The Laughing Moose Showcase

[steelersfanforlife 43]

This is another good update. I really like the university.

[Schulmanator 5,812]

Sweet! I like this one.

[Roger51 381]

Love the suburbs and that university!! Great work moose, keep it up

[Benedict 3,119]

The mosaic with the railyard is incredible. One of the best rail pictures I've seen at ST.

[bluemoose 223]

Replies!

Steelersfanforlife: Thanks a lot! I cannot wait for the Clayhurst EP to come out so I can make the Uni even better.

Schulmanator: Thanks!

Roger51: Thanks! I'll try!

Benedict: Wow! Thanks so much!

Cumberland - Center City Mosaic

Welcome back everyone!

Today we'll look at a cross-town mosaic of Uptown and Center City Cumberland.

At the top is Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow Cemetery, and a small outlying business district.

The Churches of St. Maria's Catholic and Eliezar Presbytrerian line Church St, while Antioch Baptist is only a block away on 8th and Fillmore.

Pearson Middle School Services most of Central Cumberland and is located on Miller and 7th.

And at the Bottom, we have the Mall. City Hall and Federal Offices Share a Building in the Center of the Mall.

Clicky for Full Resolution!

Thanks, untill Next Time!

[emperordaniel 1,281]

That's one impressive mosaic!

[simlink 1,098]

Awe inspiring mosaic! Fantastic work, look forward to more!

[Schulmanator 5,812]

Supercalifragiistixepialidosiously Awesome Mosaic!

[Roger51 381]

Love it Somehow I would have changed 8th street into a road, it seems like a higher capacity than a street.

[bluemoose 223]

Replies

emperordaniel: Thank you!

sim_link: Thanks! I try to inspire awe

Shulmanator: Thanks!

Roger51: Thanks for the suggestion, and you were right, I changed 8th into a road up to Church Street, but the portion north of that remains a street.

Cumberland - Center City Mall

The Riverfront of Cumberland is dominated by a strip of land betwwen Market and Water Streets known as the Mall. The East portion of the Mall contains the East Commons, a gathering area for citizens of Old Cumberland, now a place for concerts and rallies:

The Cumberland Public Library is located on the Mall, East of the Center:

At the Center, Defined by State Street (the N/S Avenue), is City Hall, containing City, County and Federal Offices, as well as some of the most architecturally stunning Offices and Hotels in Cumberland:

West of City Hall are the Cumberland Herald Sun, the Regional Newspaper and the Harrison Art Collective Museum:

Further Still, ath the West End of the Mall are the Opera, Police Station and County Court:

And Finally, an overview of Center City and the Mall

Thanks for Visiting! Leave a comment, Get a Cookie!

[simlink 1,098]

Really like the 3rd & 4th pictures. Very nice looking area.

[Yarahi 1,823]

Nice Cj! I love have your parks sort of seem to outline the city-edge

And that mosaic is simply stunning

(Now; there was some talk about a cookie??)

[emperordaniel 1,281]

Beautiful! I love the museum in the 4th pic

[Roger51 381]

Looking great moose!! Love that downtown

[kakado_to_save 514]

i love these photos! good job

[bluemoose 223]

Replies!

Sim_Link: Thanks a lot!

yarahi: Thanks! There are parks wherever there are rivers in this region, because they are sunken into valleys. And here you go: ( :: )

emperordaniel: Thanks! Sometimes MAxis buildings really fit in.

Roger51: Thanks!

kakado_to_save: Thank you!

Region Views

First, a pristine, clean, out-of-the-census sattellite view:

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Second, a roadgeeky look at the major roads of the Lehigh Valley.

M=Motorway, compare to Interstates or British Motorways

(2 digits are cross country, 3 digists are spurs.)

N=National Road, compare to US routes or British A roads

Post Roads, compare to State Roads

c=Connectors. c40 connects to M40, for example

Please Click for Full Resolution!

(you kind of have to, to read the labels )

Thanks for coming!

[Schulmanator 5,812]

Cool new stuff.

Keep up the awesomeness

[bluemoose 223]

Schulmanator: Thanks for Coming by! and I'll try to keep it up haha.

Cumberland - North of the Center

Today we'll have just a couple pics of the area north of the very center, known locally as NotC, north of the Center.

An overview:

City Church, the oldest building in Central Cumberland, now an "emergant church", popular with the young people. Next door is the Regal Community arts Center. Although Cumberland is an industrious city, its culture is rich. There are tons of local acting troupes, the best of which is the CTL, Community Theatre League which calls the Regal home. the RCAC also host famous music artists. The parking lot and nearby old marketplace host the area's first friday, a cultural celebration of local artists, chefs, musicians and artisans.

Along with being a cultural center, NotC is also a shopping district, similar to Westend.

Now, a mosaic that begins at Westend and ends in Bergenside, covering NotC. The Yellow/Orange building with the tower, next to City Church, near the Center of the image is the marketplace that hosts First Fridays and other socio-cultural events. There is also and underground Discotheque in the marketplace, MRKT.

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Ultimately, Cumberland is one of the most Culturally active places in the Northeast aside from NYC.

Thanks for Visiting.

Ps. I'm working really hard on a transit map for the next update!

Pps. "The Valley", shown empty on previous region shots is now almost ready to be revealed.

Cheers!

[emperordaniel 1,281]

Looks great!

[bluemoose 223]

What's to Come of the Showcase

Hey everybody... I just want to let you know whats ahead, and maybe hear some input about what you'd all like to see.

My plan as of right now is to finish up Cumberland with a few updates, maybe come back to it after a while. There will most likely be some more small towns (Waxby, Whitehall, Darby), a look at Easton, the Lehigh Valley's secondary city, some more roadgeekery and hopefully a transit upgrade... we'll see what comes.

But I've been having the idea lately to start a city from scratch and do something like a natural growth... So soon I'd like to begin a project I'll call:

Nearly Natural Growth

meaning that I will use mods, bats and even cheats and such to realistically follow a city from its infancy to its end, wherever that may be... I'm hoping to make it interactive and fun and I really want to involve the readers. I would really appreciate any input you have right now as to how I should begin, and I'd like to know what you want to see. I'm not writing this to make empty promises or to draw in readers with said promises... I just want to know what you all would like to see.

Thanks! and please do leave suggestions!

[emperordaniel 1,281]

I really like the idea! Looking forward to it!

[bluemoose 223]

YAY! I'm alive!

Anyways, heres a sneak peek at the new Region I'll be showing to you as it develops.

It's called Alcesia right now. Extra Points to whoever can gues why Iv'e named it that.

(<-- hint over there somewhere!)

Here it is:

Moo!

[bluemoose 223]

Nearly Natural Growth, Part One

Alcesia

A Little History:

Alcesia, named for the Moose that were extremely prevalent in the marshes to the southeast, was once a tiny fort village far to the north. Now, It is still a small town, but the Agriculture business has recently boomed. Now, Shipping the produce away is causing the town to burgeon. Ships now come just to trade, the port has become that popular, even though it is small. As of now, Alcesia is effectively the North Terminus of the Coastal Highway One, a National Route similar to US Route 1 (that is part roadway, part highway, part expressway). But No 4 lane sections exist north of Alcesia, and the Road is rarely traveled but by locals.

Enough with the wall of Text!

An Overview, to get Situated

Downtown

Eaton County High School

The town is rapidly expanding to the north, eating up the plentiful farmland

Fort Susqua

A Mosaic!

Thanks for stopping by!! Leave a comment and all that Jazz!

[Keder 116]

Quite mosiacic ,shall I Say.

[Yarahi 1,823]

Nice update Mr.Moose Looks like a peaceful little town! wouldn't mind living there myself.

[Schulmanator 5,812]

Nicely done; you have a great area here.

[emperordaniel 1,281]

Looks great! Now, if there was a ship docked to one of the piers, I'd say it was just perfect.

[Roger51 381]

Great work moose, looks like a good little city to live in

[FrancisM89 1]

This isn't a good CJ. It's a brilliant one!

[bluemoose 223]

Replies

keder- Thanks! Mosaics can convey so much more than a normal pic.

yahari- Thank you! The town won't be small for long...

Schulmanator- Thanks!

emperordaniel- I know there needed to be at lead a ship there, but I could only find large cargo ships, much too big for Alcesia at the time, but theres ships in this update!

Roger 51- Thanks!

FrancisM89- Thank you!

Alcesia - New Developments

A quick update.

Alcesia has already grown a whole lot. Several city blocks have been added to the north, eating up farmland. This Overview shows how it has grown:

Downtown has been redeveloped quite a bit. Business owners are already beginning to build up. The City has also built a Municipal Center, that is a large Fire House and police Station, as well as a Post Office:

A new church has been built, St. Raphael Catholic Church, to service the new Northern Neigborhood, made up of primarily new Catholic residents:

Also North of Downtown is a new Fast Food Joint, Wendy's.

Lastly, a new Pedestrian Ramp up to the Fourth St Bridge:

Thanks for visiting! Comment, and such, and I'll be your best friend!

  Edited September 24, 2011 by bluemoose