New York City

[dc82 1]

yeah it's a bit tough.  actually the hardest part (and the reason y my region is taking much longer to develop) is that i'm this kinda perfectionist stickler for detail meaning that i need to try to get as many things exact as i can (i'm talking zoning - i even check w/ nyc.gov dept. of zoning for that one! - , building landmarks, hospitals and schools, transit including streets, roads, highways ...)  that's hard also doing this sr. year esp. now amidst finals! 

but yeah it started out low density.  i think the biggest prob. was commute time.  i had to use the mod to get people to be able to go all the way downtown to work.  so then my commercial demand rose.

 

speaking of which.  one thing that hindered my city from growing was the need for airports.  now the thing is, nyc only has three major airports, none of which r in manhattan.  is there anyway to mod a building or a park or something to have the qualities of an airport to meet the commercial demand while keeping it like 1x1 or 3x3, also w/o looking like an airport?  if anyone knows how to come up w/ that it'd be great!

[epmenezes 0]

Good Job, nice NY, keep up with the good work dude.

[villarule 2]

have you included ground zero??

sorry if anyones already asked i just skimmed the replys!!

[ModelCitizen 2]

To mod an airport, could you just open up an airport lot in the Lot Editor, erase all the props/buildings, shrink it down to like 3x3 and save as a different name? I'm not sure if building properties are tied to lots or tied to the building itself. It would be cool if you could make like a model of Port Authority and have it function as an airport in-game. Between that and Penn Station you could put airport-functioning buildings in that aren't really possible with the current structures (really no way to reproduce the underground Penn Station with multiple underground railroad tracks coming in, all with Madison Sq. on top of it just by using railroad tracks and stations)

[dc82 1]

here's some shots of midtown:
*edit: i didn't like the rockefeller center they had - it was too empty, so i added some flags and crowds of people.  enjoy!

lincoln center: on 66th st. and broadway

midtown west: jacob javits center, penn station, lincoln tunnel

herald's square: 34th and 6th ave/broadway - macy's, manhattan mall, ktown, empire state building (34th and 5th ave)

new york public library: 42nd btw 5th and 6th ave.

midtown east: chrysler building (42nd and lex), grand central station (42nd park), met life building (behind grand central), fdr drive, the united nations (waiting for that building to come out)

rockefeller center: 47-50th st. bet. 5th and 6th ave - ge building, nbc studios, ice skating rink w/ prometheus statute, saks fifth ave, christmas tree

merry christmas!

[MTLT_17 26]

Hey man the UN is out!. Go to the LEX, and type in ALTX search through there it is there. It is really nice. Kudos to ALTX.

[dc82 1]

i edited rockefeller center (see above) and added the new york public library on 42nd st.

[yk322 1]

Wow great,  NY is my favorite City, I live in New York (brooklyn though) would this region ever be up for download dc82

[falcon5018 21]

oh man, that is the best city i have ever seen! can you put it all up for download somewhere, i would LOVE to try it out on my computer. amazing man, you rock.

[6459978. 106]

Is that the Rockefeller Centre from the game? It looks just like the real thing! (Not like the CN Tower, whose base doesn't look like it does in the game)

[+Guest]

Good job I could almost see my old house by Columbia University Riverside Park, West Side Highway, Morningside Park. Need to make Grant Tomb.
Rico

[BarbulaM1 38]

Great job. It is realy relistic.

[amdinside 2]

Awesome job on NYC. Keep the updates coming. You get my vote for most realistic city.

[ead88 0]

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On 12/16/2003 10:04:42 AM Crazy_Folkie wrote:

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

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Well stupid Euro's who criticize everything we do makes me want to throw up!
(Sorry to get off topoic it's a great city.)

[jeeper 14]

Now all it needs it the Freedom Tower and new WTC complex!!!

[villarule 2]

i love those night time shots, look just like the real thing!!

[+Guest]

Do you have the World Financial Center complex? It'd be cool if you could find something resembling the Winter Garden.

[gjy8s 0]

I'm trying to do Manhattan myself and have a few questions:

1) Do you have Broadway as one continuous street or is it represented here and there by diagonals? I imagine this is one hard street to sim.

2) I have trouble aligning Grand Central Station with the axis of Park Ave. I have Park Ave as an "avenue" but only one side of the avenue lines up with the center portal of GCS whereas in real life GCS is dead on. I iamgine this was probably because the GCS landmark in the game was developed before the Rush Hour pack and was meant to align with a road axis. By the way, I believe the eagle is supposed to face South but each time I try to plop GCS it wants to face north (towards the Met Life building). I end up hvaing to bulldoze the street to get the eagle facign south and then rebuilding it afterwards.

3) Were you able to simulate the two-tier roads at GCS?

4) Did you use the Main Library building for the New York Public Library? I have each street in Midtown Manhattan represented and in real life the NYPL takes up two blocks along 5th from 40th to 42nd but when I plop the main library icon into that space it looks puny (I have 4 tiles in between each numbered street), espeacilly when compared with the expanse of Bryant Park.

By the way, for the avenues, I put down two one-way streets side by side. I figure that Maxis will eventually come out with a modification that allows for one-way streets to have more than 2 lanes thus I want to leave enough space for that and in the meanwhile have the traffic patterns as close to reality as possible. Speaking of one-way streets, were you able to link them to other cities in the region? I seems to me that only roads, avenues, and highways can be linked.

[frogface 352]

press Home to rotate buildings. that way you should be able to rotate Grand Central Station how you want to have it.

[johnpratt 0]

His work is totally awsome. I grew up in Ridgewood, Queens and spent a lot of time in Manhatten.

One thing that I would love to see Maxis come out with though is the ability to actually set the routes buses and trains (subways included) would follow (kinda like in Traffic Giant, which was put out by Jo Wood). Anybody got any ideas on this?

Also, could anybody tell me where I can go to download actual US areas (maps etc.) made by the government?

[dc82 1]

didn't get a chance to update my region much this winter break, but i did redo the bodies of water in central park (reservoir, lakes, ponds, etc.) using PEG's numerous lots (thank you! - they are awesome!).  here's what my city looks like from above...

 

http://home.nyu.edu/~dc603/gallery/SimCity 4/manhattan.jpg border=0> http://home.nyu.edu/~dc603/gallery/SimCity 4/manhattan2.jpg border=0>

[simmax 0]

This is a fabulous re-creation of New York! The result is amazing. Well done, it's impressive.

[simbuilder 1]

Dc82, your city never gets boring

[Crimson King 0]

Superlative work. The similarity between your in-game aerial shot and the satellite photo is amazing.

Just curious: do the in-game traffic patterns resemble the RL Manhattan ones?

[zwanneman 0]

This is really one of the best City Journals. Two thumbs uphttps://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files/xyxthumbs.gif border=0>https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files/xyxthumbs.gif border=0> and a bunny

[K_m_H 0]

Great work, looks almost exactly like the real thing. Had to take a lot of effort to drag the columbia seafirst center all the way from Seattle to New york though   https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/3.gif>

[The PhantoM 1]

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On 1/16/2004 12:31:53 PM dc82 wrote:

didn't get a chance to update my region much this winter break, but i did redo the bodies of water in central park (reservoir, lakes, ponds, etc.) using PEG's numerous lots (thank you! - they are awesome!). here's what my city looks like from above...

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u did a good job on NYC. I just love the city... New york rulez big time haha. But i was wondering where u got the sat picture of the manhattan area. Cuz i'm looking for a good image of NYC area but the one u posted here (manhattan2.jpg) is to0 small. Do u've a bigger version?

[The PhantoM 1]

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On 1/23/2004 8:56:24 AM The PhantoM wrote:

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On 1/16/2004 12:31:53 PM dc82 wrote:

didn't get a chance to update my region much this winter break, but i did redo the bodies of water in central park (reservoir, lakes, ponds, etc.) using PEG's numerous lots (thank you! - they are awesome!). here's what my city looks like from above...

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u did a good job on NYC. I just love the city... New york rulez big time haha. But i was wondering where u got the sat picture of the manhattan area. Cuz i'm looking for a good image of NYC area but the one u posted here (manhattan2.jpg) is to0 small. Do u've a bigger version? ----------------


anyone???? Please...

[zwanneman 0]

That

[jeeper 14]

If Simtropolis gave an award for best real city reproduction, you would win hands down. It's very difficult to reproduce and city using SC4, but the NY/NJ metro area has to be up there with the hardest, and you've nailed it. Is your population anywhere near the 11 million metro population yet???