Halifax,Iowa-A Metropolis in the Making!

[GreekMan 246]

Hello and welcome to Halifax!

Here is a little Table of Contents to help you find your way around:

Pages 1-15 deal with Halifax,Nebraska-America's Finest City!

Pages 16-20 deal with Halifax,Iowa- The City of Champions!

Page 21-current deals with my latest project Cardiff, Victoria!

Hope you enjoy old and new Halifax and Cardiff!

Cardiff will come out September 1st, 2009!

Introduction

Hello and welcome to my new CJ, Halifax. Halifax is located in the state of Nebraska if you didn't know. The city is located between Lincoln(state capital) and Omaha.(the largest city in the state) In the summer time the temperatures can get into the 90s. But in the winter season, you will find the metropolis to be very cold (low to mid 50s), so bring a jacket or bring a lot. As a matter of fact the city can get a a lot of snow. Snow can get to be 3-4 feet in some parts of the city. So enough of the into and let's see some city building!

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Update 1- Welcome to Sports City, USA!

Welcome to the heart of downtown. The heart of downtown is known as the Finacial District, due to it's many important buildings. The tall white building is called the TG Bank Center and it's the tallest building in the city. Surrounding the TG Bank Center are other important banks (Bank of Nebraska) and important firms (Thompson and Sons).

We'll start in the center of city life as we head downtown to the Civic Center. The Civic Center is home to many important city offices. One of the most important is the City Hall. The City Hall had built in three stages as you can see. There is a main City Hall, a City Hall North and a City Hall South. The tall and big blue building (to the left of City Hall) is occupied by the County Administration. The city has it's own Stock Exchange but it dosen't compare to New York's.

Next to the Civic Center is the headquarters for the Halifax Herald. The Herald is Nebraska's oldest newspaper.

A few blocks south is the beloved Nationals Park which is home to the Halifax Nationals. Baseball is taken seriously in the city and it's very common to see fans waving flags and banners and screaming after important games. Nationals Park was built in 2004. The Nationals are current awaiting to be submitted into the Sim City League Baseball or SLB. The red building to the top of the picture is the headquarters for all the city teams. So you will find the offices of Bears (football), Nationals (baseball), Senators (hockey), Lakers (basketball) and Halifax United (soccer). In addition to the offices, (on the the higher levels of the building) are the team stores(on the street level) which are always packed with fan buying sports related items.

Nationals Park is located in the Gaslamp Quarter. The Gaslamp District has become a hot bed in which thousnds of young people come down and eat and/or drink. A lot of people come to the Gaslamp, Friday and Saturday nights. There are hundreds of sports bars and resturants in this district filled with fans supporting their teams. Parking can be a challenge sometimes....

Also located in the Gaslamp is Memorial Square. This square commemorates those who have fallen in America's past conflicts.

The Shopping District has grown in popularity over the years. You will find a lot of people on a Saturday morning looking for fruits and vegtables. The most popular area is the Chinese market which is packed will people.

Located west of downtown is the newly built Convention Center. It can hold up to 5,000 people at a time. Located next door is Kaiser Permenate's midwest headquarters.

Basketball and hockey are popular sports in the city too. The city cheers on the Halifax Lakers(basketball team) and Halifax Senators (hockey team). The arena can hold 21,000 screaming fans. Both are waiting to be subbmited into SCBL (Sim City Basketball League) and the Simtropolis Hockey League(STHL). As a matter o' fact the city is called Titletown to so many people because the city teams have won 20 champions all together. Halifax is quickly replacing Boston as Titletown, USA!

You can't have a large city without a central police headquarters. Built in 1924 , Halifax approved the construction for Halifax's Finest. The Police Headquarters is usually packed will police officers, 3,000 to be exact.

Opera is sometimes popular in the city. It's mosty popular to the rich who usually go when they get the chance. The Opera House was built in 1912 by local city buissnessmen.

And finally here is a overview of Downtown Halifax and the surrounding areas!

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All comments and/or critisims(constructed) are welcomed!

And you are allowed to comment you lurkers!

[n-m-2k8-yeah 0]

Nice mate! Love the GLR and the stadiums fit in well with their surroundings!

[jjune4991 1]

wow! you've done a great job with the downtown area! i really like your development!

[lucky7 73]

This is looking really good! Great building mix and use of custom content, I can't wait to see more, lucky7

[Schulmanator 5,812]

It looks like a bustling new center for Nebraska is on the way.

[Deionn 137]

Noice noice! XD

[Hawkeye9 0]

WOW I thought you said you were coming out with "Greekman 2.0" this is more like Greekman 5.0, amazing work!!!!!

Your downtown is awsome and you have a great blend of buildings!!!!

Amazing start and good luck on this cj!!!!

[un1 41]

Very nice!! I can`t wait to see what will come of this... Good luck!!

-un1

[Almighty Nienaber 3]

Nebraksa?

But good job, i hope to see the city more filled out.

[mayorbk 66]

Great tour of the downtown! can't wait to see more!

[Trainmaster423 0]

First off: AMAZING!

Second off: HOLY CRAP!! THAT'S AMAZING!!!

and Third off: OH MY GOSH!!!! THAT IS COOL!!!!!

I just have two questions:

Did those skycrapers come as growables, or did you plop them?

Where did you find the train station at the bottom of the last pic?

[Haljackey 17,398]

Wow GreekMan, I am impressed!

Amazing use of GLR in a North American style city! It is difficult to integrate in this setting, but you have done so wonderfully! This CJ is off to a healthy start!

I will be watching for developments. I can't wait for the next update!

Best,

-Haljackey

[Equilibria 16]

Great work. I like the realism and urban grit. Two questions:

Are you planning serious rail (I like the light rail in there), and FYI, it gets colder than 50 degrees in Nebraska. You'll need way more than a jacket...

[spectrumtech 15]

Wow. This shows commitment to custom content. SWEET!

I really like the start...

Good Luck! Will check in every few days.

[antsel 841]

Downtown looks great! I love the use of W2W buildings, it adds a nice historic touch. Great start, I'll be sure to follow this.

[tomdapom 79]

Hey, nice work GM! This is definately your best work yet!

PS: I can see a few similarities between this and my CJs . . . (but feel free to use it, I didn't exactly Trademark it, lol ).

Can't wait for more!

[fabsies55 5]

kool city. your buildings are awesome and so is your city. and your stadium looks pretty kool,

your city is very "grey" and dull with no trees but i still like it.... your suburbs look pretty cool

[wallasey 8]

Great cohesion between the buildings and open spaces.

[rct3twins 14]

Yhey. National City was great, Scarborough was not as great but still great, but this is Awesome!

[dfnva 34]

Nice downtown and I like your choice of buildings. I also like how the highways surround the downtown.

-Dan

[GreekMan 246]

Hello all and thank you for those wonderfull, outstanding, amazing, and just plain cool comments. Just a few things:

1. Downtown is completely plopped. That means that a lot of buildings are from the STEX. Some are from Maxis like the landmarks. But anyway you will find no maxis buildings in downtown. I also want to let you know that the first few updates will be about the downtown.I will also build a university, midtown, and uptown later. I am tring to find BATs like more W2W stuff. I also have to find some park stuff too.

2. As for the GLR, I plan to destroy it later. I will be building a Subway which is very easy.

3. Here is a teaser of what's to come:



This is the new neighborhood of Becon Hill.

 New update will be in a few days and thanks everyone!

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

The down town looks very good, I cant wait to see the surrounding area developed! The small town W2W looks great there too.

Looking forward to more,

-Todd

[panthersimcity4 162]

Wonderful work! It's very hard to make the Coit tower look good in a non-San Franciscan city, and you've done quite well.

I love the downtown area of Halifax as well, a bit plain, but very nice and cozy.

[Schulmanator 5,812]

A tempting teaser...

[Hawkeye9 0]

nice teaser, looking forward to next update!!!!!

[GreekMan 246]

 

Update 2 - The Construction of Becon Hill

Welcome to the newest neighborhood in the city, Becon Hill! Becon Hill is located to the south of downtown Halifax. The monument was given to the city by the French government after they gave Liberty City I-I mean New York City, the Statue of Liberty. The monument provides a panoramic view of downtown Halifax.

Streets needed to be put down in order for the construction of homes. The roads and avenues will have commercial buildings.

Remember this picture?

Here is an overview of Becon Hill that houses 12,000 residents.

The Gaslamp Quarter has been completed and it's right next to Becon Hill. Don't you lov the Gaslamp?

This neighborhood will be called Cambridge and it will house many students to the University of Nebraska at Halifax or UNH. (You will see more of this area in the next update!)

And finally here is a shot of a unkown area that has not been built. This might be a immigrant neighborhood of some sort.

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Comments

n-m-2k8-yeah- Thanks a lot!

jjune4991-Thanks for that comment!

lucky7- Thanks for posting and come back again!

Schulmanator-It sure it! Thanks

deion30296- Wow that took me 5 mins to figure out what you said! Noice comment!

Hawkeye9-Hey Hawk, well I guess it's GM 5.0 now. Thanks for the comment!

un1-Thanks a bunch!

Almighty Nienaber-Yes it's Nebraska. I was considering other states but I liked Nebraska. I can't wait to see the city filled out!

mayorbk-I will be looking forward to your return. Thanks!

Trainmaster423- First off, Thanks. Second, Thanks again, and third THANKS!!! to question one. Downtown is plopped and for two look under Perry Station and you will find it. Thanks a lot!

haljackey-Thanks and I too like the GLR a bit.

Equilibria- No I won't have a light rail there. I will destroy it and build a subway in the future. I've never been to Nebraska, I'm from California. Thanks for telling me.

spectrumtech-Thanks and I will see you in a few days!

selles-Thanks for the cool comment!

tomdapom-Thanks! NC was not good. You were right about what you said. It was too Eureka like. Well I based my CJ off of yours BUT I didn't do a complete copy like i did with NC. You inspired me to do a midwest CJ. You are still better than me of course. I see that you have a lot of success with the way to do your CJs so I wanted to try out your successful way. Thanks for posting Tom!

fabsies55-I plan to put a park in the future and your post in kool!

wallasey-Thank you!

rct3twins- Woah Woah Woah how was NC great? Take a look are Eureka. My Cj was just like it. Scarborough was the best Cj at the time. Well anyway thanks for the comment oh and thanks for putting me in your siggy.

dfnva-Thanks for the comment!

SimHoTToDDy-I love W2W buildings! Thanks for the comment!

panthersimcity4-Thankd for the comment and I will try to get downtown to be a better better than it is.

Schulmanator- Too right you are!

Hawkeye9-Thanks Hawk and I am looking forward to your new CJ!

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All Comments and constructive things are welcome!

Lurkers are also welcomed!

[fabsies55 5]

kool update so far i like that residential area although theres not many trees nor parks i still quite like it. good job and hope to see more

and i hope u expand that city a bit.

[underwearman2007 0]

very, umm, midwestern-ey. i live in the midwest in a town that THINKS it's a city

anyway keep up the fantastic CJ

[rct3twins 14]

Lol, sweet. Must've taken long to plop.

P.S. I thought Liberty City had Statue of Happiness, not liberty. Damn! I wish I had that game.

EDIT: Link to your CJ fixed. It lead to a blank page before today.

[Hawkeye9 0]

Suburbs look great!!!!

can't wait for more!!!