Kunimura - Where the Land, Sea and Rolling Hills meet

[AfroThunda 1]

Here is the new Kunimura City seal. (Posted 06/10/04)

Updated Regions pictures below... (06/10/04

Here is the area of Kunimura as of 01/01/91.

Here is the updated transportation view as of 01/01/91.

This is an updated arial shot of Kunimura as of 1981.

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This photo is an arial shot of Kunimura as of 1965

And for old time sake this photo was taken in 1899 before any development began.

  -Afro

[Chappington 131]

Uhh.... The pics aren't working. Please upload them on to ST instead of keeping them on your hard drive.

[The Evil Octopus Man 25]

Yes, please.  From the title of the thread, I can hardly wait to see what this looks like.

[MayorTim 16]

Sounds sweet! can't see the pics though.

[AfroThunda 1]

Alright I think I got the pictures all set, please let me know if there working! Thanks.

 

  -Afro

[Smurfer2 7]

I just love the bay your have there. Let me add this to my subscribtion....

[AfroThunda 1]

Smurf sounds good! So I take it the pics are now working?

 

  -Afro

[MayorTim 16]

Dude! that looks sweet! It looks like a big region though, so I would suggest going to scc and downloading the region Censensus tool. Its great thing to have for city journals. If you do d-load, could you please post a pic of the whole region? Maybe evevn post it on the MEX?

[jcabassa 20]

That looks very cool! I love the landscape! You should load it to the MEX!

 

-jcab

[AfroThunda 1]

Ok, well as Mayortim reguested here is a whole region picture....

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Ok, at the top corner of the map you can see Kunimura Bay. At the lower left corner you can see Jasmine Bay. The lake to the bottom right is Volks Lake, and the lake in the middle to the right is Lake Wachala. This is the region view so far, I will start showing pics of development soon, so bear with me!

 

Thanks for all the comments.

 

  -Afro

 

 

 

 

[AfroThunda 1]

Alright, this is my first official update on 03/20/04

 

The first city settled was Mercades. With the arrival of the Kunimura Krabsin Continental Rail Road, or for short KKC RR Mercades officials were interested in developing an industrial base.

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This photo was taken shortly after the construction of the KKC RR began in 1901.

 

A Round House was needed in order to store the KKC RR trains and other equipment that was needed to service the rail system.

This photo was taken shorty after the Round House and the surrounding rail yard was completed, this photo was taken in on August of 1901.

 

After the rails were running for a few years Mercades started to really grown. This costal city would be the perfect location for a booming commericial center. Mercades officials were excited to start zoning.

This photo shows the proposals throw at the Mayor. These were all proposals to take place by 1910.

 

This photo shows the completed Mercades City Park opened in October of 1908.

 

After the opening of the new city park, it was soon agreed on that Mercades needed a new Mayor Mansion.

The Mayors new place of residence was completed in 1909.

 

Well thats all for now, I hope to have another update either tonight or tomorrow, and I would love to hear your comments, thanks a lot!

 

  -Afro

[MayorTim 16]

Wow, I really like the way you present your citys.

[AfroThunda 1]

Mayortim: This is the first time I have tried to have a slow start to my region. Its kind of boring.... but I will have an update probably tonight when I get home from work, and it will show the city of Mercades about 20 years later. The update will also include the new city of Hottentot, which is just south of Mercades and another city which is a college town of Thievery, which is to the east of Mercades. I will also include an updated region shot.

 

  -Afro

[SimMaster 17]

Looks good. More pictures!

[flamesrock 6]

Very cool. Regions with lots of water are my favourite. One suggestion: add a river manually. You can ferry citizens and increase land value (a bit) of the inland cities.

[AfroThunda 1]

I had planed an update tonight but ST was down for a little while when I got home from work, so I will have a longer update tomorrow monring!

 

flamesrock: Thanks for the suggestion, but I already have an idea, I think I am going to add a canal from Krabsin Bay south to Jasmine Bay. I plain to have my ports built up around that.

 

Thanks for all your comments.

 

  -Afro

[AfroThunda 1]

Update 03/21/04

 

Alright well I decided to show the city of Mercades about 20-30 years later then the earlier pics. Mercades has developed rather nicely with plenty of on shore shopping. The current population of Mercades is 22,895 with 5,859 commercial jobs with 1,628 industrial jobs.

 

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This photo shows the Oregon Convention Center, designed in 1942 with a futuristic approach, this building was designed by the renowned Architect JtPortland, this amazing structure was completed and opened to the public in July of 1943.

 

This photo shows the shore of Mercades in September 1944.

 

This photo shows the first beach resort in Mercades, along with the sandy white beaches on a warm night in July of 1942.

 

This photo shows Mercades Island State Park, the Mercades Tower was built during the summer of 1948, then once complete a passanger ferry system was added so the citizens could gain access to this great structure.

 

This is another photo that shows Mercades Island State Park from another angle.

 

Alright thats all for now, I will have another update later today (I hope) showing the college town of Thievery and the vast college campus of The University of Kunimura. Thanks for checking out my journal, and I would really like to hear comments, good or bad, or if you want to see something in pertucular just let me know. Thanks again.

 

  -Afro

[Llama_Sim 0]

This looks really cool. Could we see a present pic of the area around the rail roundabout?

[AfroThunda 1]

Ok, I am just going to update this post ( 03/22/04), rather then posting another post with my pictures of the college campus and the town of Theivery, sorry for not putting all the pictures up yesterday some of my pics were too big, so I had to resize them.

 

The University of Kunimura or UK for short was put on the drawing boards in 1953 by the very famous Architect A. Thunda. The design called for 5 main halls, seperate freshmen and uperclassmen dorms, along with athletic fields.

 

This photo shows the land that was purchased for the college project. The first shovel broke ground on Feburary 2, 1954.

 

This photo shows the completion of the campus on May 10, 1963. The campus took 9 years to construct.

 

This photo shows the different Halls of the campus, along with the famous The Bends Clock Towwer.

 

This photo shows the completed athletic fields.

 

This photo shows the Uperclassmen Dorms, a large leap up in class from the Freshmen Dorms.

 

This photo shows the north eastern corner of the campus at night.

 

This photo shows the Theivery Tower shortly after the college campus was constructed, this photo was taken in August 1963.

 

This is another photo showing a portion of the campus and also a portion of Theivery in July 1964.

 

Alright, thats it for now, I really would like to hear comments, good or bad, suggestions or anything of the sort. Thanks a lot.

 

  -Afro

[MsCharamut1969 8]

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/35.gif>wow Afro, I have to say I'm pretty impressed with the beginning of your CJ....thanx for your post in mine and I'm glad i gave you a lot of ideas. Your region is gonna look really great once you really start getting into it and start building your cities.

 

Keep up the great work and I look foward to seeing more your region and cities.....

 

MsCharamut1969

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[b007 0]

How'd you get those trees? Are they plopable?

[Smurfer2 7]

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/6.gif> Whoa, those pictures are awesome! I can't imagine why it's called mercades....

[Avstime 0]

Your journal is very well constructed, and i really like your new coastal highway. Keep up the good work

 

I am going to stay tuned

[AfroThunda 1]

Thanks for the comments everyone! I will have an update later I hope, after I play a littlehttps://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/2.gif>.

 

MsCharamut1969: Thanks for the good words, I really cant wait to see some major sprawl in the region aswell.

b007: I take it your refering to the lots around the college, yes it was just something I made really quick in the Lot Editor.
Smurfer2: Yea, Mercades has turned out to be a nice little rich costal town, just what I like.

Avstime: Thanks, the costal highway will end up working its way all the way around the bay and all the way up to Manchester Island.

 

Thanks again for the comments, and I look forward to more!

 

  -Afro

[Izzulguyr 0]

Excellent work! I especially like the tower in the water and your stadium, keep on going, i'm gonna keep an eye on this CJ https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/24.gif>

[MrVegetable 2]

I WANT THAT STADIUM!https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/31.gif>

It is perfect for my city of Humoor! That is when they get into league footie.

Smurfer: Could you get in contact with Nugget and ask him to PM me when his new Soccer League starts? I want to enter that city in.

[AfroThunda 1]

MrVegetable: The stadium is up for download at simcitycentral.net.

 

Thanks for all your comments!

 

  -Afro

[MrVegetable 2]

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[simwario 95]

Your city is very nice.https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/6.gif> Keep up your work.https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/2.gif>

[AfroThunda 1]

Hey, I just wanted to mention that there will probably not be an update until later tomorrow night. Been busy with school and work. So keep checking back for an update of Kunimura... a humble start to a humble city... haha. Well thanks for all the comments, if anyone has a question or a reguest dont be afraid to ask, thanks again.

 

  -Afro