Crystal Junction

[+Guest]

My god, that region looks beautiful with all those cities. As Casper 3141 says, it looks better every update.

[andrew george 0]

 

 

 

Enough said.

[davidhogan 1]

it seems like the nub left in Grafton could be the start of a new freeway extension west to Sandy Ridge.

 

things are growing fast now.

 

Dave

[Superstar 69]

The area is growing and growing and growing and the more the better, it looks really cool that way, keep it up

[cityplanner82 0]

Really like your city. Very nice, i especially like the maps and the Crystal Chronicles. Very good idea to present information about your city. You have given me many ideas on how to revitilize my cj. Neways you can check out my CJ Fairview City, i need some ideas on how to make it better. Neways keep up the good work!!!

[whiteshark365 563]

The 248 nub in Graffton is going to be where the second 248 project will take place. The intersection of 248 with Freeway 48 was designed in anticipation of such a project, so that when an extension took place, all that would have to be changed would be the signs. The project is still probably 30 to 50 years down the road for Crystal Junction. The city is mostly expanding in a radial pattern outward, and growing upward downtown fast, however growth in the north has been rather slow. Sandy Ridge is starting to grow faster with over 11,000 residents already. The Sandstorm expressway in Sandy Ridge was also designed to be convereted to a freeway so no in infrastructure would have to be relocated.

[comdude21 6]

The region is looking quite nice. The details in your journal are great! A little griddy, but its still very nice.

[qaturn 0]

enjoyed reading this cj, and the region looks great

breathtakingly stunning

[Alkaola 18]

I love the weater report

[Alakazam 3]

Amazing City!

[Djohaal 121]

Date:7/4/2004 8:51:12 PM
Author:The Evil Octopus Man

whiteshark, are you using the teirusu desert terrain modd?  Because whenever I try to use it, my game crashes wehn it's loading the city.

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It is conflicting with another terrain mod, uninstall all the terrain mods (snowcapped and etc) and then put just the esert terrain textures and the desert_plains one (without snow)

Excelent CJ, it has been (and still is) one of my favourite CJ, you have a great creativity to work with the cities and the look is completely....

RELAISTIC, I can find almost any building in the close in the region view, you kept it very clean and very enjoyable, I envy your habilities with sc4

[whiteshark365 563]

I know you guys have been waiting a while for an update, and I havn't let this journal die. Just there really isnt much new, since most of the growth right now is suburban expansion, that pretty much looks the same. But I am developing the region. New update sometime this week or weekend.

[Alakazam 3]

That ok.... up!

[whiteshark365 563]

City Update 21:

 

Crystal Junction is starting to settle into it's mid-sized city status. Numerous downtown office and condo construction continues, and the suburbs keep spreading. Most of the growth is rather even placed outward in all direction, however, there is an increasing growth in areas to the mid north of the city, as prime real estate develops there. Already a second mall has been construction, Madrid Square and there are plans to build a thrid one in the west metro area. More areas of planned to be zonned with high density. Construction projects continue to grow all over the city as well, not just in downtown areas. Smaller commercial sub-downtowns are now being constructed in the suburbs to meet job demands and provide shorter commute routes as well.

 

The growth of Crystal Junction is now starting to spread into surronding towns as more and more people move out of the city to seek a quieter small town life, while still commuting to work in the city. Sandy Ridge has become the prime area for this migration. Sandy Ridge has already hit the 18,000 mark in population, making it a rather large indepedent population area outside of Crystal Junction. A simular occurace is occuring in old town Madrid and Tucson, and Topaz Heights is starting to expand as well.

 

The overall metro area population is just at 550,000, with over 200,000 commercial jobs being provided.

 

City of Crystal Junction Transportation View.

City of Crystal Junction Satellite View.

Sandy RIdge Closeups.

I'll be doing a lot of work on this city over this weekend, I'll be posting another Crystal Chronicles Update by tomorrow, as well as some closeup shots of Sandy Ridge.

[+Guest]

They really need that beltway and a good north/south freeway now!

[edcase2k4-thugangel1983 1]

how come your landscape is that colour? is it modded or just high altitude?

[andrew george 0]

What a stunning region view! Speechless.....

 

A

[Dolfan348488 0]

This region is absolutely mouth-dropping.  I can never find words to describe it..........

 

I could almost cry over it

[sc4ky 1]

No words can desribe this region shot [:0] What I expect from a great city builder like you Whiteshark

[Dannato 4]

I've been following this for quite some time now but didn't dare telling you what you already know: this is awe-inspiring.  And it's not just the unique terrain that make this so special, it's in your way of presenting it, how you show development, the stories and little details like your temperature reports and the story of the blacktop law...

 

Enjoying this enormously.

[subedei 3]

Awsome CJ. Truely one of the best presented CJs i have seen. Keep up the good work.

 

 

Subedei

[+Guest]

Again, the critics love this update and I love it too.

[thatmonkeysim 8]

Date: 7/17/2004 5:53:45 PM
Author:
how come your landscape is that colour? is it modded or just high altitude?

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its a modd that changes the landscape color
whiteshark has put a fews links around this thread so read up on it...

o yea the city is really looking like a gem in the desert right now and you might want to think about the Sandstorm Expressway turning into a highways soon becasue at the rate that Sandy Ridge is growing the traffic on that avenue will start to add up...keep it up and i cant wait to see more

[Djohaal 121]

Just a suggestion:

Try hosting pics off-site ( www.imageshack.us )

in the main City journal forum there is a thread I made about that

[whiteshark365 563]

Thanks for all the compliments guys.

As far as suggestions go. Yes there will be some highway work on the ciy soon. There is a plan to extend Freeway 248 to the west, As far as other developments go, I'll probably not be focusing primarily on commercial growth in downtown, as well as developing surronding areas, at least until the population reaches about 3 quarter million.

 

Here are some pics of Sandy Ridge like I promised.

 

Far Out Aerial Shot of Sandy Ridge.

Downtown Sandy Ridge.

Sandy Ridge Industrial Sector.

Sandy Ridge Memorial Airport and Freeline Station.

[Ninja12 3]

WHERE DID U GET THE MOD FOR A DESERT KIND OF GROUND AND WHAT IS IT CALLED

[flanig407 0]

Very nice region...I like how it looks realistic...

I think expanding the highway system is a good idea, and I would have also thought about getting a highway to flow into downtown, but it looks like its not possible with the amount of low-density development surrounding downtown to the north...

[whiteshark365 563]

Thursday October 31, 3067

Crystal Chronicles
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[subedei 3]

Looks good. Good region and nice storyline.

 

 

Subedei

[flanig407 0]

This has got to be one of my favorite regions...great job man