San Pedro & Mesias

[Tomasneto 20]

Panther, congratulations!!! You are the Trixie Winner 2008!!! Great, my friend!!!

[panthersimcity4 162]

Thanks guys for all of your comments, I'm afraid I wouldn't have enough time to reply to all of you but thank you all for comments! Also thanks to those of you who nominated me for a Trixie

I redid Santa Leon back to a layout that was more like my previous version:

Santa Leon is one of the most important seaports in northern South America and the Caribbean.

Here is the Casco Viejo, which is where the Cathedral, Castle, and Capitol building are located around Plaza Bolivar.

The old town of Santa Leon is filled with colorful Spanish colonial buildings lining narrow streets. The small streets are lined with cafes, shops, and family-run hotels.

In the middle of the Plaza Bolivar is the statue of Simon Bolivar, the "George Washington of South America" He has many statues all throughout South America, especially in Colombia, Venezuela, and Mesias.

The Plaza del Leon Santo, literally "Place of the Holy Lion" which contains a large collumn in the middle with a statue of a lion on top. The large palace was originally inhabited by the royal Family who would occasionally take vacations here with their royal ship. Eventually some of the royal family members stayed in Mesias and they became the local royalty. The Iglesia Real next to the palace was where the royal family members would attend mass.

Thanks for reading!

[spore415 5]

Congradulations, 500 veiws thats a big thing!!! i am looking forward to many more fabulous updates in the future! (hopefully this post will hope with the page flip bug)

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

Well done, I love that diagonal parking. Some very nice monuments too.

Always a pleasure,

-Todd

[art128 4,622]

Alla these monuments are great my friend ! excellent work on Santa Leon !

[SirUnger 13]

Wow, really nice pics, I love them. I can't wait to see more.

[tankmank 853]

wow looking fantastic as ever i love it

[GMT 389]

nice work.

I like the area around the statue, looks cool!

[panthersimcity4 162]

spore415: Thank you!

SimHoTToDDy: Thanks for the comment

art128: Thanks, I'm glad you like it!

SirUnger: Thanks!

tankmank: Thanks for commenting!

GMT: Gracias!

Sorry I've been gone for a while, I've been kinda busy with other things. However I couldn't resist opening up SimCity4 and building Mesias.

MOAR pics of Santa Leon

The Catedral de San Francisco de Asis is one of the largest cathedrals in all of South America, and could seat the entire old town inside it (at least several hundred years ago anyways) It was built in the late 1700s when the city of Santa Leon became a New World trading power.

The long Avenida del Sol starts in the Casco Viejo and then splits into the city's CBD. In the area where old town meets new, there is the headquarters for Telesegundo, the largest television and entertainment company in Mesias. They own the triangular building and also another studio on the other side of the city.

Here is a magazine that they own and print out:

At night the city is lively and traffic gets horrible as people go home from work. Often the more well-off people go out with their families to nice restaurants for several hours, and then later go home to get some sleep. The poorer people often dine out at their family or neighbor's house.

And a mosaic of the Old Casco Viejo at night:

[panthersimcity4 162]

pageflip

[panthersimcity4 162]

*gets bug repelent*

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

Very nice city, great mix of contemporary and classic buildings I must say. I particularly liked that second picture.

-Todd

[feliwi 4]

page flip bug, probably fantstic update, I'd wish to see, hope this helps!

[feliwi 4]

one more trial!

[Twenty20 28]

Excellent work, nice pictures, especially the night shots, looks great and I like it very very much !

[Hawkeye9 0]

Wow, beatiful city!!!

I especially love that plaza!!!

Lookin forward to more!!!

[Muck308 55]

I love those diagonally parked cars around the statue.

[Schulmanator 5,812]

Looking good! Glad to see more of the town. Purr-fect!

[fabsies55 5]

really awesome city man, i see why its come a long way, really well done.

[bokrif 18]

Beautiful updates my friend! Good job!

[Heblem 600]

Excellent work! I do like your Simon Bolivar plaza. Also like your CBD and the uses of colonial buildings. Cant wait for more!

[Ke|is 3,337]

I love this city my friend

[De Ja Vu 117]

Your last few updates were really awesome! Santa Leon looks fantastic!

[tankmank 853]

wow i love it very latin america

[art128 4,622]

really awesome city,Santa Leon looks fantastic my friend , excellent work.

[lucky7 73]

A wonderful update, very colorful and lively. looking very much forward to more,

lucky7

[panthersimcity4 162]

SimHoTToDDy: Thanks!

feliwi: That helped alot, thanks!

Twenty20: Thank you

Hawkeye9: Thanks, I'm glad you like it!

Muck308: Thanks, I downloaded those lots from Sc4Dev I believe, and I'm obsessed with them now

Schulmanator: Thanks for stopping by Schulmanator!

fabsies55: Obrigado!

bokrif: Thanks my friend! Glad to hear you like it!

Heblem: Thanks Heblem, your CJ inspired me to make a ton of lots for my cities!

kelistmac: Thanks!

De Ja Vu: Thanks, btw congrats on the Trixie!

tankmank: Thanks!

art128: Thanks fellow IPON member!

lucky7: Thanks! Congrats on your Trixie

Heh.... sorry for not posting here for a while, I had a bit of Real Life Syndrome. I'm also working on some other projects on the side, like an American city.

This update is about the not-so-pretty parts of Santa Leon

One of Santa Leon's airport runways runs very close to the city, and every day large airplanes hover above the jumbled up houses of the poorer outskirt neighborhoods. As you can probably imagine, the land value right in front of the runway is pretty low.

Most of the poor neighborhoods are jumbled with old colonial-style houses and shops and more modern buildings. Most people drive old junk cars that they've owned for a couple of decades. There also tends to be alot of garbage on the side of the streets. The stench doesn't stop young kids who play games with what little they have.

Here is a slummy block in the middle of the city. The housing here is under risk of being demolished by a very wealthy entertainment company that wants to turn the block into a shopping and entertainment center. Of course the current residents of the neighborhood would be stuck having to relocate or live homeless, which is why many are up in arms about it. The Socialist Party of Mesias is highly involved in stopping any construction on the site and is widely supported despite their often radical views.

[Schulmanator 5,812]

Hmmm... a nice shopping center might be a good boost for the area.

[danielcote 9]

an absolutly fabulouse city!

[Benedict 3,119]

I haven't been here in a while, but i'm glad to see you have continued with some amazing city building. I always like seeing less pretty areas - they make a city seem so much more realistic.