Norwich

[dudyconstructor 43]

OMG! that region is so great! nice job! i see your budget is green! thats great! and the city looks very natural too!

[andrew george 0]

Petronas Towers Complete

 

Hi everyone, just to show you the finished project in Central Norwich - Petronas Towers. This is one of many ongoing projects in the city to increase tourism and maximise commercial and residential space. An aerial view with many new commercial and residential towers built simultaneously.....
 

 

 

And the beautiful parks and walkways in the shadow of the twin towers. The red tube station in the pond at the front of the building will be one of many such red stations throughout Norwich - all those on the Central Line, which is planned to stretch from the extreme east in Maidenwell to the extreme west in Oakhill, will have this instantly recognisable livery in an attempt to make the network tourist-friendly.....

 

 

 

 

Many thanks - comments welcome!

 

Thanks dudyconstructor for your kind comment.

AND welcome to page 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[xiziz 11]

This is coming along very nice
Tho i do se a lot of people dont seem to have cars tho whats the point in a big city anyway

Like the enormous park you got surrounding the Petronas!

All the best of luck

Cheers

[mattc005 2]

First of all, where on earth did you find the room in Central Norwich to build those? I wasn't aware there was any left.

 

Second of all, I feel dreadfully sorry for all of those people who travel accross that bridge... at the end, it's quite the slope... straight down

Tisk Tisk... abandonment Alt-Tab out of SimCity then go back in, and all the visual abandonment will be gone!

 

Third of all, did you say Tube ?  You did. Yes you did. And HOW many votes did tube get? Huh Huh? Recount mister...

 

Fourth of all, please... get rid of those Euro Building Set small Commercial buildings with the red roofs!!! They're HIDEOUS

 

Fifth.... Beaches are nice... even on rivers

 

Now to bug you on grammar... COMMAS go INSIDE the QUOTATIONS... like so: Billy is a dog, said Sally.

 

I'm done nit picking

 

Oh, and good work   

[andrew george 0]

Thanks for the comments xiziz, appreciated! The towers had only just been built hence the no road connection zots.....

 

Mattc005 - thank you for your assortment of comments!

 

First of all - check the last page - I sacrificed some very ugly industries for those towers.....

Second of all - that's life in Norwich and everywhere else - like a rollercoaster ride! Abandonment is good because it shows you all how bad I am at this game.

Third of all - slip of the tongue - my sincere regrets. Tubes are for the science labs.

Fourth of all - I can't just go around deleting things just because they look hideous! Can I delete the town of Ipswich? No. Ben Affleck? No.

Fifth - we don't have beaches on rivers in the UK. The water is too toxic to touch.

Grammar - your time will come smart-arse......

 

Good work - thanks! AND thanks for your contribution to the below......

 

 

As I've got not much to show you tonight - I thought I'd drop these in - some progress on Norwich METRO.....

 

 

 

 

 

The City Line cost the city

[mattc005 2]

So... your skills on paint are revealed!

Now what about a map for the entire soon-to-be-METRO and NLR and Train system? That'll be a challenge!

 

As I've got not much to show you tonight... < That's not proper grammar! It should be Since I do not have much to show you tonight...

 

And I'm sorry to say my friend... the days when

[andrew george 0]

 

Date:10/7/2004 5:58:22 PM
Author:mattc005

So... your skills on paint are revealed!

Now what about a map for the entire soon-to-be-METRO and NLR and Train system? That'll be a challenge!

 

'As I've got not much to show you tonight...' < That's not proper grammar! It should be 'Since I do not have much to show you tonight...'

 

And I'm sorry to say my friend... the days when

[subedei 3]

A very mipressive Downtown area. Keep up the great work.

 

 

Subedei

[andrew george 0]

Thanks Subedei - it's coming along slowly!

 

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[dudyconstructor 43]

nice job! looks great! but i think the Petronas Towers street should be a road or an avenue not an one way road!

[The Evil Octopus Man 25]

First off, let me just say that this is an awesome cj, and I have absolutely no idea why I haven't looked at it before.  Great job, and keep it up.

Second, where did you get that interchange from?  It looks really cool!
http://img71.exs.cx/img71/7867/37Oakhill.jpg width=800 border=0>

[The Big Z 103]

I love this CJ.  I think your downtown with the Petronas Towers is great!  I love the plaza and parks you put around it.  It's very realistic!  Keep up the fantastic work!

[ChicAgo333 2]

WOW

 

awesome job andrew, keep up the great work

 

oh and you seem to have beaten me in number of pages

[andrew george 0]

Thanks for the great comments everyone!

 

The Evil Octopus Man - it's always nice to see new names posting on here - welcome! The interchange you refer to is in the Network Addon Mod. In the highways section - customs interchanges where you get the orthoganol x diagonal highway interchange - tab until it appears.

 

ChicAgo333 - beaten you or beating you? You haven't finished Mandursuro have you??????

 

Thanks again for the kind comments!

 

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[seville 0]

Ooh...splendid stuff!  Heh I was actually at the original Petronas Towers last year.  The coolest bit was how they had daily tours up to the skybridge, but tickets were extremely limited.  It looks set to be a tourist draw in Norwich all right!

[Zeddic 3]

Geez! I haven't commented this CJ before, but... It is breathtaking! I... ... can't say anything...

And I think that someone had in his/her signature that one simoleon is $1000 ('bout

[GingerBlokey 30]

Another superb installment to an excellent CJ. I love the map

[andrew george 0]

More great comments today! I didn't think I'd done much to warrant them! Thanks guys!

 

Seville and Zeddic - as I said earlier - always great seeing new (or newish) names posting on the journal - you're welcome back at any time.

 

GingerBlokey - thanks for the praise on my map - despite how it looks it took a long time (maybe it's just 'cos I'm bad at doing them!!!!)

 

Thanks again chaps.

 

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[andrew george 0]

SPORTSCENE

Good evening everyone and welcome to tonight's analysis of this afternoon's matches in the Simtropolis Football League Norwich District. Our featured match tonight is the clash between the league's top two sides - Stokesbury United and champions Norwich City.

 

The opening minutes of the game were an open, flowing succession of moves from both sides. It was the visitors, however, who carved out the first real chance of the game on twenty minutes. A jinking run by Bentley inside the Stokesbury half saw him feed the ball to McKenzie, whose snap shot saw 'keeper Evans go down smartly to palm the ball round the post. From the resulting corner, Evans caught the ball unchallenged and sent a huge throw downfield to Russell, who ran towards the stretched Norwich back four, and after drawing Charlton into the tackle, flicked the ball right to Keen, who hit an unstoppable first-time drive into the net off Green's right-hand post. It was a classic counter-attack goal. The rest of the first half was spent with Norwich City passing and probing at the Stokesbury defence, but the home team showed the organisation that has seen them move to the top of the league.
Half-time: Stokesbury United 1-0 Norwich City

 

Norwich started the second half as they ended the first, with lots of possession without really making any chances, and they were almost made to pay when Holt lost the ball in midfield, and left his defence two against two with the Stokesbury pair of Keen and Graydon. Graydon skipped past Fleming and chipped the ball onto the head of Keen, who was already turning to celebrate his second goal when Robert Green launched himself across the goal to tip the ball onto the post, and this time the ball stayed out of the goal. The Norwich fans chanted the name of their hero after his world-class

save. This seemed to kick Norwich into gear and they then created a flurry of chances. First a McVeigh cross-shot flew across the six-yard box with a line of Norwich players inches away from turning the ball in. Then, a good exchange on the right between Edworthy and Jonson ended with the Swedish winger Jonson crossing the ball into the near post, where Doherty chested down but sliced his shot somewhat wide of the post. But Norwich were not to be denied their equaliser, and it was the unusually quiet Huckerby who provided it. He skipped over two challenges and got into the Stokesbury box. As he was about to shoot left-footed, he feigned inside the defender onto his right foot. With only the 'keeper to beat, the finish saw him drive the ball inside Evans' near post to send the visiting fans wild. Stokesbury had a golden chance to take all three points in the dying seconds, but Keen spooned his shot hopelessly over the bar when it seemed easier to score.
Full-time: Stokesbury United 1-1 Norwich City

 

So that result will satisfy both teams in that they both hold on to their unbeated records, although both managers will feel that they had ample opportunities to win the game.Elsewhere today, there were plenty of goals around, despite two goalless draws; Maidenwell are still looking for their first win despite being expected to do well this season - they played out a 0-0 with Barton Hatch Rovers. Also, Norwich United missed a golden chance to capitalise on the draw between Stokesbury and their rivals City, their match with Salham also ended in a disappointing 0-0 draw. Clarendon Athletic jumped into the leading positions with a hard-earned 3-2 home win over Swanton courtesy of a late winner. Bradwell also leapt up the table with a comfortable 3-1 victory over East Statham. However, the game of the day in terms of goals was certainly in Oakhill, where Pentney and Parkstone Rangers played out a classic 4-4 draw. Pentney will be disappointed not to have won, however, as they had led 1-0, 3-1 and 4-2 at various times, but much credit to Parkstone for a dogged display to earn a point to lift them off the foot of the table.

 

Classified results and table check:  

 

Next week sees the start of the Norwich Cup. The top four teams automatically advance to the quarter-final with the league's bottom eight taking part in play-offs to decide who will have the right to join them in the draw. Today's draw in full.....

 

There will be no league matches next week.

 

Thanks for joining us this evening.

[iguana_labrat 0]

looking great! KUTGW

[ChicAgo333 2]

Date:10/9/2004 11:34:37 AM
Author:andrew george

 

...ChicAgo333 - beaten you or beating you? You haven't finished Mandursuro have you??????...

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yea i should of said beating...im nowhere near ending Mandursuro...ive just had that NRZ problem that i think ive fixed but im not sure and thats why i havent been updating

[GingerBlokey 30]

I cycled to Norwich yesterday (25 miles there 25miles back) and I just thought to my self why can't Norwich be like Norwich (if you get my drift).

[andrew george 0]

Thanks for the comments iguana_labrat & gingerblokey - chicAgo333 I'm very pleased about that!!!

 

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[andrew george 0]

CONRIP Goes To Work

Hello everyone. I'd like to take this opportunity to show you all the good work that CONRIP (City Of Norwich Redevelopment Investment Plan) has been doing in Central Norwich recently, after the arrival of the Petronas Towers and with the ongoing building of Norwich Metro.

 

Road Network

 

Due to the arrival of new tools available for transportation planners and engineers, several parts of Central Norwich's transportation network have been improved. The multiple dual carriageways in the city have many crossings with railways - whereas before there were vehicle height restrictions in roads going beneath the lines, these underpasses have all been replaced with flyovers. You will see many of these shortly, but first of all, I'd like to show you the improvement to Junction 1 of the A3 (M), where it intersects with the A30 and City Of Norwich Airport. The improvements have made it a simpler junction for motorists with a higher capacity. It is also hoped that the improvements will reduce the number of accidents, with longer slip-roads to allow much more time to reduce speed.

From this.....

 

 

To this.....

 

 

Matt's contribution - a new road sign for Junction 1.....

 

 

 

Green Park

 

Green Park was part of the very first settlement in the whole of Norwich. Basically a large lawn with trees, it was a minimum-cost attempt to provide recreation. Now that residents' recreation needs and education levels are far better than in the early days, CONRIP have decided to utilise the park's space to maximum effect.

The original Green Park.....

 

 

After several tens of thousands of pounds, the southern end of the new Green Park, with it's gardens and pathways for walkers as well as joggers. The top-right corner shows Green Park Markets, which have been built to encourage smaller traders.....

 

 

The northern end, where the Green Park Museum and Norwich Symphony Orchestra Space have been provided to help keep intellectual residents entertained.....

 

 

Green Park - as it looks now.....

 

 

 

Olympic Park

 

Olympic Park - the home of Norwich City's Olympic Stadium - has received a boost with the arrival of Norwich Tennis Stadium, to help diversify resident's sporting interests.....

 

 

Some updated region views for you. Not much new here, except a slight increase in population and if your eyes can make out the difference in Green Park and the arrival of the Petronas Towers.....

 

 

 

 

The Victoria Line built in Central Norwich

 

The Victoria Line, with it's orange-liveried stations, has been completed in Cental Norwich. The new line was named after one of England's greatest monarchs, Queen Victoria, and runs north-south and will be extended into the boroughs of Clarendon (north) and Kelseyheath (south), in much the same way as the Central Line will extend into Oakhill and Maidenwell.

 

 

 

 

 

Comments welcome! Thanks!

 

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[mattc005 2]

Now that's a park! Puts the Queen's Lawns to shame!
Not impressed with the positioning of the tennis stadium however... look's simply plopped without care. You can do better then that, sorry.

Grammar time...
...the southern end of the new Green Park, with it's gardens and pathways...
'it's' should be simply 'its' - with the apostrophe, he refers to 'it is'

I love nitpicking on you
But you still deserve

BTW, your updated metro map doesn't show...
Edit: nevermind its fixed

[The Evil Octopus Man 25]

My gosh, that is some park!  I love that region!  Think you could post some pics of the downtown area? 

[nooneatall 6]

Whoa! A little groath from the last time I saw Norwich!
-Well, it has been a while.
I still think that you could revamp Norwich transportation a little more...
But it's all personal preference. I am hoping to see some more growth around Norwich, maybe an rivalling metropolis?
Nonetheless, keep up the good work. Hope t see more of this soon.

[andrew george 0]

Queen Victoria - A Brief History

 

Victoria was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace, London. Her father was His Royal Highness Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George III. Her mother was Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent (n

[Superstar 69]

WOW this is just sooooo cool, I havn't seen this CJ for a while and boy can I say some great work has been done here, well done

[uncrazycooper13 0]

Wow! That park is really nice! Great job on the metro line. I really like that tennis stadium and since my copy of rush hour for mac is coming tomorrow I'd like to know where did you get it/what is it called? Also I would still love to see some mores sprawl on the outskirts of the city. Other then that its looking awesome! -uncrazycooper13