Turry Metro Region to Scale

[Dannato 4]

You know, I'm actually wondering why I keep doing everybody elses job. For instance, there's an Urban Planning Department, and there's Neil Fairbanks who are supposed to do this for me. But their work is so botched I always end up drawing those development plans myself.

 

So I spent the week-end working, again, and when I come home late on Sunday night, stressed out and tired, my wife wants to talk. TALK, go figure! Anyway, I'd better stop bothering you with my personal problems. What I'm here for today is to present my new development plan.

Duke's Mill Residential Development

An aerial view of Turry's northern suburbia reveals a hole in the built-up area. Duke's Mill is an employment area with over 20,000 jobs, mostly lower-end commercial offices, industry and some Turry's major power and waste utilities. There is already a motorway exit and metro rail station, but the proximity to polluting infrastructure has made it fairly unattractive for residential development. Only 7000 sims live here, and all of them south of the river next to the border with Swansey.

But Turry's demand for new, affordable housing is unbroken, and I am very happy to announce that finally, a development plan for Duke's Mill has finally been approved by the city council and the many other relevant authorities.

 

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The polluting structures make the surrounding pockets of farm fields, woods and wasteland all the more important as fresh air reservoirs. Preserving the right amount of green areas will once again play an important role in this suburban development project. Walkays will cut through the neighbourhood to connect all the green areas, most notably the diagonal walkway between the Glad River and the Hart Forest to the north-east.

 

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Despite all these green considerations, easy motorway access and the proximity to the airport make the area a favoured location for industry. The industrial area west of the river has also been expanded, including a huge new tire factory. The old oil power plants and the waste utilites will be replaced by newer, cleaner ones, but Duke's Mill remains Northern Turry's chief buyer of trash and seller of power.

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Most of the unsightly structures are hidden behind parks or strips of woods, making the new neighbourhood surprisingly pleasant despite its large industrial zone and trash incinerators.

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Duke's Mill is now a home to 30,000 sims. It might be worth mentioning that it was developed without plopping any rewards, except for the mayor's house, which I only plopped towards the end, when the 30,000 population mark was almost reached. The place still doesn't have its own police station.

Credits
I am particularly thankful for The  Diagonal Streets Mod .  It's not finished, but work on the missing pieces and the properties is being done, I think. For now, they're more or less just eye-candy. I mostly use them as roads with restricted vehicle access. To prevent cars from using them, I add a tile of one-way leading out of the street to prevent cars from entering. This also gets rid of unwanted automata.

replies@replies
Oh, so many, and all of them very flattering. Thanks so much to all of you, habitu

[oroen 0]

Always nice to see this around. Your planning maps are always great, and the industry in Duke's Mill seems to co-exist nicely with the surroundings.

Page 10!! You've hit double digits!

[cammo2003 20]

Nice work. I really need to keep up with the CJ's on here, I keep falling behind.

Great work, keep it up.

Anyhow, I've got to get working on my own region.

[PhilsCafe 8]

Great plannng, again. I like the overall look of Duke's Mill and the before-picture. It's fun to compare these two.
I'm amazed how fast they've accomplished this project...

- Phil

Edit: Congratulations for your 10th page!

[Dannato 4]

Transport Map

Now here's a regional transport view. I'm using Edmonton Transportation Map Mod as I think it's the best region view mod so far. You'll notice there's some cities I havent played in a long time who still look differently in tranport view, but me too lazy to load and save just for this shot, sorry.

 

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The transport map doesn't show the ANT streets I used on some hills and forestal areas, and it also doesn't show the tunnels. So I added them manually.

Family Dinner

I'm just back home from one of those horrible family parties. All the acting I have to do is exausting. This clan is despicable. Once again, that stubborn paternalist godfather, my dad -- or rather, Dannato's dad -- started lecturing me on my supposed family duties. The people of Turry like you, for your successful city management and well-planned development, he said. That's good. Everybody needs popular support. But it seems to me that you're neglecting our family interests. How many contracts did you give out to your brother's companies this year? Three? Or was it two? My son, you know your brother Donald has a lot to learn. You should give him a chance.

My brother Donald, the black sheep of the family. Donald Duck Dannato, that's how I call him, but shhht! He owns a couple of businesses, all of them saved from bankrupcy only thanks to my dad's financial support. The old man ist too sentimental, he just can't stop supporting that misfortunate son of his. Unfortunately, he expects me to do the same. He's been pushing me to initiate a prestigeous skyscaper project in the centre of Turry. Never mind if the demand currently isn't there, as long as he gets something big that can be named after him.

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Thanks Oroen and PhilsCafe for your visits.
Cammo2003: thank you too. As for falling behind: I know that problem. With that many journals I'm actually greatful if other journals aren't updated too often.

[xiziz 11]

The Transportaion map there is something ive been wating to see, but what i really liked was the overview of the completed Duke's Mill, and the nice lines of story, in both updates.
and i still cant beleve i managed to miss 2 updates, even if they were made within short visinity of eachother ^^

Cheers
//Sim

[Amryai200 2]

that looks awesome, but what does the edmonton map mod change? there does seem to be something different, but i can't figure out what.

[Dannato 4]

Top of Turry

Mt. Uto is the highest point in the Turry Region. Visitors can get a view over Turry free of charge from the wooden lookout tower (it's very small, you can hardly see it in the pictures). It

[bourneid 13]

Great update again. And that mountian top looks great...gives an exelent oview of the city. Keep up the great work.

[sirgeoj2 1]

Cool looking region, looking very good!

[PhilsCafe 8]

The hill top looks nice. I like the natural look of the area and also the crowded street. Good job with that.

- Phil

[Nardo69 51]

I love your updates. Turry is still one of the best CJs here around so an update of yours is quite a sensation ...
About the updatefrequency you mentioned before - I just started my cj too, I try too update on a weekend business but this is kind of hard wok sometimes because of RLS ...

Nice idea with the tv tower on that mountain including the congested streets on weekends. I guess this is something every one knows from some special spots ...

Nardo

[xiziz 11]

Very Nice update there, glad to have found an update on turry when i got back from Europe.

Cheers
//Sim

[Natataek 0]

I can't belive i've never seen this CJ before! This has to be one of the most well put together and realistic journals i've ever seen! (and i've been lurking here much longer than my no. of posts would suggest)

Keep it up!

[louisville327 0]

Hey, if I can come back, you can come back. Let's see some updates soon, good sir.

This is, hands-down, my favorite cj ever.

[____----____ 37]

this is a real fun cj to watch hope to see the updates keep coming

 

alek

[lucsteven 0]

Good work, I like your city very much. I like the pictures with the TV tower. the trees on the mountain make the picture look real. More update please.

[Dannato 4]

I don't usually reply without an update on the city, but I felt like thanking you all for your kind words and encouragement.

It's just that, for the time being, I feel that any update I'd currently be capable of doing would just be kind of more of the same. But I'm sure the autumn will bring enough rainy week-ends and maybe some new ideas to work on Turry.

See ya then, if you like & meanwhile, have a good time with Simtropolis, and SimCity!

[Nardo69 51]

What a pity ...

I can understand that RLS can be REALLY oppressive...

and I can understand that you don't want to warm up old dishes ...

but I wouldn't mind about warmed up dishes as long as it is that delicious like your CJ ....

Nardo

[dscampbell 181]

yes donnato, even if u only post screnshots of ur beautiful region that's good with me. I love seeing ur realism, pllz feed us fith pics

[PhilsCafe 8]

Wow, I was just thinkin' about this CJ and now it is on top of Page 1 again. Now that's frightening... But still, an update would be very much appreciated. Last weekend was a rainy one... (Don't want to pressurize you though)

- Phil

[Dannato 4]

The autumn isn't here yet, but it's so cold outside today this might as well be the beginning of November. 

So I decided not to leave the house today.

And as I got so much feedback and encouragement (thanx folx!), here's an unexpected pre-autumn update on Turry.

Towers of Power

As I mentioned in an earlier post, my father -- or rather, Dannato's father, the chief of the clan -- is pressurising me to award my disgraceful brother Donald's

[i.ess 0]

My top 3 sites :

1) Factory Road

2) Newgate (for a single tower)

3) Saints Way

[PhilsCafe 8]

Wow, this update was worth the wait. I really like your planning. My Top 3: (1) Newgate, (2) Harding Bridge, (3) Factory Road. As for the BATs, I suggest the Asgard Bank Building or any of the London buildings by frogface.

- Phil

[jasperdeman.nl 1]

Hey Dannato!

Another update, great!

If I were to choose, I'd choose for: (1) Newgate, (2) Saintsway , (3) Harding Bridge.

 

But I'd like to add (no insult intended) that you were to add more educational instances because you want people from inside the city to work here and to attract more high-wealth!

 

Till next update!

[Nardo69 51]

First: a lot to read but an interesting lot to read ...

Second: the choice ... hmm ... difficult ...

a) Harding Bridge (close to the Highway)
b) Newgate (close the the railway station)
c) Saints Ways (no highrise there)

Third: who says bad weather is no good at all ...

Nardo

[Dannato 4]

So this is the result of my little poll among fellow mayors and city planning experts (which I trust you are)

These seem to be considered the best sites for a new skyscraper:

1. Newgate (just north of West Central Station on Tollgate Road and Seaule Quay).
2. Harding Bridge (near Harding Bridge Station, Harding Highway and West End underground station)

And the losers:

Factory Road and Saints Way ended up with the same amount with the same amount of votes; Mallory Drive got no mention at all. Influenced by these results, the plans for the three losing have been revised, resulting in softer and fairly unspectacular changes:

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On the Mallory Drive site, only mid-rise commercial (including IBM) and new manufacturing plants were built. To give a new boost to this industrial estate, the council decided not to renounce on the proposed park -- named Turbine Park. The park is used mainly by workers during their lunch breaks.

On Factory Road, the city council has decided to act according to market demand and use the space for a new low-income residential highrise, rather than office space.

As for the Saints Way project: the council and I decided to leave both the buildings west of Saints Way as well as Saints Way itself untouched. Only a small office tower and a 5-storey shopping structure was built on the block facing Lakefield Avenue. The highest building in Lakefield is now O'Hare Apartments, a new 26-storey building offering well-equipped flats with a view for the urban middle class.

As for the two top projects, Newgate and Harding Bridge, there is more at stake and more debating involved here -- with the city council, lobbyists, investors, Donald Dannato's XS Construxion Ltd., and Daddy Dannato. And last but not least, I should add, the people. I am afraid this is going to take a while.

 

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Phil: Thank you for pointing me to the Asgard Bank, it's a nice modern building with suitable stats; I'll certainly use it somewhere, maybe even for the two remaining skyscraper projects (although it isn't a very high building).

Jasperdeman: Thanks for the tip, but Turry's education level is 198 or 199. I think the only problems are traffic noise and commute time, maybe I just have an excess suppy of high-wealth areas. Still, Central Turry only has 16,800 R

[PhilsCafe 8]

Nice update. Low income and factory... goes very well together IMO. And also the other projects look quite decent where they are. I think that's important because a skyscraper at the wrong place can actually have negative effects on its environment...

I'm glad I was able to help.

- Phil

[jasperdeman.nl 1]

Nice update, nice redevelopments, but I'm ofcourse more interested n the big change!

Oh well, nothing but waiting...

 

Btw, in my cities there are more rich people than that, about 30 percent... but that is ofcourse also because I lower taxes for them in downtown and lower taxes for poor people in suburbs...

[louisville327 0]

My prayers have been answered! You're back!

Really excellent couple of updates, even though I somehow missed out on the voting. Oh well. Can't wait to see more soon.