Halifax,Iowa-A Metropolis in the Making!

[GreekMan 246]

Thanks for all the great comments! I have been reading all of them and they are fantastic!!!!

Repies will now be comming starting for this point! I fell behind all of the other helpful replies....

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Teasers!!!!!!!

The Morning Commute:

Suburban Sprawl:

(Look at the greatest suburbs that I have ever built! It's a mouth-watering pic!)

[Haljackey 17,398]

Wow, great suburban pic!

About the highway curve pic, have you thought about using the highway smooth curve pieces? Looks like you could also fit in some road smooth curves as well. Oh, and do you always have the grid on?

Congrats on your Warm Fuzzy, something I bet you didn't expect.

Best,

-Haljackey

[GMT 389]

that's indeed a nice suburb.

and congrats for winning the fuzzy :-)

[Ntq€310 1]

Wow Halifax looks better then ever! Though could you still awnser that proposal of putting Halifax on my 6th fictionial great lake, it would be great to have another CJ city, and Afdes member right across from me

[deathtopumpkins 43]

Nice! Great suburbs, and busy highway. Though are you using an outdated version of the HRS, or did you modify it yourself? It's supposed to have shoulders...

[fabsies55 5]

seems to be a lot of fire breaking out in you city i think you should spend a few billion dollars on safety (speaking real life terms)

but your city seems to be pretty cool, i see the size of your city has grown a fair but i think you should start getting more areas of medium density apartments and stuff around more, also with your suburbs layout could be better but it still alright... keep up the good work.

[antsel 841]

Wow, I missed a lot of your CJ since I left on hiatus. There's so much to catch up on, I don't even know where to start.

The city of York looks great. You have a natural ability of making realistic looking downtowns. I can't believe how much suburban expansion has been going on, the city is growing at an incredible pace! Again, great work with downtown Fairfax, I love your use of historical and modern buildings. The construction that has been going on in downtown Halifax really adds a lot to the city. What an incredible skyline. Great work on all your college campuses too, I always have troubles making college campuses. I love the towns of Harrison and West Canterbury.

Fire!? I can't believe there was a fire! It's nice to see how well the city handled such a tragedy. What a classy move by the city to build those two huge memorials.

Great work on the teasers of the suburbs.

You have done a great job of developing your region. I love what you have done. Whether you decided to keep with the current terrain or switch to the map with the bay, I'll keep following your work. Great job, and congrats on winning a Trixie!

[GreekMan 246]

 

A Teaser to tie you till the weekend's update....

(Yet, another rainy day in Downtown Halifax...)

[GMT 389]

rain rain rain

nice teaser...

[Raysfan16 5]

DUUUUDE!

Nice teaser!

[Ntq€310 1]

Great looking downtown! Though I guess that now that Halifax has changed it's going need a new Banner to go with it ?

[Hawkeye9 0]

Wow, awsome teaser!!!

Love that suburb pic, amazingly realistic!!!

Lookin forward to the update!!!

[chrissc94 1]

Great Teasers, can't wait til the new updates!

[Joetropian1 1]

OMG. Your use of BATs is great... Your pics are amazing... Your suburbs are beautiful... how did you do it!?

Keep it up, Halifax is looking fantastic!

JT1

[Keegan V50 15]

wow...that is really impressive...like too see more!!...

wish you all the best

Victor

[SirUnger 13]

Very nice teaser, I can't wait to see the update...

[GreekMan 246]

 

Update 1- Welcome to the City of Champions!

Welcome to the heart of the city. The Financial District is one of the most important in the world and ranks up aginst other famous cities like Boston and New York. The tallest building is the AIG Tower in the middle of the picture:

Before you get to see more of Halifax, we have to go through some history first. Halifax was founed by John Horton in the 19th century. Horton build a new town where the current downtown stands. Old Town was built near Fort Halifax. Fort Halifax was used during the War of 1812 when the Americans and the French battled for control of the Columbia River. To this day Fort Halifax brings in over 600,000 people!

Back in Downtown, Horton Plaza (a mall) was built in the 1970s when Downtown started to decay as people moved to the burbs. The Center City Development Corporation was credited with bring new people and buisness back into downtown! Horton Plaza was designed by world renouned Christoper L. Young.

Lester B. Sullivan was the architect of this building which is home to the Halifax Symphony. The building is named after him, Sullivan Hall. Once a year the building is converted to a

hockey rink. It was used in a few Winter Classics from the NHL.

City Hall is one of the most famous City Hall's in the world! The architecture is just stunning. It was voted the Best City Hall In America 5 times in a row! City Hall Park is a peaceful place.

Memorial Square is a tribute to those who have falllen in America's past conflicts. It's one of the most beautiful monuments in the Midwest.

An estimated 3,500 thousand live in the Chinatown District. Chinatown's main street is always crowded with people. You can find people disscusing American and Chinese politics, sports as well of other hot topics.

Sometimes Chinatown is known as the South End but what;s at the North End? The Italians!

Yes the North End is home to some 5,000 Italian immigrants. the North End is also called Little Italy but most of the city likes the North End more. Arrivederci! Arrivederci!

Tracks cross the north End which makes this part of town feel like Chicago or New York:

Another view of the North End where there are so many great Italian resturants! It's a really cool looking part of town.

Not every place in Halifax is beautiful like te North End or Downtown. One of the worst is Midtown which has being decaying for years. It's a neglected area where crime is risging all the time. It's considerd the worst part of town.Midtown is also home to some 1,300 Russians who are trying to reconstruct their neighborhood.

The Downtown Freeway:

Uptown is home to some 3,000 Greeks. This area will also see a change like Midtown. The large building is the site of the major news mnetwork in Halifax. Many perfer to call it Uptown instead of Greektown but everyone just going there to enjoy some great Greek food! Opa!

Once again back in downtown, the Waterfront is one of the best in the world. The city decided to build a path for joggers and for people on bikes. It's a favorite recreational area for the city as you can find famlies having a nice Sunday picnic or bicyclists enjoying the shady paths.

One day the city plans to extend The Promenade to the Sports Complex/University area.

The I-5 Bridge which is also packed with commuters coming in or out of Downtown.

The City is planning to build a new park that will have a ferris wheel as well a paths for joggers, ect. It's going to be a lovely place to spend the day.

Becon Hill was also used in the War of 1812. The Tower was used as a recon area to scout British movements during the war. The Britsh tried many times to get the tower but were unsuccessful in doing so.

Another view:

Finally we will be loking at the suburbs of the city:

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Replies:

haljackey-Thanks!A curve piece? I like the sound of that!I will look sround for it. No i didn't expect a Warm Fuzzy but I like it!

GMT-Hey welcome! Thank You!

Ntq$310-You know what I think! Thanks for the comment!

deathtopumpkins- I have no idea what I am using. I just found it and downloaded it. Thanks!

fabsies55-Yah I am shopping around of Apartments. Thanks!

selles-Wow huge comment here! Thanks for the comment!

GMT-Rain Rian Go Away! Come Back some other day! Thank You!

Raysfan16-Duuude thanks!

Ntq$310-Yep I need CraigkingofIreland for that one!

Hawkeye9-Thanks for the comment!

chrissc94- I hope you are pleased with this one!

Joetropian1-Lot's of time to do this and I look at other CJs like the ones in my sig. They are inspirational to me. Thanks!

Victor Valdes-Thanks for the comment!

SirUnger-And here it is! Thanks!

[Schulmanator 5,812]

Nicely done - a large and impressive update. I like seeing the different facets of the town.

[ilikehotdogsalot 311]

Your updates are getting better and better! I really like that island in between the CBD, the district looks great

[sedimenjerry 1]

WOW!!!

Beautiful pics!

Although I couldn't help but to notice how there are no elevated highways. Will that change?

[Raysfan16 5]

Hey, great job! Have you considered using the Ground Highway curves that came with the NAM or is it too little space between the interchanges for that?

I like your financial district especially and those suburbs look fantastic.

[Ntq€310 1]

Nice downtown! and other pics are great too.

[Hawkeye9 0]

WOW, awsome work on Halifax!!!

Downtown looks great and i love the anti-grid feel of the city!!!

Lookin forward to more!!!

[N106 10]

I like it! Keep up the great work! May the future of this CJ be a bright one!

[ironicepitome 0]

whoa...

[deathtopumpkins 43]

Wow... you weren't kidding about the # of pics!

I like the new Halifax! Nice downtown, really good suburbs, and I love the aerial views...

[jacqulina 162]

hiya my friend,those suburbs are amazing,beautifull work and pics.love the rainy pic too.

[Benedict 3,119]

Very impressive update, and I like the el running through town - it certainly does remind me of Chicago. One suggestion - turn off the grid so that it doesn't distract from how beautiful the pictures are.

[jimbo_jj 1]

This looks quite realistic, especially with the anti-griddedness and the choice of BATs and LOTs. I like your choice of location for the new park, too. I love the idea of these recreational areas being on the waterfronts.

[chrissc94 1]

Wow! This new one is amazing! I like the W2W buildings in the "North End", it gives it a more dense, urban feel. Great job!