New York City

[121759 2]

Hot dang! As a native New Yorker who loved to draw maps when he was a kid (I was a nerd), I can appreciate those details you've stuck in there. Too bad SC4 doesn't have a tunnel mod (yet) or diagonal bridges but your workarounds are fine. I'd bet that, once you finish this region and posted it in the heart of NYC, a person could get around pretty good following it. Keep up the good work.

[dc82 1]

updated my cities... here's a quick preview of downtown manhattan.  the commercial district there is finally developing.  i decided to use some mods, 'cuz i'm more interested in making an exact replica of new york city.  anyways, i labeled some real world location (using the closest equivalent in the game)  enjoy~!

 

[frogface 354]

are you going to be using my NYC subway trains mod for this?

[dc82 1]

oh, i was one of the first to dl it!!! (remember, i was the guy who didn't know where to dl it from!).  great job on the trains!  i love them!  i'll try to get a shot of them in action.  =)

[infamousp122 0]

BRILLIANT!

[+Guest]

Of course it's brilliant, I'll just hop on the PATH from Newark to go there(NYC of course).

[+Guest JetRanger]

Love the somilarities to the real NYC. Being an ex New yorker I love what you are doing, you are doing a great job with recreating NYC! Nice work!

[stp243 8]

this is absolutly amazing dc! I hope to see more updates soon.

[AfroThunda 1]

Your region looks real good. I am working on the same region but I am not recreating NYC. Keep up the great work. I hope to see some more pics soon!

-Afro

[MayorTim 16]

Could you please put the south street seaport on the LEX?

[a0z1 3]

That looks real nice! great job!

[+Guest]

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On 12/13/2003 11:52:26 AM MayorTim wrote:

Could you please put the south street seaport on the LEX?

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That South Street Seaport looks nice

[simcityperron 2]

what region did u utilize?  It looks slightly bigger than the one available on the MEX?  is it custom made?

[felipeventurim 1]

Hey dc82. I have to say it: Your NY region is amazing!!!! I love it!! But, one question: How did you make the "underwater" tunnel? It's very cool. I would like to know how to make it.
RockerBoy

[dc82 1]

whew, 3 finals down, 3 more to go. maybe i'll update my city again tonight.  the south street seaport was dl-ed on simtropolis.  as for underwater tunnels.  u just have to raise the ground up, make the tunnel, and then sink the land back down.  it takes some practice and some tweaking, but it works.  and the map?  that i dl-ed as well online - it is the one on mex.  but i'm trying to refine and try to build a more accurate customized south street seaport, so we'll see how that goes.  anyways, some more studying and hopefully i can update again soon!

[dc82 1]

here's the front view of downtown manhattan at dawn, day, and dusk:

 

[CanadianSndwich 0]

Hehehe that is the cleanest Battery Park that I ever known

[Arphaxad Locus 0]

But where is the World Trade Center? Oh I am sorry that is terrible...How terrible that was, I live in New York...
But I am getting off topic now! Stupid me! Why is there the Bank of China tower in New York? I thought it was in China! Correct me if I am wrong.

[dc82 1]

it's based of the original design of freedom tower for the new world trade center complex.  the final design is most likely to be different than what was announced, however.  yet, it was the closest thing available, so for now, i'm putting in the "expected" design for the world trade center.  so yeah, while it is the bank of china building, it looks somewhat  similiar to freedom tower as it was designed in the original contest.

[huskerman007 26]

Nice work it must have been hard toget this city so exact

[Heloowe 0]

Are you going for NYC's population of 15 million people?
How much does your New York have ?

[+Guest]

Actually NYC only has about 8 million people.  But if you do count the surrounding metro area, it is about 20 million.  However the NYC region map used for this (btw, I was the one who originally made it) basically only covers the city itself except for the sliver of New Jersey in the west part of the map.

 

Anyway, it's good to see someone is making good use of the map I made.   I wanted to do the same thing when I first made the map but my computer ended up being too slow.

[wolverine 12]

Yay, you have morning side heights squeezed in there.  Although I'm not from NYC, my sister has stayed in an apartment on Riverside every summer for her internship.  Very well done!  It is very realistic.

[121759 2]

IMHO I'd bet Peg's RTK would look good in here (especially Battery Park, South Street Seaport & Fulton Ferry)

[MTLT_17 27]

Although the freedom tower is going to be a lot taller then the original WTC. The freedom tower will be 1776ft. The WTC Was1436ft I think. Anyways good city. I live in Canada, and we will still hold the record for the tallest free-standing structure, WOOT! Yeah CN Tower!

[+Guest]

The newest design for the Freedom Tower puts it at (I believe) 2100 feet.

[dc82 1]

"Development officials said on Monday night that the design of the "Freedom Tower" symbolizing the date of U.S. independence at 1,776 feet tall, would be unveiled on Friday, signaling another milestone in the dispute-ridden project.

Renowned architects Daniel Libeskind and David Childs collaborated on the design of the tower, part of one of the most ambitious projects in U.S. architectural history to rebuild the site destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

"As Libeskind proposed, it will soar 1,776 feet in the sky, culminating in a spire that evokes another great symbol of our nation's commitment to freedom -- the Statue of Liberty," the Lower Manhattan Development " (AP)

i guess the if someone was to make a landmark of the new design (which comes out friday - it should be diff. than what we saw earlier).  it has to be able to generate its own power.  think anyone can mod a self power generating prob w/ mt attached high commercial high traffic creating landmark that can really really boost up mr throughout a city?  =P

here was the original design as libeskind first designed and won it at the wtc design contest.

however, this is an updated picture of the design by both libeskind and childs (the chief architect for silverstein) had compromised on as of last wed.  but there will be further changes, w/ a new design on friday.  so yeah point is, expected the unexpected w/ this building until its finally built and up.

[Crazy_Folkie 0]

"Freedom Tower" This Patriotism just want to make me Throw up

[defacto_junior 0]

Those last three pics of your city just look amazing!!!! I love those pics!

[ModelCitizen 2]

That is just an amazing city. Wasn't it hard to get it developed? was mosts of manhatten covered by low wealth, low density res before you got a sizable population? I'm particularly impressed by the underwater highway tunnels. I'm going to have to try that in my city.