The Platte Republic 2.0 (Update 6- Helix!!!)

[clonedclone87 95]

Hi all!

You may have remembered my first CJ which I discontinued

I have completely redone My region

Here are a couple of teasers for now.

[davidtothej 1]

looks great, reminds me a chicago

[Schulmanator 5,787]

oooooh! Nice comeback!

[Hawkeye9 0]

Nice teasers!!!

Looking forward to more!!!!

[fabsies55 5]

looks good with nice mix of maxis buildings and custom, well done.

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull start my friend,very nice first pics

[clonedclone87 95]

Back Finally!

Replies:

davidtothej- Thanks, I hoped to achieve a good balance of modern and historic

Schulmanator-  Thanks, it has been awhile....

Hawkeye9- Thanks, here is more!

fabsies55- Thanks, I beleive Maxis is great, when used in tidbits

jacqulina- Thank you very much!

Update 1-    New Mombasa " A Platte Metropolis"

The Platte Republic is a fictional country located in Present Day South Africa.  It is a modern US type country located in a sub-tropical environment.  

Here are some quick stats

Capital- Omaha

Largest City- Omaha

Major Ports- New Mombasa, Durban

                        

Major Bodies of Water- Platte Sea, Platte River, Missoula River, Missouri River

Table of cities (pop. above 25000)

1. Omaha (1.8 million)

2. New Mombasa (Projected 800,000)

3. Concord/ Helix  (Projected 450,000)

4. Durban (Projected 275,000)

5. Platte City (46,000)

6. St. Alto (37,000)

7. Bluffs City (26,000)

Focus of Today's Update:

New Mombasa

Here is the New Mombasa Metro Area

Here is the New Downtown Area, do you have any suggestions?

Here is a Hotel west of Downtown on Farnam St.

Heading further west on Farnam we reach Midtown New Mombasa

The Bellsouth building at night

Here is the New Mombasa Regional Justice Center, it serves the greater metro area.

If you take a right on 41st ave. out of midtown, you will find this office plaza, surrounded by the ghetto

Another building 10 blocks north on 41st Ave.  

Another Office near the intersection of 41st Ave. and Remerberance Ave., it is currently vacant, and is often broken in to

Take a right on to Rememberance Ave. and you pass Wally K's, a popular place to shop for bargains in the ghetto.

Take another right on 38th St and you will pass by The Safeway and a strip mall

This is the commercial area of the ghetto near the corner of 38th St. and Howard.  Alot of crimes occur near the basketball courts

The only new development in this area is this new distribution center

Industry in the ghetto

City leaders never finished this proposed interchange, it was supposed to be completed 30 years ago 

Our last stop is the "BetterLife" Projects.  The city has tried to demolish them for years.

That concludes our tour of the gritty side of New Mombasa

Comments and Suggestions are apreciated.

[jacqulina 162]

very nice looking good and coming on well my friend

[Petrovar Ambassador 15]

there's just one thing thats bothering me and thats the grids, but other than that, Platte Republic is coming along just fine and i love your downtown!

[clonedclone87 95]

I did not have time to post it earlier, so here is my first video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xakypwTVKAs

Sorry that it is rough, I am currently looking for a better recorder in game. If you have suggestions, let me know

Replies:

Jacqulina- thank you again, you do some amazing work

Petrovar Ambassador- Thanks, I will feature downtown in the next update as it is not done yet

Commnets/ suggestions apreciated

[Hawkeye9 0]

Hey, I really like your downtowns and good job on the ghetto!!!

Those videos are like you said "rough" but you definatly get a good idea of your city, so good job!!!!

Keep up the great work!!!!

[newyorkrunaway1 110]

lol, its funny to see a hometown classic in a cj! lol, the bellsouth building is from where i live, nashville tn!

lol

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull downtown my friend,great video,and thankyou

[clonedclone87 95]

Update: Suburban Drive

Replies:

Hawkeye9- Thanks, my next update will feature downtown.

Newyorkrunaway1- No kidding, I just think it fit perfect in my Midtown

Jacqulina- Thank you for visiting again!

Here is a much improved video:

It is drving around South New Mombasa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVcKhnGNixI

Thanks, and have a great day!

[Droftrah 2]

Looks great so far.

Keep up the good work!

[suplado! 23]

great town, really like the buildings used in your metro...

[fabsies55 5]

looks good, real good i just don't think you should have those buildings like that with houses right arouns even those small buildings should have other low rise apartments or something

other than that its good.

[clonedclone87 95]

Update Time:

I am sure you all remember Mr. Beer's wonderful recreation of Omaha, Nebraska.  I am using the same map he is using and am building the city.  I have been to the city and remember it well, I hope to improve upon his recreation of this great city.  Although my Omaha is set 20 years in the future, so modifications have been made.

 

Here is the overview of Omaha currently, nothing more than an airport.

This is Epply Airfield after the expansion in 2010, it formerly was 20 gates, but now has 34.  It has 2 runways.

An upclose shot of the three terminals

In 2009 Mayor Fahey announced the construction of a Light rail system (this may happen for real) to connect different parts of Omaha.  This is the northern terminus of the system, it takes you into Downtown Omaha.

Here is a real picture of Kiwanis Park, located just south of Epply Airfield.

Here is my first attempt at recreating it, added a couple of connections.

More to Come Soon!!!

Replies:

Droftrah- Thank you. Please stop in again!

Suplado!- Thanks, I appreciate your comment

Fabsies55- Thanks, could you tell me what part you are referring to so that I may fix it.

[Mr. Beer 12]

Hey!!! Do really attempt to recreat Omaha, NE??? Don't hesitate to get inspired by my CJ (juste follow the link below)

See ya and good luck!!!

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull work your doing here my friend

[Twenty20 28]

Great region ! Your city looks very realistic. Excellent work with the airport.

[nihonkaranws 88]

Lovely city! May I ask why you have the whole link in your signature? Why not link the image to the CJ?

[suplado! 23]

wow -- nice airport!! the region view of the airport makes it look real and huge!!

[clonedclone87 95]

Hi All!

I'm sorry I haven't updated recently.  I was on a trip to Tennessee, however I want to get this update in because I am leaving tomorrow for Jacksonville.

Replies:

Mr. Beer- Thank you, I have read through your CJ and it is fantastic!!!!

Jacqulina- Thanks Jacky

Twenty20- Thanks it took me a while just to do the airport

Suplado!- Thank you very much, it is indeed a huge airport, but I think I undersized it abit in space.

Update 3~~~~~~~~~Downtown New Mombasa and Omaha Updated Region Shot

To get to Downtown, most people cross the Historic Great Platte Bridge.  It still is decorated for Christmas.

This is the CBD of New Mombasa at night, The skyline is heavily influenced by Atlanta, and Charlotte

This is Central Park, it is surrounded by Historic Towers.  This area was inspired by Chicago, and New York

This is Historic 3rd Ave. East of Central Park as depicted in 1948.

This is The Overview of Omaha, I've started the Downtown Grid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vMVv58PbO8

This is a drive through of Downtown New Mombasa

Happy New Years in Advance!!!

[suplado! 23]

the downtown looks nice and the pic effect is really cool too, and again the region view is getting really better and better, nice addition of the video...hehe

[clonedclone87 95]

Update Time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Replies-

Suplado- Thanks for visiting yet again!

The Recently formed New Mombasa Department of Transportation recently won control of all Metro Road Construction. As opposed to having local municipalities controlling construction in their cities.

Their first Ambitious project

Papillion Parkway Widening/Realignment

Overview of the town of Papillion which is about two miles away from New Mombasa

This entire area will be rebuilt and a new interchange for I-10 due to increasing congestion

Construction in progress, Temporary alignment is in place, and as you see it is heavily used.

The completed interchange which features a stop light.  Developers are planning a new power center, which would be the second in New Mombasa.  The other location is in North New Mombasa.

The finished Papillion Crossing Power Center

Zoomed in

Another Shot

But the D.O.T. didnt stop there, They reconstructed an old section of PR-117 which was two lanes into a high capacity avenue.  The construction came due to booming suburban communities like these.

Another Suburban Area

University of New Mombasa Medical Center West was completed in the same area as well

Have a great day!

As always comments/suggestions apreciated

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Cool! You have made a lot of progress and made some nice areas.

[Vegetarian-Dracula 3]

That's how Detroit would looks like without the 90' industry crysis. I really like it.

[De Ja Vu 117]

Very nice suburbs! Looking forward to seeing more!

[SounderBruce 173]

Nice