Eureka! --- Planning For The Future

[sloppet 3]

Welcome to page 10!!

[jacqulina 162]

great work excellent pics

happy christmas

[comoneymaker 0]

Just catching up on your journal...great work!

Whats Melanie Maginla real name though...she is soo beautiful!

[bokrif 18]

Wow, I like the tram, but am I right, you connected rail wtih lightrail? So is it possible? I've never tried.

[fresno_builder 0]

Merry Christmas and Congrats Louisville!!!! Your New Urbanism was a real gem and Eureka is shaping up to be a tasty treat.

You deserved that Trixie...Congrats again!!!!

 

BTW...do you think we have seen the last of old Petey?

[Ramona Brie 121]

Date: 12/20/2005 10:17:04 PM Author: Shadow_Assassin I like it. Too bad GLR can't go between cities, though, I can probably find a work-around.

quote> A note: smoncrie is developing a piece that connects GLR to other cities. It may be included in an upcoming NAM.

[Moory 7]

Great City! This has to be my favorite CJ out of them all. And have a great Christmas!

[inquisitor 0]

Nice little updates. I like the transit-centric design.

Merry Christmas (and Happy Holidays! )

[Equinox 1,218]

lol...I like how Melanie is integrated into your city journal, that's neat. Great job overall by the way...I'm not really much of a city journal fan but by looking through yours I have already gotten some good ideas! It's clear you've put a lot of time into this journal and that I greatly respect - you don't see people put a lot of time into much of anything these days, it seems. Now I sound old...haha, anyhow, great city journal, and good job on the Trixie as well!

[Ramona Brie 121]

Date: 12/27/2005 2:31:08 AM Author: Equinox lol...I like how 'Melanie' is integrated into your city journal, that's neat. Great job overall by the way...I'm not really much of a city journal fan but by looking through yours I have already gotten some good ideas! It's clear you've put a lot of time into this journal and that I greatly respect - you don't see people put a lot of time into much of anything these days, it seems. Now I sound old...haha, anyhow, great city journal, and good job on the Trixie as well!

quote> Equinox...oh my, Melanie's your avatar? Is this weird or what? By the way, keep it up.

[GreekMan 246]

I would like to see Eureka over 1 million. Also I would like Eureka to expand outward  kinda like an urban spral type of thing. Anyway good luck.

[louisville327 0]

Up, Up And Away!





Near the end of Year 212, just after the re-election of mayor Richard Hiro, a number of major skyscraper development projects began in Downtown Eureka.

With a booming population, increasing urban density, a sufficient transportation network, adequate infrastructure and reliable city services, a stable local government and a talented, well-trained work force, Eureka was becoming highly attractive to major regional and national companies.

The first to build a new downtown office building in Eureka was the nationally-operating 4th National Bank, owned by parent banking company Citigruup (yes, that's how it is spelled, wink wink). With Eureka's geographic location and importance as a trading hub, Citigruup found the prospect of establishing a major branch office in the city to be highly enticing.

After consulting with Eureka's city planners and finding an adequate lot on which to build, construction began in early Year 213 according to a design by national architecture firm Taylor, Taylor and Hon.





With so many immigrants seeking high-paying temporary work in the construction field, new buildings tend to go up very quickly in Eureka. The 4th National Bank Tower was no exception. The building was begun and completed within seven months.





Needless to say, Citigruup had no trouble finding applicants for the nearly 2500 new jobs based in the tower. The company's branch office was fully staffed and operating just five weeks after the building was completed.

Just down the street from the 4th National Bank Tower, another commercial office complex began construction. In the summer of Year 213, the foundation of Eureka Commerce Center was laid. The dual complex consists of two buildings, a 23-story tower on the West side of Main Street and a 55-story tower on the East side, directly across the street.





Eureka Commerce Center is collectively owned by four national companies, including Washington Investment (of Bend), Premiate Insurance (based in Anderson), Regents Bank and Fillmore Financial Group (both of Smithville). The complex as a whole employs more than 4000 Eurekans.

Several blocks south on Main Street, Eureka's first luxury condominium building also began construction in Year 213. At 56 stories, Terrace Tower is the tallest building in Eureka to date. The penthouse high atop the structure provides striking views of both Eureka Bay and the many hills surrounding the city. The average unit price at this time is just under $800,000, and the building currently enjoys 87% occupancy.





Building a tall tower requires a deep foundation, which means tons of soil must be excavated for the sub-floors and underground parking garages. In the interest of keeping construction costs low for each project (by shortening freight trips) and expanding available land on which to build in Downtown, Mayor Hiro devised a way to put that excavated soil to use. Instead of hauling the dirt away and dumping it outside the city, Hiro decided to dump the soil into Eureka Bay.





Initially he received criticism from environmental groups, but with so much pollution and coastline destruction going on in the Eastport district, Hiro's opponents lost interest and moved on. The dirt began pouring into the Bay.







As the new buildings went up, the coastline expanded out. Finally, a sufficient amount of new land was created and the city's urban planners began drafting a development scheme. Downtown was in desperate need of convention space (as the commercial population was booming) as well as room for future sports franchises that had already taken an interest in moving to Eureka.

The planners eventually decided on the following layout:





The To Be Announced sector of the project was reserved for potential residential developers, none yet confirmed.

With the plan in place, construction of the new Eureka International Convention Center soon began, followed shortly by the quick completion of the city's first luxury hotel.







As a side note, the final design of the convention center space proved larger than the initial development plan foresaw, but this loss of space reserved for residential development was countered by a smaller-than-anticipated footprint for the hotel. Future residential development will now be located just East of the hotel, in the Southeast corner of the land expansion.

The final project of note in Downtown Eureka is the relocation of the bustling Eureka Stock Exchange to a new facility in the heart of downtown. With commerce booming and agriculture losing its importance in the urban core of the city, the site occupied by Eureka's farmers' market was chosen for the stock exchange.







Now fully operational in the new building, the Eureka Stock Exchange continues to expand and increase its overall value and importance to international investors.

Downtown Eureka is now taking shape as the center of a major metropolitan area, dominated by tall towers. In the future, many more skyscrapers are sure to come. Already there are ten new commercial and residential tower proposals awaiting approval by the city government. In a few more years, Eureka's skyline could rival that of neighboring Bend's.

[SYM Productions 7]

Rich update Louisville you've got a gem of a downtown!  I love the Harbor Fill-in project... anyways keep up the great work!

- CDI_spy

[sendarrow 3]

The best of the best. That's it. I like how DT is going up. I should be honest, that market in the middle of DT was starting to look not so good. Good election with the construction of the Eureka Stock Exchange.

One quick question, it is too much to ask for the name of 4th National Bank Tower,Eureka Commerce Center,Majesty Hotel and Terrace Tower to look for them in the STEX if they are there?

[+Guest]

Now that's what I call CJ perfection. After having SC4 since the day it came out, you have made me learn something. I always new you needed to start slow in a city. But was always impatient and always began fast. I have developed cities in thepast but none that I was extremely hapy with. SC4's complexity didnt help, but now I feel as though I can build a city from scratch. I'm Downlaoding all the essential BATS, PROPS, Textures and Lots. I can't wait to start my city and hopefully build up something like yours. You've inspired me.

[magpieshooter 1]

Another fantastic update. I like the reclaimed land for the sporting complex and convention centre. The new skyscrapers also fits in very well with the rest of the city.

[GreekMan 246]

I am speachless that is a cool downtown area.

What is you region population  with the commercial boom?

 

I heard that in order to have tall buildings you would need to have landmarks. If any what did you use?

 

Again this is a nice city and good luck.

[inquisitor 0]

Another exciting update to Eureka. Can't wait to see what else is in store for Bend's slightly less smaller cousin.

Equinox... It doesn't seem to get any better than Melanie, huh?

[spa 970]

More great stuff. I hope all these skyscrappers appearing in an otherwise low rise city doesn't further embolden the Wendgramians to try and undermine Hiro!

[jacqulina 162]

nice how you have showed your citys development /geat waterways/great pics

[Dr. Frickenstein 0]

Woooowwww! Amazing! Now that's a downtown! Love those skyscrapers.

[jasperdeman.nl 1]

Great Update!

Love the way you implement real-life solutions to real-life problems! Like the Soil movement idea, is somthing we just recently discussed at my university!

(I study Civil Engineering fyi.) May I ask what your profession is?

 

Greets!

[cityhawk 12]

I too like how you took the soil from the skyscraper project to fill in the waterfront. You can never have too many businesses (or too much money)! I can't wait to see when Eureka surpasses its older neighbor Bend and becomes the best place to live.

Great job once again, louisville327!'); height=20 alt=Insert smilie src=https://community.simtropolis.com/assets/emoticons/44.gif width=33 border=0>

[louisville327 0]

Filling In The Blanks


As always, thanks to everyone who took the time to comment on my last entry. Your ongoing support is appreciated fully.

SYM Productions, mpol, magpieshooter, inquisitor, jacqulina, Dr. Frickenstein, and cityhawk: Thanks so much for your kind words, and rest assured, there are lots more updates coming. I've got a ton of material just waiting to be posted, so none of you will be let down. Thanks again!

sendarrow: Obviously I agree about the location of the stock exchange. The little farmers' market was a bit out-of-place. As for your building requests, just search the RCI Plopables menu on the STEX and you'll find every building I've used. And while you're doing that, download a bunch more of them! There are hundreds of great towers on the STEX.

GreekMan: Expect a Region Overview update in the near future. And as far as landmarks go, they aren't necessary for building tall towers (most of mine are plopable anyway), but they can provide benefits. The Empire State Building and the Bank Of China Tower, for example, boost neighboring commercial desirability by a very large margin. They also boost Mayor Rating. Thanks for your comment!

spa: Without revealing too much, I'll just say that we haven't seen the end of Peter Wendgram. Thanks for your compliment!

jasperdeman.nl: I'm a manager with a major media research company here in Louisville. I've been there for almost 3 years now. As of right now though, I'm not involved with city planning at all, but in the future I'd like to pursue a Masters degree in Urban Planning. We'll see. Thanks for your compliment!


More updates on the way, so keep checking back! Thanks!

[+Guest highstreet]

cool cj keep up the work

[Equilibria 16]

This is a very realistic depiction of the development of a CBD. My suggestion for the day would be to place some seawalls or embankments along the edges of the filled-in area, to give it a slightly more finished look, since most of the filled areas I've seen have had some sort of border. You are the Trixie winner, though, so I'm sure you have it all figured out. Looking good.

[mpetryni 0]

This is an unbelievable city journal. I've been following it for some time, and just haven't had the time to comment. Luckily it seems like the more active participants and the Trixie award voters have pretty much said what I would have anyway, which is that I LOVE IT!

The William's Ridge project is quite fascinating. It really got me thinking about alternative suburbs, where mass transit options can enable suburb dwellers to live and work in a large, densely populated city while still having a small town community in the suburbs. Unfortunately Ebenezer Howard and the Garden City proponents didn't quite get that anywhere near right when they spun American city planning off into the cul-de-sac/parking lot/commute time expanse we all know and are not entirely sure we love.

 

Anywho, I did have one question: What exactly did you use to do the waterfront fill project? It looks pretty well organized for terraforming tools. I shall try searching the stex. It looks quite useful.

 

Keep up the great work. Can't wait for future updates! I'll keep this one subscribed, no doubt. And excellent presentation, too! Very professional.

 

Peace -

[louisville327 0]

City Overview: Year 214


The city of Eureka is changing dramatically. In the past four years, a foreign stock market crash created a massive wave of immigration, the population has boomed, the controversial mayor Richard Hiro has been re-elected for a second six-year term, and the physical city (the buildings, the roads, the utilities) has expanded both outward and upward. In just four years.

As a result of all of this change, Eureka is bigger, stronger, and more economically powerful. And it looks different from the air, too.





Though still only covering a relatively small area, Eureka is more densely packed, a result of mayor Hiro's intense urbanization plan. Low density buildings have been replaced by middle and high density structures, roads have been widened, and efficient transit systems like elevated rail have been constructed. The result is an increasingly urban experience for the growing number of Eurekan residents.


Current region photo:

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Click here for region photo with district names included.


Four years ago the total population of Eureka was just over 300,000. By no means a small town at that time, Eureka was still not a bustling metropolis, and lacked any kind of high density construction typical of large, world-class urban areas. Compared to the neighboring city of Bend, Eureka was still very much a little sister.

Today, however, things are changing. Eureka has grown significantly in a very short amount of time:


Residents: 426,469 (+39%)
Commercial Jobs: 228,118 (+63%)
Industrial Jobs: 132,487 (+3%)


Clearly, the largest expansion has been in the commercial sector, as skilled immigrants have flooded the job market and dozens of major corporations have opened branch offices in Eureka. Some, including Anderson Regional Media Consultants (3550 employees), have relocated their headquarters to Eureka from other cities.

The most intense densification efforts have transformed the central zones of the city. Downtown Eureka, Boonen and Reynolds Point have dramatically changed, with tall towers and large apartment buildings rising by the hundreds. Once-quiet residential neighborhoods have become bustling, noisy and mixed-use. Transit options like buses, taxis and the elevated train are now available where only cars could be used before. The intensity of dense city life has become a reality in the heart of Eureka.


Current zone map of Eureka:



Eureka has not seen the end of change. With immigration holding steady and births on the rise, the population is sure to continue its dramatic increase. Mayor Hiro's urbanization plans have not been exhausted. Hundreds of new businesses are being formed, and existing ones are making the city their new home. Major league sports franchises are eyeing Eureka as the new home of several professional expansion teams.

In the coming years, the city will continue its transformation from quiet bay town to booming metropolis.

[GreekMan 246]

Wow very interesting. This thing that i like about you CJ is thay you take it very slow. You put picuters and make a story out of it.

 

Where did you get the region you are playing with?

 

And when you did that expansion of the suburb the trolley that you used where did you get it?

 

Thank You

[imhurt66 0]

The only words that you can say about this CJ is: WOW, AWESOME, AWWING, and COOL BEANS!!!! I Have watched this CJ from the begining and it just keeps getting better and BETTER AND BETTER... anyways great job. Keep up the good work!