BAT Request Thread

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Bojangles

Description:

A lovely fast food restaruant for you to eat at.

Bojangles.com

Why this would be beneficial for the game or community:

Fans of Bojangles would like this because there no Bojangles on the ST and this would help people who are making suburban cities. It will be great if the building is a CS$ or CS$$.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Bojangles

Description:

A lovely fast food restaruant for you to eat at.

Bojangles.com

Why this would be beneficial for the game or community:

Fans of Bojangles would like this because there no Bojangles on the ST and this would help people who are making suburban cities. It will be great if the building is a CS$ or CS$$.

[zahrul3 471]

@GYEvan: The stadium was planned to become a baseball stadium after, Atlanta already had Georgia Dome while the Braves played at an outdated round doughnut. You can see the grandstand having baseball-like layout.

@Aaron Graham: It should be in CO$$ low density too minus the Bojangles sign, not much good looking low density CO$$.

[skitbil 2]

@Aaron Graham

That honestly looks like it would make a great building for SC4!

[mightygoose 92]

i never normally request anything but what the heck.

RAWABI ABRAJ AL BAIT - MECCA (MAKKAH)

It is a hotel next to the grand mosque backing onto the Abraj al bait endowment.

it would be good for the community as it is both a fascinatingly large construction ( the largest building in the world by floor area when completed, nearly doubling the nearest rival (an airport terminal)) and offers a taste of modern arabic architecture.

[coolsim1 104]

Description:

The famous Hotels and landmarks of the Las Vegas Strip in all their glitzy glamour.

Why it would be beneficial:

There are only a few of these famous landmarks on the stex and lex and these landmarks are icons of vegas and america. It would give our cities major "live" looks at night and provide some great nightlife

[coolsim1 104]

Description:

A good model of this complex on the stex and/or lex

More pictures: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0PDoYAFZ9tMg1oAHEWJzbkF?fr2=sg-gac&sado=1&p=wynn%20encore%20las%20vegas&fr=fptb-msgr-s&ei=utf-8&x=wrt

More Info: http://www.wynnlasvegas.com/#homepage/

Why this would be beneficial:

There is a lack of hotels on the strip on the stex and this urban complex could have many jobs and provide much needed nightlife to our simcities. It is also a stunning modern piece of architecture.

[hazsmix 0]

ROAD BARRIERS / GUARD RAILS 

Description

Stops cars from entering dangerous areas

Why this would be beneficial to the game:

Although there are many road barriers available, there are no 'unobtrusive' guardrails. This would be a new addition to the STEX (i think )

Reference: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard_rail

Thankyou

[MandelSoft 2,769]

^^ I tried to make these for the RHW, but they look horrible on slopes! Especially the diagonal ones

[AundreaLynn 0]

The Crystal Cathedral

Google image search 'The Crystal Cathedral': http://www.google.com/images?q=the+crystal+cathedral&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=987&bih=587

Description:

The Crystal Cathedral church and Prayer Spire are southern California architectural landmarks located at the corner of Lewis & W Chapman Ave. in Garden Grove, California. It's a ridiculously large megachurch made up of over 10k glass tiles, and seats over 2700 people in it's sanctuary alone. An absoutely beautiful piece of architecture, and the land it sits on isn't too shabby either.

The Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Cathedral

Why this would be beneficial for the game or community:

It's a beautiful building that would be an excellent house of worship for the larger cities.

[RaccoonFox 1]

I'd love to see a few of the medium-height skyscrapers of the Detroit, MI skyline.... my requests are below, with a picture: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/DavidStottsitsamongDetroittowers.jpg

The towers I'd love to see the most are:

150 West Jefferson (Madden Building) - Built in 1989, on the former site of the new york stock exchange.  Has a unique "pyramid" on the top, with four large american flags

One Woodward Avenue - built by Minoru Yamasaki Associates (same people that designed and built the World Trade Center).  The cube on top (which holds the elevator equipment) is illuminated with giant floodlights for various holidays, such as red and green for christmas, red white and blue for independence day, and so on.

Cadillac Tower - Another unique Art Deco building in Detroit, has a giant mural on one side.

Penobscot Building - Thanks to its central position in downtown, it helped early aviators navigate above Detroit.  This building appears to have heavily influenced the Empire State Building, with its "H" shape, tapering roof, floodlights, and giant, slowly-blinking globe atop a short tower on its peak.

Other Detroit towers I would love to see down the line are:

Millender Center Apartments / Courtyard by Mariott

Coleman A. Young Municipal Building (both parts)

Guardian Building - Very Historically Significant, as During World War II, the Guardian Building served as the U.S Army Command Center for war time production, earning this building's nickname of "The Cathedral of Finance", and inspired President Franklin Roosevelt to call Detroit the "Arsenal of Democracy" from its industrial base.

Buhl Building

Fisher Building

David Stott Tower

David Broderick Tower

Blue Cross Blue Shield Building

Kales Building - KMart's first headquarters (which is also what the "K" in KMart stands for)

1300 Lafayette / Jeffersonian Apartments

Buildings within Windsor (my home town), that I'd love to eventually see are:

Victoria Park Place - Tallest building in Windsor at 33 floors, in an "L" shape... used to have a news office for CKCO-TV Kitchener on its floor)

Solidarity Tower - Built during one of the worst recessions in Windsor (late 1970s), helped kick-start the city's economy

Ouellette Manor - Similar in appearance (but much taller than) the Jeffersonian Apartments

75 Riverside Drive East - This used to have the television studios of local station CHWI-TV until 1998.  Coloured gold, with 45-degree bay windows, and triangular parapets at the top, like a funky, futuristic castle in the sky.

Cencourse Apartments - Red and white, with a black roof, this building has a church and small shops on the bottom (Google Street view of Wyandotte Street and Ouellette Avenue will show you what i mean).  During sunrise and sunset, the gold light reflected off the building can be seen well over 5 km / 3 miles away.

LeGoyeau Apartments - A futuristic 1970s apartment building in the shape of an upside-down T, with curves

Royal Windsor Terrace - Tied with Solidarity Tower for second-tallest building in Windsor (at 26) floors, this is windsor's most-luxurious apartment tower.  Been inside it several times.  The large, spacious lobby walls and floors have marble, and all of the hallways have burgundy and gold carpeting, with light beige pinstriped wallpaper.

Bank of Commerce Building (CIBC Building) - This would be insanely easy to build, as the Prentiss Building (already on STEX) and Tsang Accounting (i forget if this was available on STEX, or if it was bundled with the game) look nearly identical to it!  Since it houses the canadian offices of the International Joint Commission, alongside having the passport office and CIBC bank within, perhaps this could be ploppable as a government building?

Canada Building - Classic Art Deco design, CHWI-TV recently installed a massive TV screen on the southern side near the roof of the building, sort of like the screens used at Times Square. The screen airs a feed of the television station, and can be seen as far away as E.C. Row Expressway (5 km / 3 miles) south.

What are my reasons for nominating so many buildings in my area?  Well, i'm sure i'm not the only one that would love to "build Detroit RIGHT", even if it's just in SimCity 4 .  I know I'm not the only one that also loves modelling their own home town, too.  I find it quite surprising that for a city of its size (902,000 city, 5.4 million metro), Detroit has hardly ANY buildings modelled, while smaller populated centers like Denver and Kansas City are chock full of buildings.

I've also noticed that we tend to have a ton of skyscrapers with 80+ floors, or things with under 15 floors, and very few in between... especially with art deco or international or gothic architecture.  That's why i think these buildings would be a PERFECT fit with SimCity.  I apologize if my request is too long, or if I'm asking for too much.

[Well, seeing as you didn't meet the syntax, and it is kinda tl;dr, I'll give you a few days to fix both of those issues - Blue Lightning]

[Xyloxadoria 1,099]

Originally posted by: RaccoonFox

I've also noticed that we tend to have a ton of skyscrapers with 80+ floors, or things with under 15 floors, and very few in between... especially with art deco or international or gothic architecture.  That's why i think these buildings would be a PERFECT fit with SimCity.  I apologize if my request is too long, or if I'm asking for too much.

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You are asking for too much, and youre not following the rules for it either. Any request you make needs a picture to fit with the rules.

You have made over 20 requests, and you need a picture for each request to fit with the rules, just one for all of them isnt enough. That means youll need over 20 pictures, and they cant be links. If someone is actually going to take the time to make a building, they will need good pictures of it just not a name or a link.

I would know this becsue i make buildings myself. This one took a very long time to make and i had to get many diffrent images to make it. I even e-mailed the nationl historical society and asked for the registry documents which had floorplans of the building. Making theese buildings takes a long time. Just one on the list would take mutiple months by most people, if not more time. (they only do it in ther free time as a hobby and are not payed)

Also when you say theres no detroit buildings on the stex thats untrue, tehres a entire team that only makes detroit buildings here

[RaccoonFox 1]

very well. i'm sorry.

[Crossoverone 1]

Peace and Friendship Arena

 

More images here: http://www.stadia.gr/sef/sef-gr.html

Description

Home court of the Olympiacos Piraeus Basketball Team in Piraeus,Greece

More info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_and_Friendship_Stadium

Why this would be beneficial for the game or community:

Its a very nice structure.I believe its one of a kind, dont think i have ever seen anything like it.

[iminmyownlittleworld 1]

Echelon Place Las Vegas

Description: Echelon Place Las Vegas is a hotel-casino with over 5,000 rooms that is being built where the Stardust used to be.

http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/ <<< You can visit this website to get some more ideas for models of Las Vegas that can be REALLY cool to work on.

Why this would be beneficial to the Simtropolis community: It's a very unique resort under construction in Las Vegas, and Las Vegas doesn't get much attention in the STEX ot the LEX at SC4D.  So please, help bring Las Vegas to SimCity 4!!!

[tntornadox 0]

Hey guys, I know it's been mentioned in this thread before, but how about a modern Target store? There is one on the STEX, but it's the old Target stores from the 80s-early 90s. New stores are popping up everywhere and would look great in our suburbs! A fantastic Super Target model is out there, but it too is not the current store design or logo...

Both store prototypes include illuminated logos... GM stores have 'PHARMACY' off the main entrance along the flat wall. SuperT's will have 'PHARMACY' on one side and 'GROCERY' on the other.

Examples of regular GM Target prototype:

Example of SuperT prototype:

[Waterclaw 80]

Whittaker Road Ypsilanti District Library

Description:

The Whittaker Rd. branch is the the main branch of the YDL. The Library has tons of books, a mobile library, and hosts community events that normaly tie with education, but has some fun days like DDR day, Game day, etc. It's beautiful on the in and out and has a new coffee house, used book store, study rooms, a group reading room for the kids, and a nice sized room for the events (windows on the left of the pictures. It has 2 floors and currently:

 

From the site: [Over] 250,000 titles, 197 places to sit, and 231 parking places.

Links:

Whittaker site: http://www.ypsilibrary.org/locations/ydl-whittaker

Google Maps:   http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=5577+Whittaker+Road,+Ypsilanti,+MI+48197&layer=&sll=42.272133,-83.58525&sspn=0.006685,0.021501&ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=42.215042,-83.616085&spn=0.026762,0.086002&om=1&iwloc=addr

Why this would be beneficial for the game or community:

It's a nice library with plenty of books. It looks diffrent from other buildings, makes a nice landmark too.

[buzz279 5]

theres a glitch and i cant

put a picture but here is the link

http://www.boeing.com/rotorcraft/military/ch47d/index.htm

the helicopter is the chinook and it lifts troops

and cargo.

i DONT want it to replace the maxis army helicopter

you can put it in the medium wealth sim catalog

it should look just like the picture but with no cargo

[sutech 0]

As specified by somebody , I will post my bat request here I love Soviet, totalitarian buildings  project and I believe they can be great in Simcity, :Its a game, and its the only place we can make these gigantic structure come alive

1-The palace of soviets:

 

2-project for the ministry of heavy industry by Melnikov:

I love those impressive structures but baldy my computer is not enought powerfull to make them

I some body have the chance to make one of them I can make the lot

here a good site to see image and plan for them:

http://faculty-web.at.northwestern.edu/art-history/werckmeister/

just click where you see''moscow'' and you will have plan and images

And Also about Hitler projected building for Germania, I have image if somebody is interested

[RisKFactoR 6]

Hey, I was wondering if someone would like to try to attempt to make a couple of buildings?  (None of these pictures are mine.)

Below, pics numbers 3-6 of the Peter Herdic Hotel.  

I had attempted this building like two years ago, in order to learn Gmax, but alas, I got too caught up with a few web projects, my teaching job, and learning Adobe After Effects and Flash. Learning another program, especially a 3D program at this point in time, is not really feasible. So, without further ado:

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=19277.0

Photo number 7 of the Presbyterian Church would also be cool, but alas, I have no other photo of different angles atm. (None of these photos are mine, either.)

And if you take a peek at the 11th photo down. It is the Weightman building. It is probably one of my all-time favorite archtectural peices from any town or city I have ever vistited. If someone could take on the project of the Weightman Building, I would be most pleased! Next time I go home (leaving this Tuesday for Christmas/Winter Break,) I can take pictures of this wonderful building from all the different angles. Unforunately, I have no idea how to get a birds-eye view of the thing, except of course for Google Maps.

If any of those other photos catches anyone's fancy if you may be inspired to make one, lemme know. I can take many photos for when I am home. 

Also, anyone interested in making beautiful Victorial-style mansions from the mid-to-late 1800s, the city has tons of them. 

EDIT:

I noticed the rules about adding photographs to requests in here. I didn't think it quite appropriate to actually uploads photos from someone else, so I just provided a link.

I probably will bump this thread with a new post after winter break, with photos I took myself.

 

[The One 1]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yb18uacRK7c/SyK9GuBhKiI/AAAAAAAAAoI/SHTMdez7r2I/s400/Sonoma-City-Hall-R.jpg 

Sonoma City Hall - Also requesting plaza lot

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An idea of the nightlighting:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yb18uacRK7c/SyK9GuBhKiI/AAAAAAAAAoI/SHTMdez7r2I/s400/Sonoma-City-Hall-R.jpg

The Plaza:

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu:8085/AerialPhotos/g4364s798a4-1965-s7.jpg

More views of the Hall:

http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=389214047711&id=e2bd250e9167ca94faa241fe1570ff7f

http://lespetitesmaisons.com/images/city_hall.jpg

The Pond:

http://sonomavalleycalendar.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/plaza93.jpg

The Bear Flag Statue:

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=316082560009&id=b068eda3eeb23fefee4d7e43207171fe

The East Library:

http://www.carnegie-libraries.org/california/thumbs/sonoma-02.jpg

Description:

The Sonoma City Hall is, well, the City Hall of Sonoma, California, just north of San Fransisco. I have seen it in real life, and it is really quite beautiful. HISTORY The City Hall was temporarily the capital of the California Republic, and the location of the Bear Flag revolt (which sparked the Mexican-American war). It is located in the middle of the largest central plaza in California and was designed to look the same on every side, to please plaza shopkeepers. The plaza itself has the City Hall, the East Library building (now home of the Sonoma Valley Visitor's Bureau), the pond, two separate playgrounds, and the Bear Flag monument in it.

http://www.bestinsonoma.com/history.html

Why this would be beneficial for the game or community:

It would make an amazing city hall

[Johnnyblaze1994 0]

Originally posted by: Jasoncw

Yo, guys im into making philadelphia, so i want another elevated rail on the road, more brownstones and abandoned buildings, PathMark... a Save-a-Lot either one... any supermarket besides retro ones such as Kroger or Albertsons... just make urban things with cornerstores like in new york... thanks,

Sincerely, J

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[Rocky031 0]

 

Hotel Osijek 

Front:

 

Back:

 

Description:

This is a mid-rise Hotel located in Osijek,Croatia.It was built in 1977 next to Drava river.

Height:61 m

Floors:14

Links:

Hotel webpage:http://www.hotelosijek.hr/

 

Why this would be beneficial for the game or community: 

Its a mid-rise skyscraper that would fit in almost everywhere

[unorthodox 0]

Titanium Building

Description:

Highrise, 56 floors & nearly 200 mts tall. (sorry I don't manage feet). The Titanium Building is located in Santiago, capital of Chile, in the city CBD. It has a superior antiseismic technology as it remained firm after the 8.8 earthquake, with no broken glasses, being recognized by this.

Close up

Nightlighting

farm6.static.flickr.com/5130/5210155174_426782823c_b.jpg

From the Highway

img143.imageshack.us/img143/7923/img5130iu.jpg

Why this would be beneficial for the game or community:

People who like high-rises will love it, as it can be placed anywhere due to it's modern and sober design without breaking the scales.

[rikk 0]

RITZ CARLTON/ MARRIOTT HOTEL at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, CA

Landmark Versioon (darknite would be nice)

See: http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=4480

Google 3D Warehouse Model: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=81b6848997b22dae3783eea36adc828e&prevstart=0

Although Los Angeles is well represented on STEX i think it is missing just a few of the iconic buildings that are most recognizable to people. It should be simple to make since there is already a model file on the Google 3D Warehouse site i provided. Unfortunately I have a Mac and not able to download the BAT program. Thank You!

[rikk 0]

CENTURY CITY TOWERS PLAZA & SCHUBERT THEATER (before remodel)

Century City Towers & Plaza in Los Angeles, CA

Landmark Version of the original center (as shown above) before the recent demolition of the front plaza & theater complex which included the Schubert Theater and known as the ABC Entertainment Center. The addition of the fountain in the front would add a nice touch.

See: http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=858

Google 3D Warehouse Model: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=34496a410557d012740c0058fed336e9&prevstart=0

Although Los Angeles is well represented on STEX i think it is missing just a few of the iconic buildings that are most recognizable to people. It should be simple to make since there is already a model file on the Google 3D Warehouse site i provided. Unfortunately I have a Mac and not able to download the BAT program. Thank You!

[rikk 0]

WESTIN BONAVENTURE HOTEL, LOS ANGELES

Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, CA

Landmark Version: The Westin Bonaventure is well known for a 6-level atrium in the lobby. The Bonaventure, also known for being the largest hotel in Los Angeles, was designed by John Portman & Associates and erected in 1976.  The building is 112 meters tall, and spans a total of 35 stories with multiple exterior glass elevators.

See: http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=2566

Google 3D Warehouse Model: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=a71873fec4efb5c4c0772b137bb3dea8&prevstart=0

Although Los Angeles is well represented on STEX i think it is missing just a few of the iconic buildings that are most recognizable to people. It should be simple to make since there is already a model file on the Google 3D Warehouse site i provided. Unfortunately I have a Mac and not able to download the BAT program. Thank You!

[rikk 0]

LAX THEME BUILDING- LOS ANGELES AIRPORT,CA

LAX Theme Building Restaurant at  Los Angeles Airpot, CA

Landmark Version: The LAX Airport is one of the busiest in America and this is one of it's iconic features

See: http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=streetmebuilding-losangeles-ca-usa

Google 3D Warehouse Model: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=b091be1d2c8e5ecaaf466cca8f911625&prevstart=0

Although Los Angeles is well represented on STEX i think it is missing just a few of the iconic buildings that are most recognizable to people. It should be simple to make since there is already a model file on the Google 3D Warehouse site i provided. Unfortunately I have a Mac and not able to download the BAT program. Thank You!

[rikk 0]

BULLOCKS WILSHIRE BUILDING- LOS ANGELES, CA

Bullocks Wishire Building- Los Angeles, CA

Landmark Version: The Bullocks Wilshire Building was built in 1929. The 12 story high-rise stands in Los Angeles, California and is considered one of the finest Art Deco style buildings in the U.S.

See: http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=bullockswilshirebuilding-losangeles-ca-usa

Google 3D Warehouse Model: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=41f51c2c47db3292d1d97307a3340a29&prevstart=0

Although Los Angeles is well represented on STEX i think it is missing just a few of the iconic buildings that are most recognizable to people. It should be simple to make since there is already a model file on the Google 3D Warehouse site i provided. Unfortunately I have a Mac and not able to download the BAT program. Thank You!

[rikk 0]

ATLANTIS PALM RESORT- DUBAI, UAE

Atlantis Palm Resort- Dubai, UAE

Landmark Version: The Atlantis Palm is a 5-star hotel resort at Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is a joint venture between Kerzner International Limited and Istithmar PSJC and was opened on 24 September 2008 with huge fireworks. The resort is modelled after the Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in Nassau, Bahamas.

See: http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=complex&id=112406

Google 3D Warehouse Model: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=272373c72789047c2b08cd80f68c4d43&prevstart=0

Although Dubai buildings are represented on STEX i think it is missing just a few of the iconic buildings that are most recognizable. It should be simple to make since there is already a model file on the Google 3D Warehouse site i provided. Unfortunately I have a Mac and not able to download the BAT program. Thank You!