The different looks of NYC

[SirUnger 13]

Great update! There are some very interesting historical information. I hope we will see more soon.

[lucky7 73]

lucky7, the creator of 'The different looks of NYC', proudly presents the:

The Ancient Cans Award goes to...

SirUnger

Traveler

Trixie Winner 2007

Posts: 138

Joined: 02/11/2007

I am very proud to announce that SirUnger is the winner of the 300th Post Award of my City Journal. He keeps impressing us with his City Journal, MANHILLTON, that offers a fine choice of different architectural styles well combined together and with very creative results of city planning.

Congratulations!

This is the table of the Awards so far:

200	Central Park Maple Leaf Award	ilikehotdogsalot 06/25/2008
300	Ancient Cans Award	SirUnger 10/14/2008
400	Surprise
500	The Brooklyn Bridge Fresh Breeze Award
600	Surprise
700	Surprise
800	Surprise
900	Surprise
1.000	The Miss Liberty Award

Thanks a lot to all the other viewers and commenters. The next update is being shown very soon, so stay tuned.

Take care everyone,

lucky7

[lucky7 73]

Welcome to page 11!!!

Wow, first off I have to say that I was really overwhelmed by your great comments, thanks to everyone.

Schulmanator   Thank you very much, Bruce. Yes, there had been huge changes of the area as you can see in the new update. Thanks, and take care,

René

NMUSpidey   Thanks a lot. Well, I took marast's embankment set, the grass tiles, to get the sharp edges of the reservoir and make it look like a wall therefore. I was really surprised by the result myself. Thanks and i hope you like the next one, too.

tankmank   Thank you very much for your compliments. Hope to see you soon here, again.

edmonton_stinks   Thanks a lot. Well, the people did not get really compensated for their houses- they just moved to other places, mostly slums... Glad you like it, thanks, and hope you like this one, too.

Twenty20   lol thanks a lot for your words. I guess you like this update, too.

PhilsCafe   Thank you very much, Phil. Well, yes, the research was a bit time-consuming, but I think it paid off. Thanks and return, please.

art128   Thanks a lot, glad you like it. Stay tuned for more to come.

roboo1   Thank you very much for the compliments. concerning the reservoir: I used marast's embankment set, the grass tiles, to make the edges appear as if there were real walls. Some lowering of the terrain here and there, some walls and water and voilá. Hope you like this update, thank you.

Smarty218   Glad you like it, thanks a lot. There are more historical pix in this update.

anarchy0029   Thanks a lot. Yes, a city gets more interesting with knowing its' history- and there's still a lot to be shown. Thank you.

jacqulina          Thanks a lot, Jacky, glad you like it. Hope you like this one, take care.

SirUnger   Thank you very much. This update should be to your taste, too, as it is very historical, again. Congrats on the Award!

Upper West Side: Near the end of the 19th century- The Age of Extravagance.

Central Park was created in 1858 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux on an unpromising site of quarries, pig farms, swampland and shacks (as shown in the last update).

The following picture shows it construction near the Reservoir north of the 86th Street Transverse Road:

The Upper West Side became residential in the 1870s, when the Ninth Avenue El Train made commuting to midtown possible. Here are some impressions:

The Upper West Side also offered fine examples of 19th century architecture:

However, shantytowns still dominate the area:

Different kinds of industry, such as slaughter houses, were formed near the Hudson River and farther north...

... whereas clinics in the middle of nowhere offered every possible kind of treatment:

Palatial living on Central Park:

Exclusive adresses can also be found on The Boulevard, now known as Broadway:

The Dakota (finished in 1884) on 72nd Street was the first luxury apartment building and could be referred to as a lonely bastion of luxury in what was still the back of beyond:

The lights of extravagance are visible in the darkness:

That's it for today, hope you like this historic review on the Upper West Side. Thanks to everyone for viewing and commenting,

take care,

lucky7

[Bombshoo 3]

Nice. I wasn't sure how much I'd like the historical take on things since I'm so anxious to see modern day Manhattan, but that was very well done.

Oh and like you said about a purely swamp CJ you are right. Maybe at some point I might do a Louisiana Bayou or Georgia or South Carolina coasts one. I think that'd be real interesting.

[edmonton_stinks 5]

Sucks for the people from the old village then. I would have hated to end up in Five Points or any of the other turn-o'the-century holes.

The Dakota must be a sign of things to come. Not too many shanties on the Upper West Side these days.

Another great update! The cobblestone streets are quite well used, and the buildings look excellent.

[Schulmanator 5,815]

As you can imagine, I love the historical pictures. A fine milestone celebratory post. I missed out on this award, but there is always next time!

[NinjaJoe 4]

Where U Get The Streets And Houses And Warehouses

[SirUnger 13]

Yes, I really like this update. This historical New York looks nice.

[Ke|is 3,341]

Very good, I love this update

[art128 4,625]

Wow ! that's awesome !

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Originally posted by: Schulmanator As you can imagine, I love the historical pictures. A fine milestone celebratory post. I missed out on this award, but there is always next time!quote>

You?  Love historical pictures?  Noooo...

Anyways, it's another interesting update.  It's really interesting to see more of NYC rather than the ubiquitous skyscraper forests you see in every picture ever taken of the city.  Perhaps in the future I can win one of the awards, also  I'll keep trying!

[Ducio 285]

Very impressive, I love historical re-creations...

[suplado! 23]

wow -- just like the real historical pics...really like the looks of those structures and roads, very impressive...

[Muck308 55]

Absolutely awesome update. This is some of the best work I've seen. It reminds me of reading 'Time and Again' by Jack Finney.

[lucky7 73]

Hi to everyone, it's teaser time!

First off, thanks a lot for your great posts, the replies are following in the next update.

I just wanted to say that I am really happy that you liked the historic updates, there are more to come as my CJ proceeds.

Ok, hope that everyone's ready for the teasers:

TEASER:

86th Street / Central Park West, nowadays- as you can see there is a huge difference to the last two updates:

Here's a transportation overview of the Southern part of the Upper West Side and midtown Manhattan:

So, our next stop- away from the historic reviews on the Upper West Side, is 86th Street W:

I hope you like the teaser pics; the next update, however, will be somewhen around next week as I am teaching a class on the weekend. Nevertheless, thanks for passing by, viewing and commenting, take care everyone,

lucky7

[Godzillaman 21]

I like that shot with the apartments overlooking Central Park, It screams NYC.

[Almighty Nienaber 3]

...yes...

Edit: How big is that map?

[PhilsCafe 8]

Another interesting historical update... I really like the way you're telling us the story of NYC, I bet even a New Yorker could learn something from that

- Phil

[sadhu_navarrete 0]

Nice teaser. I can't wait until someone releases a one way road with more lanes. Can't wait for more NYC pics!

[roboo1 1]

The central park looks nice on the teaser. Can't wait to see more of NY's highrises!

[SirUnger 13]

Really nice update! I hope there will be more soon. And by the way a region shot woulb be nice.

[art128 4,625]

great teaser my friend

[jacqulina 162]

wow yes i do like them,i love the pics,excellent work allround my friend

[tankmank 853]

looking really good

[newyorkrunaway1 110]

that map you posted last looks very accurate, cool

[lucky7 73]

Hi everyone, it's replies time.

Bombshoo   Thanks a lot and I am glad I could convince you to like the last update lol Yes, a CJ on the Lousiana Bay would be nice. Thank you.

edmonton_stinks   Thank you very much. Yeah, ending up there wasn't fun for sure... Glad you liked it. Hope you like the new impressions, too.

Schulmanator   lol you? never! I am glad you liked it. Well, yes, hopefully one of the next awards goes to you, Bruce. Thanks a lot and take care,

René

NinjaJoe   Welcome to my CJ. Well, the streets are part of the NAM and marrast's embankment set. The houses and warehouses (in the original case these are factories) are custom content you'll find on the STEX.

SirUnger   Thank you and I am glad you like it. there will be more historical updates in the future. Thanks for passing by.

kelistmac   Thank you very much, hope you like the new one, too.

art128   Thanks a lot for the nice comment, stay tuned for more!

NMUSpidey   lol you are right, how come that bruce loves historical pictures? I am glad you liked the historical update a lot. Well, you are right, there's much more to show than skyscrapers when doing a NYC CJ, although at some point it will be inevitable... Yeah, keep going for the next award lol Thanks a lot and take care.

Ducio   Thank you very much, there will be more historic updates (soon, I hope). Stay tuned for more.

suplado   Glad you liked it, thanks a lot. The next updates will be a little bit different compared to the historic one. Thank you.

Muck308   Wow, thank you very much for the compliment. I am really glad you like it so much. There's more to come soon. Return please.

Godzillaman lol yes, these apartments are really screaming loudly lol Well, the apartments are really impressive, more of these and the ones on the Upper East Side will be shown soon. Stay tuned for more and thank you very much.

Almighty Nienaber   lol I guess you liked it... Well, the entire map measures 28 x 40 km, so it covers a large portion of NYC and NJ. The map shown in the last update, with the roads, is one large city tile. Thanks for passing by.

PhilsCafe   Oh, wow, that's very nice. Glad you liked it. Yes, history makes life more... lifely... what a weird sentence, but I think it's true. And a re-creational CJ becomes more interesting, I guess. Thank you very much and return please.

sadhu_navarette   Thank you and glad you like the teaser. Yes, functional one ways with more lanes would be great! Hope you like the new update.

roboo1   Thank you very much, here is more of NYC.

SirUnger Thank you, and here we go with the region shot.. !

art128   Thanks a lot and here's the new update...

jacqulina   Jacky, my friend, glad you liked the pics. Thank you very much for your great comment. Hope you like the new update, too. Take care.

tankmank   Thanks a lot, there is more to come, so stay tuned.

newyorkrunaway1   Thank you. Yes, I tried my best to make it look as accurate as possible and I think the outcome isn't too bad. Come back for more, please.

Hello and here we go with another update on the Upper West Side as it looks nowadays. This one isn't focusing on specific spots, but mainly offers you some impressions from 86th Street farther north and west. Last but not least: two region views (well, basically Manhattan) to finish todays' update:

A night shot:

The Reservoir (north of 86th Street Transverse Road) at night:

Two region views:

Alright, that's it for today. Hope you like it. The next update will focus on Riverside Park, on the shore of the Hudson River and its' neighborhoods.

Take care everyone and thanks for viewing and commenting,

lucky7

[Twenty20 28]

Beautil work, I love the old pictures, and the park (teaser) is really nice.

I love the pics of the last update, it's a great work and the realism is amazing.

The region view is fantastic.

[blue sinjid 7]

Wow very nice update! That region shot looks sooo good!

[Artur_001 4]

OMG, it's so amazing. Well done.

I love those historical photos.

Can I ask you where did you get this white bulding from THIS photo, becasue it isn't Maxis, right?

[Bombshoo 3]

That region view almost made me crap my pants. Oh and  what is that tiny airport in Manhattan?