with those retailers and the transportation system!

I'm not sure it's wise to trust that Jack Knoff fellow!

Welcome to page 3!

[suplado! 23]

cool pics...the underpass looks nice!! the small town looks really nice to live in...

[ky72x 13]

The lot-editing continues to be top-notch! Loving the close-ups, especially on the used car lot and the alleys behind the rows of houses. The lineup of cars on the Jack Knoff lot looks very realistic since there's a good variety in them and the placement isn't identical throughout the whole lot (some are diagonal, parked backwards, etc.). Also, I really like that avenue underpass! Nowadays, they seem to be more common as waiting for trains is quite a hassle.

- Kyle

[MTLT_17 26]

Can't wait for another update man! I abosuluty LOVE looking at what you are able to accomplish. The rail is just the cats pyjamas!

Great Stuff.

[octaves 4]

Holy bananas.    I missed this!

Your suburbs are AMAZING, Cristian!  You are extremely talented, my friend.

[Mike the Mayor 51]

Nice pics there, a very realistic looking city!

[rct3twins 14]

Wow! That was really realistic! In toronto, there are always a lot of parking space beside the road, just like in some of the pics! Vary realistic! Man, I swear I'll never forget this. Um, where do you get the parking lots?

[waway625 72]

love it looks like a charming place

wait, howd you do saddleback avenue? what mod is that that removes the center island?

[asturianu 4]

Replies:

Amerikaner: Hey my friend. Thank you, I am glad you are still liking my work. Much appreciated man. Nice to see you again, see ya!

granto93: Grant! Hey dude. Thank you, I am really glad you think it really looks Canadian! And oh man, you can't imagine how much Google Earth helps. You know I have never been out of Spain so..hmm! Thanks Internet : ) haha Very appreciated my Newfie friend!

edmonton_stinks: Hello! Oh really nice that an Albertan comments on my CJ ; ) Oh well, thanks, those street names came to my mind while doing other stuff like eating or at school but they work hehe. Anyway Saddleback Ave. was a friend's idea. Hmm yeah, thanks for the advice about bricks homes, anyways those are only for downtown area, suburbia is more like wood stuff or modern materials you know. Thanks, see ya.

bakercity: Hey John! Long time no see. Thank you! Haha yeah, those are the major avenues in Lankota and wow, I showed so many pics from those places. Well, more stuff coming in next update. See ya then.

Schulmanator: Hey Bruce! Hahaha so am I still being the Canadian Simbassador? Cool! : D Thank you so much my old friend! See ya later.

Pilotdaryl: Hello man! Thanks, I am glad you like the alley stuff! Well, I should add some streetlights now that you told me, just have to re-edit those lots and yea, adding some lightpoles. Yeah I made then on Lot Editor. Really nice you like : )

Nihonkaranws: Hey man! Thank you! Glad you like. Oh those big warehouses on the first update are Simgoober modern warehouses, but I loted them myself on Lot Editor. See ya.

SWAT-MEDIC: Hello ad welcome dude. Thanks, much appreciated : )

bbfan02: Oh thank you! Yeah, I work a lot on Lot Editor and I love to customizate the buildings and all the stuff. I am so glad you like it. Oh yeah, I am a lover of midrise downtowns and also glad you like it! See ya.

GreekMan: Oh lol! Muchas gracias amigo mío : ) ¿Un edificio más alto? Ya se verá. Thanks man, and we'll see if a new tallest comes to Lankota, who knows? See ya!

Jacqulina: Thanks Jacky, so glad you like downtown my friend. And I am also glad you like my planning style! Thanks Jacky, take care, see ya!

allez l'om: Hello again man! Thank you! Oh yeah, the freight yard over the avenue..glad you like it : ) Thanks see ya soon.

Mr. Beer: Hey David! So good to see you again! The master of Midwest hehe. Thank you very much, it is really appreciated man. Well, Lankota is on its beginning, I hope you like the future development on it. See ya my friend!

algis242: Thank you! I am with you, midrised downtowns are so eye-pleasant, well you might know I hate high density and skyscrapers cities, which deserve a visit, but I couldn't live in a place like NY! : P

PhilsCafe: Hey Phil! Thank you very much! Oh man, Sterling;VT taking some inspiration from Lankota! Wow man : P hehe I can't wait to see how Sterling looks! I am sure you will do very well at the town. You are doing really good at rural : )

patriots_1228: Haha Bank of China? Hmmm I'll think about it xD Well, it is difficult sometimes to keep the lowrise style ..you don't know what to build in that empty lot in your downtownn and you could build a skyscraper there. But then I think what a Sim would see each day headi

[bobinator 0]

Great stuff. I really like the way you've laid everything out, especially the suburbs. I also like how your skyline fits the size of the city.

[dfnva 34]

Somehow, I missed your last update, but it looks great and I still like the medium-sized town / suburban feel with the types of buildings you use as well as your placement of buildings.

Dan

[edmonton_stinks 5]

You know, there actually is a Saddleback Road in suburban Calgary. The name itself seems about as Albertan as you can get.

As for new homes, it's mostly stucco or vinyl siding. Working class burbs are all siding, upper class burbs have a bit of both.

It's very realistic, but what mod are you using for the back alleys? They look great and I would really like to know.

[asturianu 4]

Replies:

bobinator: Hello! Welcome to Lankota and thank you very much. I am glad you like those suburbs and downtown stuff. I also hope you like the next update:

dfnva: Thank you Dan! Well, there is no problem if you missed last update, I am posting another one right now, I hope you like it. See ya later man, glad you like the midrised downtown!

edmonton_stinks: Hello again. Oh Saddleback Road in Calgary, I didn't know but yeah, then it is really Albertan. Oh so stucco and vinyl siding. OK, siding for R$-R$$ and stucco for R$$$. I wish there was a pack of those homes out there on the STEX, but oh well, I can work with Simgoober's and other homes. The back alleys? I made them in Lot Editor. I used Maxis default textures and props. They work as parks. I made 1x5, 1x6, 1x7 and 1x8 lots with the alley, some fences and some garages and car props. so you plop those alleys and let the homes grow (or plop em) on both sides od the alley. You know..I hope you hve Lot Editor..otherwise you couldn't make them.

Update:

Today's update is a mix of regional pics and downtown stuff. Hope you like.

First, a region view and trasnportation image. Both are from the ""REgional view as it Currently stays"" cause it is growing and growing!

Now some pics from Downtown, first an overview from South and then some close ups.

Oh, and University of Lankota!

I hope you like it.

[GreekMan 246]

AHHHHH! I love it!

Downtown is getting bigger!

I like the  curving avenues a lot!

About the convention center: ahouldn't you put it away from the downtown area? I would put it in the bigger construction site. Anyway I love your downtown!

[Dsrwhat316 12]

wow, i'm really liking what i am seeing here! i love how you made the curving avenues in the first close-up pic. and the curving paths to match? just some excellent city-building skills, man. keep it up!

~ Dan

[super_monkey 0]

YAY... I have been waiting for an update for forever Bro. Looks good. Heyy do you mined if i use your CJ in my soon to be CJ. like to pinpoint the location and some hwys and stuff?

                          Thanks: DAn

[pilotdaryl 25]

Very nice use of curved roads, asturianu! The university has a very SFU (Simon Fraser University, where I attended) feel!

[bobinator 0]

Again, your region shots and suburbs are amazing. I also like the curved roads. The only thing that looks weird is the grid of avenues in downtown. Maybe just use 1 or 2 main avenues and one-way streets? Other than that, impressive.

[rct3twins 14]

Wow! That's sweeet. Needs to be bigger, though. You should probably compare that to Lloyd. It's kinda like a combination between Calgary and Edmonton. Oh, and are those waters ploppable?

[ky72x 13]

Cool usage of the curved avenues! They are something you don't see people use too often, but you've managed to use them in a very unique fashion. Your lot editing prowess continues to really show (for the billionth time in a row ), especially in North Downtown and the University. Regarding North Downtown, I liked how the small structures were used along with the fuel station and the industrial warehouses. Now that's realism! I'm looking forward to see more of Lankota!

- Kyle

[lucky7 73]

Excellent curves, and the whole area is very detailed, I like it a lot!! Looking very much forwad to more,

lucky7

[Twenty20 28]

Very nice and great city. I love this university, it looks very realistic.

[patriots_1228 51]

damn i missed those suburbs this winter. Great update christian, I love every ounce of this city.

[Smarty218 2]

I love the curvy avenues! Great 'burbs, I like that university too!

[Mr. Beer 12]

Pretty sweet!!! Looks very good! So, I'm going to Spain tomorrow... I'm landing at Barcelona at 10 am GMT... ;D

See ya Christian!!! Enjoy Eastern!!!

David

[spa 970]

Looks great Cristian. This looking great as always. I really like how you've used the curvy avenues, especially the 180 curve by the church (I might just have to steal that idea for my own city!). Nice to also see the Lexington pop up in a cj (first time that I have seen it so far). Keep up the great work. Your cities are always very realistic and fun to look at.

[suplado! 23]

wow -- i really like the university area...anyway -- great update, awesome region view and the cloverleaf in the trans view looks cool

[bakercity 270]

Amigo, that was one of the best updates that I have seen sofar besides mine. I absolutely love the University. See you later amigo. JKB

[Schulmanator 5,793]

Great stuff! I like the sweeping curves which break up the grid of downtown. And of course the classic Cristian look of a Canadian city...

Always good to see one of your updates.

[The Big Z 103]

Great job! I really like the University. I like that you used several buildings that look like they'd be Uni buildings, and put them together.