Avista by Lacey14

[Simbourgeois 139]

EDIT: Welcome to page 3

Hehe, that's one really nice mosaic that shows us a city in all its aspects...

Just one question - if the stadium is full of people, how did they get there? The parking lots are almost empty... Is there a night bus service?

Keep up the great work!

Best regards,

Simbourgeois

Mayor of Belleville

[Larks2242 251]

That is a really cool building in the 2nd pic! Great job on your city once again!

[PhilsCafe 8]

Nice! I like the details like the placement of parking lots and stuff. Also the stadium area looks very cool!

[willfish 0]

good job

[Lacey14 3]

Simbourgeois:

Thanks for coming, to answer your question, there is a subway station at the corner of Lang Blvd. and Davis Avenue just down the street, most came from the subway.

Larks2242:

Thanks for continuously coming back!

PhilsCafe:

Thankyou! Come again

Willfish:

Thanks for visiting, I hope you liked it

This update will be covering the Neighborhood of Medford, one of the richest areas of the city(Not including Imperial Living, as its a private neighborhood), but some middle class can get into a few areas still.

Medford has some of the largest parks of the entire Avista area.

They weave throughout the neighborhoods...

Medford is surrounded by the interstate aswell...

Housing for 80% of Medford is Upper and Upper middle class, with 20 % for Middle and lower Middle class. This is mostly to do with the safety of the canals to take in rain water and help avoid floods.

Upper Middle/Upper Class:

Small Middle/Lower Middle area of Medford.

Since the canal system has been built, many storms have came, but there have been 0 floods.

Some of Medford overlooks the outer parts of Downtown.

And a very small area of Medford near Milton that is non canal housing.

Medford has developed a small commercial center due to population growth.

What really defines Medford is Avista's largest multiplex.

The Bell tower has also been known to bring tourists.

And the reason why this is the destination for old people:

Avista Regional Hospital.

Thanks for viewing! Please Comment

 

[Muck308 55]

Wow! Great pics! What a good variety of densities. The lightning is such a unique touch, it's making me smile!

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

Whoops!  Hahah, that shows you how much I use the Maxis landmarks.  Great couple of updates, I adore the parks and trail winding through the neighborhood!  So beautiful.  Awesome job on the lightning picture too.  Love it  

[SounderBruce 173]

Great work, Lacey! Love the lightning animation!

[PhilsCafe 8]

Well, here I am again

Another great update! I love the photoshopping, very nice colors/contrasts and the lightning is Incredible. City-building-wise I like the commercial area near the multiplex... very nicely done. It looks so real!

[DCMetro34 577]

Wow! Simply eye pleasing! The storm pic was fabulous!

[Lacey14 3]

Tomorrow's update will feature Beaver most likely, sorry for the wait.

[Oktoberfest 0]

Beaver? Anyway, i like this alot!

[Lacey14 3]

(the next update will cover comments as I had little time to post this update as it was lol)

 

This update is on the very quickly growing area of Avista known as Beaver, It is projected to become Avista's largest Residential area within the next few years. This is mostly due to the fact that it is wedged between Avista and Nearby city of Salem(Population 112,400), the fastest growing city in Avista's Metropolitan area and the second largest city after Avista.

Beaver has a large Commercial area due to it being around the busiest interstate in the area and the fact that it is right next to Salems Downtown.

This area below is part of Beaver/Avista but is known as Salems second downtown.

This is Beavers well known commercial strip that goes across Beaver Avenue.

As Commercial Demand in the Beaver area increases, so does the density along Beaver Avenue.

Beaver is known for its small enclosed communities, red brick/paved

roads, and churches.

The little bit of Beaver that is lower elevation has canals.

And while Beaver is very green and has alot of preserved area that has never been developed on, it has very few parks.

Below is one of Beavers only two parks, Archean Park.

 It was foggy out, as Beaver has been known to be at night.

The Next update will be on Tuesday most likely and will either feature Megoria, Updates to Downtown, or Avistas largest port.

[DCMetro34 577]

Wow! Nice touch with the fog; the rest is beautiful!

[Eʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ 273]

Amazing as always! Great updates, you've done a great job with the photoshoping and use of the SAM. Hope to see more soon!

[Simbourgeois 139]

I always like to see canals in the residential area, they look great

And I see that you've made in the LE a pretty interesting building out of the Maxis University

Best regards,

Simbourgeois

Mayor of Belleville

[PhilsCafe 8]

Nice! Looks like a very lively place!

[Oktoberfest 0]

nice! i like those light sticks in the park, whered u get em?

[SounderBruce 173]

Wonderful city!

[Lacey14 3]

I have to write a 2000+ word lab write up for my honors chemistry class, a 1000+ word persuasive paper for my AP english class, study for my russian language test, and do my art homework still tonight so my update wont be up for one or two more days sorry.

[Muck308 55]

Great work here, Lacey! Take your time with your homework, we'll be waiting patiently!

[Lacey14 3]

Sorry, All comments will be in the next update I swear!

I had a little bit of time to show you updates to the downtown area. Since I have started the region, the Downtown area has had more commercial demand so I had to densify downtown by adding a few buildings/removing some. Here are 2 photo's that convey the small changes.

We are almost to page 4, Please comment Thanks!

[Larks2242 251]

Awesome job!, missed a few updates but i'll try to catch up

[Oktoberfest 0]

niiiiiiiice! i like ur downtown thar

[Benedict 3,119]

I love your downtown pictures. The pic with the fog and tall light posts is amazing, and I laughed @ "the reason why this is the destination for old people" in the Medford update. Glad there hasn't been any more flooding!

[PhilsCafe 8]

Love the Downtown overview... nice development. I especially like the diagonal road.

[SounderBruce 173]

 I love the downtown! Great work!

Also,

Happy Wikipedia Day 2010!

Celebrating 9 years of the free encyclopedia! 

[Lacey14 3]

Muck308(X2):

Lightning makes me smile too

BlondeTwiggy:

Thanks, I try really hard with the parks, thanks for visiting.

ComputerGuy890100(X3):

Everyone seems to love that lightning lol. Thanks for all three visits to Avista.

PhilsCafe(X3):

Thanks, I tryed to make the lightning realistic and all. The develpment of downtown wasn't suppose to happen so much this early but my sims demanded it and began to leave >.< but thanks

DCMetro34(X2):

Thanks for all yoru nice comments and your visits

Oktoberfest(X3):

Yes Beaver lol, the light sticks are the LAX airport lights or something like that, its been so long.

Elemented9:

I am so dumb I had to look up what the SAM is(I did not even know I had it) lol, thankyou!

Simbourgeois:

Thanks for another visit, I did not make it, it was in a rural pack and I thought it looked cool lol. Thanks though

Larks2242:

You really do have alot to catch up on , thanks for coming back though!

Benedict:

Yay for humour! Thanks for visiting again.

Next Update Tommorow or Monday, Yay for Holidays!

Oh and I love you all so very much, this is the best community ever.

[Kusajika Yachiru 9]

That looks very lovely almost reminds of LA but, clean and safe. ha! Keep it up, I like it looks so well planned

[SounderBruce 173]

That was the most epic mosaic in the history of SimCity!