Dubuque, Iowa

[bakercity 270]

David, Welcome back amigo. Looking great and looking forward to more as always. Take care and keep on Dubuqueing. JKB

[packersfan 666]

Keep it up! I always look at this wishing I had all these great ploppables to make my city work better.

Woot! Wisconsin, bakercity!!!

[Nardo69 51]

Hello Mr. Beer!

Your problem sounds someway familiar with my longtime problems under XP, solved it by adding the parameter "-soundff" to the icon. No Sound yet (don't miss it much, though) but also no more CTDs except the usual ones with the puzzle pieces ... 

Nice work with the zoo. You are maybe the only one that can make maxis trees look good ... 

Take care my friend!

Bernhard 

[sammerhammer747 0]

Hey there Mr. Beer!!

I have been away from your Journal for a while but never completely away from Sim City 4!!

Your cities have inspired me in so many new ways in the game! Dubuque is beautiful! I look forward to you finish this wonderful creation! Thank you for sharing your work with the community!

Looking forward to the next update!!

sv

[Mr. Beer 12]

psander5  -  Thank you! I'm very inspired by american's sprawling cities... So, it's a fact, medium sized cities in the US are large...

Benedict  -  Thank you!

x493x  -  Thank you... whoo.. let me remember... try "Modular Zoo" on the STEX's search engine or go to www.sc4devotion.com and take a look...

nerdthisname  -  He, thanks! Around less than one year (I didn't play every weekend) It tooks to me around three to four days for one map...

bakercity  -  Thank you my friend! Sure, I'm currently working on downtown! You'll be surprised!

packersfan  -  Thanls, yes, sure I'll keep it up!!! With the LE you can easely make your own ploppable lots! It takes time but the render is really good! See ya!

(ca)Nardo69  -  Hi Bernhard! I'm glad to see you back on my CJ! Yep, now the problem is fixed. No sound, but isn't very important. Puzzle pieces? Did you mean that sometimes some props disapears? It's what's happening in my game... 
Thanks, the zoo was a challenging project! Thank you again Bernhard!

sammerhammer747  -  Thank you very much for your comment my dear friend! It's a pleasure to share it! So, I didn't have as many time as before I began to work, but I try to update regulary!


Thank you for visiting my CJ - So, forecast for Switzerland is very bad, also I'll get some time to play and to make an update. Stay tuned!

David 

 

[sloppy182 2]

Hello!

I am still amazed everytime I read through your journals. Dubuque and your previous ones are always great. Being from the midwest I really enjoy touring them and the realism you captur! I have one quick question if I may? I know you plop all of your residential and after making them into different size lots. Everytime I try to plop a residential building it works for awhile then turns abandoned. How do you overcome that? Especially with such a vast region.

Keep up the great work!

Eric

[Mayorm 14]

I am very happy to see your cj return

[spa 968]

This is a great little CJ. It feels very realistic the way you've layed out your suburbs and industrial areas. Made me think of the two years I spent living out in Calgary. Western cities have a real distinct feel to them that's not there back in the East. They're just too new.

[Mr. Beer 12]

Hi there, I'm back with a small update and a surprise!!!

sloppy182  -  Thank you very much! I personally think that SC4 devellopers are from the Midwest   It's actually the only kind of cities that fits really good with the game.

Don't worries. I've the same problem. In my farming areas, the population decreases to zero because there is no job. In the most mixed areas with commercial and industrial zone, the population increases or decreases. Anyway, I must play on pause mod most of the time. I tried to solve this problem by installing some mods (dilapidation mod, job mod, etc.)

Mayorm  -  Me too! I'm glad that you come visit my CJ again! Thank you.

Spa  -  Thank you! I try to do the best I can. As I said to Sloppy182, this kind of cities are just perfect for a recreation due to the game specifications. Yes, you can't compare a East Coast and Midwest. They're square-mile based, orthogonal and new...

Asbury Park, IA

pop: 12.801

Asbury park is a small bedroom community in the North-West area of Dubuque. Here is some pictures!

Agro industry on Doral Dr, Asbury Park, IA

Junction of Asbury Rd and Heacock Rd, with new residential devellopment. Asbury Park, IA

New commercial devellopment on Seippel Rd, Asbury Park, IA

Low density residential zone and farm fields, Asbury Park, IA

Limits of an urbanized area, near Seippel Rd, Asbury Park

Downtown Dubuque

Here is an overview of the City of Dubuque with place of interest, sport complex, parks,...

Downtown is mostly done! Some place needs to be re-worked.

Region view

Google Earth's view of the Dubuque metropolitan area... impressive, no?

Thank you for your visit! See you soon!

David

 

[Benedict 3,119]

Just stunning - that view of the region is amazing. As for the close-ups - I love the agricultural industry view in the first pic.

[StanislavSoltys 47]

Amazing! I always wanted to see the downtown!

[x493x 446]

Your "Google Earth View" just makes it for me. The wonderful craftmanship paired along with a stunning overhead view is just amazing. Wow.

Maybe you should make an Omnibus article on how do do that kind of picture.

[MTLT_17 26]

Umm, ... *faint* (splash water on face) .... Whaaaa.... WOW! That is amazing, truely my inspiration David! You have built on a level of realism I believe only captured before by the likes of TheJerseyDevil, and Joerg.

I look forward to your next creation, maybe you could do a Canadian City, possibly (Regina, or Saskatoon) haha I know its a biased opionion but hey what can a Saskatchewan boy say.

Very nice work David!

-Marshall

[lucky7 73]

WOW, so much progress, great work on your CJ! David, I especially like to region view, as it really shows how much you have been working on and moreover gives a very clear image of Dubuque.

Looking forward to more and take care,

Ren

[Mayorm 14]

very nice, your city matches up perfectly to the google earth region pic! Downtown seems to be developing quite nicely too.

[madhatter106 3,903]

This is an amazing CJ. Have you snagged any of my BATs from the STEX? IMHO, they're so homey for a place like yours here...!  I'd be flattered if they popped up in such a great CJ as this...

[Raysfan16 5]

Whoa.

First of all that first Asbury Park picture is absolutely gorgeous. I especially love how everything gets placed by the creek and the silver L-shaped building. It's also nestled along farms and encroaching suburbs.

And the downtown....WOW!

It's exactly what a midwestern downtown would be like...with tall buildings but empty streets and surface parking lots...you made it dusty and boring very realistically. I can't wait to see the rest of the urban core and the areas surrounding Downtown.

[sammerhammer747 0]

Wow!! Completely amazing work!! I love looking at your posts! Craziness!! The GoogleEarth pic finalizes this region but I hope that there will be more posts even though it appears that you have filled in the entire mep........? If Dubuque is complete, i look forward to your next amazing creation of a real or fictitious city!!!

[vivydu29 60]

Impressive recreation and amazing work.

The regional view is just : wow !!!!

Like Raysfan16, Asbury park is really splendid. These suburbs are just wonderfull with the Mattb325's bats and the Houston maxis houses.

Finally, I love your commercial aera who is just perfect.

[vivydu29 60]

Impressive recreation and amazing work.

The regional view is just : wow !!!!

Like Raysfan16, Asbury park is really splendid. These suburbs are just wonderfull with the Mattb325's bats and the Houston maxis houses.

Finally, I love your commercial aera who is just perfect.

[runnerguy347 30]

What lot's are you using to create your golf cources? They look so much more realistic than others I've seen

[runnerguy347 30]

What lot's are you using to create your golf cources? They look so much more realistic than others I've seen

[packersfan 666]

Incredible. Can't wait to hopefully emulate your beautiful city building. If you saw my last update, my farms look realistic, now I hope my city can too! Just like your beauty.

[packersfan 666]

Incredible. Can't wait to hopefully emulate your beautiful city building. If you saw my last update, my farms look realistic, now I hope my city can too! Just like your beauty.

[Mr. Beer 12]

Hi Guys/Girls!!!

Benedict  -  Thank you!

Stanislav Soltys  -  Here it is! But for the moment downtown is under devellopment... Thank you!

x493x  -  Stunning, isn't it? I was stunned myself... What is the Omnibus? It's that a "How to do that/this..." forum?

Thank you for your comment!

MTLT_17  -  Oh, thank you a million! TheJerseyDevil did an incredible work on recreating Edmonton, in Alberta. It's an amazing inspiring CJ, like the NYC'CJ by Lucky.

Maybe something in Canada... there is a lot of cool cities to recreate, and yep, I'm ging to see about Regina and Saskatoon ; . Thank you again Marshall!

lucky7  -  Thank you René! Your project of recreating NYC is just amazing, especially the Lot Editing, mine is fictionnal based, also much more easier than yours.

Take care you too!

Mayorm  -  Thanks! Yes and I'm very satisfayed by downtown. And by the entire region too!

madhatter106  -  Thank you! What kind of BATs did you create? What is IMHO? Anyways, it was a pleasure to build my region with your work! Sorry if I did some Lot Editing... 

Raysfan16  -  Thank you. I built Asbury Park a long time ago... but it's interesting to see how urban sprawl mixes with farming areas. Yep, in my opinion there is probably too much empty spaces. Also Des Moines is my main source for my project. I also took some ideas from Toledo, OH and Dayton, OH too...

Random Pictures...

 

The boroughs of Dubuque, IA..

 

Downtown Dubuque, reworked and improved. Less empty spaces, more warehouses. Skyscrapers are less scatered than the previous version

Downtown East Dubuque, on the opposite of Dubuque, IA... much more empty and boring. Based on real cities like Council Bluff, IA and East Saint Louis, IL.

Partial view of the NW suburbs.

Douglas Acres, IA

pop: 6.055

Douglas Acres is situated in the NW suburbs.

Near the junction of I-229 and Burton Furnaces Rd (Exit 27) lies the North Dubuque Co power station and dump treatment plant. Douglas Acres, IA

Following Burton Furnaces Rd, we entering in the city of Douglas Acres, IA

From the north, we must following Hales Miles Rd (IA-117) Douglas Acres, IA

Residential devellopment and community shopping center. Douglas Acres, IA

Warehouses at the intersection of Walker Lodge Rd and Hales Mills Rd, Douglas Acres, IA

At the junction with Cedar Rd, Hales Mills Rd become an expressway. Shops and small offices occupy the area, with the Douglas Acres Golf Course, Douglas Acres IA.

Junction of Hales Mills Rd with I-229 (which goes S to E) Next it's the Burton's Sandstone Pit. Douglas Acres, IA

Thank you for viewing!

See you soon.

David

[Mr. Beer 12]

Hi Guys/Girls!!!

Benedict  -  Thank you!

Stanislav Soltys  -  Here it is! But for the moment downtown is under devellopment... Thank you!

x493x  -  Stunning, isn't it? I was stunned myself... What is the Omnibus? It's that a "How to do that/this..." forum?

Thank you for your comment!

MTLT_17  -  Oh, thank you a million! TheJerseyDevil did an incredible work on recreating Edmonton, in Alberta. It's an amazing inspiring CJ, like the NYC'CJ by Lucky.

Maybe something in Canada... there is a lot of cool cities to recreate, and yep, I'm ging to see about Regina and Saskatoon ; . Thank you again Marshall!

lucky7  -  Thank you René! Your project of recreating NYC is just amazing, especially the Lot Editing, mine is fictionnal based, also much more easier than yours.

Take care you too!

Mayorm  -  Thanks! Yes and I'm very satisfayed by downtown. And by the entire region too!

madhatter106  -  Thank you! What kind of BATs did you create? What is IMHO? Anyways, it was a pleasure to build my region with your work! Sorry if I did some Lot Editing... 

Raysfan16  -  Thank you. I built Asbury Park a long time ago... but it's interesting to see how urban sprawl mixes with farming areas. Yep, in my opinion there is probably too much empty spaces. Also Des Moines is my main source for my project. I also took some ideas from Toledo, OH and Dayton, OH too...

Random Pictures...

 

The boroughs of Dubuque, IA..

 

Downtown Dubuque, reworked and improved. Less empty spaces, more warehouses. Skyscrapers are less scatered than the previous version

Downtown East Dubuque, on the opposite of Dubuque, IA... much more empty and boring. Based on real cities like Council Bluff, IA and East Saint Louis, IL.

Partial view of the NW suburbs.

Douglas Acres, IA

pop: 6.055

Douglas Acres is situated in the NW suburbs.

Near the junction of I-229 and Burton Furnaces Rd (Exit 27) lies the North Dubuque Co power station and dump treatment plant. Douglas Acres, IA

Following Burton Furnaces Rd, we entering in the city of Douglas Acres, IA

From the north, we must following Hales Miles Rd (IA-117) Douglas Acres, IA

Residential devellopment and community shopping center. Douglas Acres, IA

Warehouses at the intersection of Walker Lodge Rd and Hales Mills Rd, Douglas Acres, IA

At the junction with Cedar Rd, Hales Mills Rd become an expressway. Shops and small offices occupy the area, with the Douglas Acres Golf Course, Douglas Acres IA.

Junction of Hales Mills Rd with I-229 (which goes S to E) Next it's the Burton's Sandstone Pit. Douglas Acres, IA

Thank you for viewing!

See you soon.

David

[Mr. Beer 12]

Hi Guys/Girls!!!

Benedict  -  Thank you!

Stanislav Soltys  -  Here it is! But for the moment downtown is under devellopment... Thank you!

x493x  -  Stunning, isn't it? I was stunned myself... What is the Omnibus? It's that a "How to do that/this..." forum?

Thank you for your comment!

MTLT_17  -  Oh, thank you a million! TheJerseyDevil did an incredible work on recreating Edmonton, in Alberta. It's an amazing inspiring CJ, like the NYC'CJ by Lucky.

Maybe something in Canada... there is a lot of cool cities to recreate, and yep, I'm ging to see about Regina and Saskatoon ; . Thank you again Marshall!

lucky7  -  Thank you René! Your project of recreating NYC is just amazing, especially the Lot Editing, mine is fictionnal based, also much more easier than yours.

Take care you too!

Mayorm  -  Thanks! Yes and I'm very satisfayed by downtown. And by the entire region too!

madhatter106  -  Thank you! What kind of BATs did you create? What is IMHO? Anyways, it was a pleasure to build my region with your work! Sorry if I did some Lot Editing... 

Raysfan16  -  Thank you. I built Asbury Park a long time ago... but it's interesting to see how urban sprawl mixes with farming areas. Yep, in my opinion there is probably too much empty spaces. Also Des Moines is my main source for my project. I also took some ideas from Toledo, OH and Dayton, OH too...

Random Pictures...

 

The boroughs of Dubuque, IA..

 

Downtown Dubuque, reworked and improved. Less empty spaces, more warehouses. Skyscrapers are less scatered than the previous version

Downtown East Dubuque, on the opposite of Dubuque, IA... much more empty and boring. Based on real cities like Council Bluff, IA and East Saint Louis, IL.

Partial view of the NW suburbs.

Douglas Acres, IA

pop: 6.055

Douglas Acres is situated in the NW suburbs.

Near the junction of I-229 and Burton Furnaces Rd (Exit 27) lies the North Dubuque Co power station and dump treatment plant. Douglas Acres, IA

Following Burton Furnaces Rd, we entering in the city of Douglas Acres, IA

From the north, we must following Hales Miles Rd (IA-117) Douglas Acres, IA

Residential devellopment and community shopping center. Douglas Acres, IA

Warehouses at the intersection of Walker Lodge Rd and Hales Mills Rd, Douglas Acres, IA

At the junction with Cedar Rd, Hales Mills Rd become an expressway. Shops and small offices occupy the area, with the Douglas Acres Golf Course, Douglas Acres IA.

Junction of Hales Mills Rd with I-229 (which goes S to E) Next it's the Burton's Sandstone Pit. Douglas Acres, IA

Thank you for viewing!

See you soon.

David

[Mr. Beer 12]

Hi Guys/Girls!!!

Benedict  -  Thank you!

Stanislav Soltys  -  Here it is! But for the moment downtown is under devellopment... Thank you!

x493x  -  Stunning, isn't it? I was stunned myself... What is the Omnibus? It's that a "How to do that/this..." forum?

Thank you for your comment!

MTLT_17  -  Oh, thank you a million! TheJerseyDevil did an incredible work on recreating Edmonton, in Alberta. It's an amazing inspiring CJ, like the NYC'CJ by Lucky.

Maybe something in Canada... there is a lot of cool cities to recreate, and yep, I'm ging to see about Regina and Saskatoon ; . Thank you again Marshall!

lucky7  -  Thank you René! Your project of recreating NYC is just amazing, especially the Lot Editing, mine is fictionnal based, also much more easier than yours.

Take care you too!

Mayorm  -  Thanks! Yes and I'm very satisfayed by downtown. And by the entire region too!

madhatter106  -  Thank you! What kind of BATs did you create? What is IMHO? Anyways, it was a pleasure to build my region with your work! Sorry if I did some Lot Editing... 

Raysfan16  -  Thank you. I built Asbury Park a long time ago... but it's interesting to see how urban sprawl mixes with farming areas. Yep, in my opinion there is probably too much empty spaces. Also Des Moines is my main source for my project. I also took some ideas from Toledo, OH and Dayton, OH too...

Random Pictures...

 

The boroughs of Dubuque, IA..

 

Downtown Dubuque, reworked and improved. Less empty spaces, more warehouses. Skyscrapers are less scatered than the previous version

Downtown East Dubuque, on the opposite of Dubuque, IA... much more empty and boring. Based on real cities like Council Bluff, IA and East Saint Louis, IL.

Partial view of the NW suburbs.

Douglas Acres, IA

pop: 6.055

Douglas Acres is situated in the NW suburbs.

Near the junction of I-229 and Burton Furnaces Rd (Exit 27) lies the North Dubuque Co power station and dump treatment plant. Douglas Acres, IA

Following Burton Furnaces Rd, we entering in the city of Douglas Acres, IA

From the north, we must following Hales Miles Rd (IA-117) Douglas Acres, IA

Residential devellopment and community shopping center. Douglas Acres, IA

Warehouses at the intersection of Walker Lodge Rd and Hales Mills Rd, Douglas Acres, IA

At the junction with Cedar Rd, Hales Mills Rd become an expressway. Shops and small offices occupy the area, with the Douglas Acres Golf Course, Douglas Acres IA.

Junction of Hales Mills Rd with I-229 (which goes S to E) Next it's the Burton's Sandstone Pit. Douglas Acres, IA

Thank you for viewing!

See you soon.

David

[x493x 446]

Great work as always! The Omnibus is the How to do this forum.

[x493x 446]

Great work as always! The Omnibus is the How to do this forum.