The City of Rodenburgh: The Central Business District

[charlesnew 262]

Hey guys. Welcome to my city of Rodenburgh. I've already made quite a lot of the city, mostly just the downtown, but there is still a long way to go, so I'm gonna share it here. 

This is the map. I'm planing to work on the whole map, not just the city and not leave any areas unfinished and bare with at least some forests. Hopefully I won't end up reaching any limits! The map is called Lönnebay Universal on the Workshop.

 

This is the main part of the city with the downtown and the port. Rodenburgh is a big port city, which explains the large plan for a port on the right. Idea is that big ships send in freight to the port which is then transferred to smaller ships and sent up the nearby rivers to other cities.

 

For this entry, we are looking at this part of Rodenburgh's old town:

 

This half has the historic cathedral in the center. The city museum is in the bottom left corner.

 

If you look closely, you can see some guy doing a performance in the plaza:

 

Opposite the cathedral is a little restaurant area:

 

Some maintenance:

 

 

This is the other half of the area we are covering today. This is the shopping and restaurant district, and you can see the big pedestrian street in the bottom middle of the screen, as well as a plaza to the right of it.

 

Some restaurants and a tiny market in the plaza. You can just see some people queuing for the food carts in the bottom right. I might revamp this area to become a huge farmer's market, but we'll see.

 

This is the pedestrian shopping street.

 

It's hard to see but I put some shop signs and logos on the buildings to give it that shopping feel.

 

Anyway that's it for now. I'll be showing off other parts of the city over the next few weeks. Hope you guys like it!

  Edited September 9, 2017 by charlesnew  
EDITED-- removed some pictures to make it shorter and less boring.

[Robban040 1,091]

Sweet! Love the European feeling of it!

[charlesnew 262]

1 hour ago, Robban040 said:

Sweet! Love the European feeling of it!

Thank you ! I love your city too by the way!

[Captain Mark 13]

Very well done on the old town feel!

[SecretMbr_735754 2,157]

I enjoyed this style of taking a tour of a city in sections, its entertaining.  Thank-you.

[charlesnew 262]

5 hours ago, Captain Mark said:

Very well done on the old town feel!

Thank you!

4 hours ago, RandyE said:

I enjoyed this style of taking a tour of a city in sections, its entertaining.  Thank-you.

Thanks, I'm doing it like this because I just have so much to show and it also gives you a feel of where everything is, which can be quite difficult sometimes. Glad you like it 

[dedgren 830]

Absolutely marvelous European stuff, Charles.  Reminds me a lot of Salzburg, Austria.  I had no idea you could create W2W content out of ordinary buildings- learn something every day.  Followed and watching for more!

David

[charlesnew 262]

On 6/12/2017 at 0:48 AM, dedgren said:

Absolutely marvelous European stuff, Charles.  Reminds me a lot of Salzburg, Austria.  I had no idea you could create W2W content out of ordinary buildings- learn something every day.  Followed and watching for more!

David

Thank you! Glad you're back, I've been following your journal!

 

Now we are looking at South Old Rodenburgh. We looked at North Old Rodenburgh in the last entry. The two districts are the oldest parts of town and were contained within a wall centuries ago that has now been long torn down. Even though it's old there are a few more modern buildings that have managed to get constructed here somehow.

This is gonna be a relatively small entry, but there are still some exiting things to show!

 

A closer look at the area:

 

This is the first half of the district. Here you can see the church on the right and you can just see some plazas on the left. 

 

This is the church. It's currently being renovated, like old buildings always have to be. You can also see some construction workers on the roof. I try to add as much life as I can; I don't like seeing barren and lifeless parts of the city (unless that's the actual purpose of the area).

 

You have probably realised I have many walkways and plazas around the city. It makes people happier (if it were a real place) and traffic would also be decreased. (Remember, IRL, traffic decreases when driving is less desirable and harder, not when roads are wider).

 

 

Here's the second half. You can see there are a few modern buildings mixed in.

 

This is one of the most controversial buildings in the city, owned by a large insurance company.. It's huge and modern, completely out of place and I like to think that protests have happened in Rodenburgh against this building.

 

Anyways, here we have another modern building on the right. This one was built to replace an older building that burned down. Many people are also unhappy with it, as it also looks too out of place.

That's the second Starbucks in this entry! (See if you can find the other one) Man, they really are everywhere!

 

Don't ask me how people use these parking spaces.

 

Anyway, that's it for now. Quite a lot of pictures for a pretty small part of the city, but I wanted to show everything. Hope you guys enjoyed it! I'll leave you with this:

[dedgren 830]

I like the "looking down" shots, but the last one at rooftop level is really nice.  More first-class work!

David

[charlesnew 262]

17 hours ago, dedgren said:

I like the "looking down" shots, but the last one at rooftop level is really nice.  More first-class work!

David

Thanks, I also like the top down ones as they give a better sense of space.

[TekindusT 3,809]

Love to see these pedestrian areas full of cafés and shops!

[charlesnew 262]

On 6/21/2017 at 4:29 AM, TekindusT said:

Love to see these pedestrian areas full of cafés and shops!

Thank you

[charlesnew 262]

Hello everyone. Today we are looking at a section of an area called Myreport.

EDIT- For anyone that is is seeing this now, the area has had a complete overhaul, this update is here just for "historical" purposes.

 

Here you can see the church and graveyard slightly middle-right. Slightly to the left is a auditorium and art gallery. Further left is a bit of the train station. On the bottom left is the courthouse.

We are starting from the right side of the picture moving to the left.

A pub with a nice seaside view. I will probably end up replacing that modern building with another old pub/restaurant.

 

I make sure to at least have some detail on the quays, or else they're just large concrete blocks.

 

I will put another asset for the church since this one has already been used.

 

Here is the auditorium and art gallery. It used to be part of a university along with other buildings that consisted of the museum (which was shown in the first entry). The university moved out of thew city more than a century ago to make way for better entertainment amenities in the city.

 

This is the back of the building. You can see some people lining up for popcorn.

 

On the bottom of the picture is the courthouse. Also used to be part of the university. You can see a bit of the plaza shown last entry on the right, for context. 

 

Just an area to the left of the courthouse I think is cool.

 

A closer look.

 

Here is something I'm pretty proud of. This place has a lot of traffic coming through it as there aren't any road bridges over the railway which creates a bottleneck for people wanting to head from Myreport to the CBD. This is the result of hours of work. It looks inefficient and unnecessary, but it works with a timed traffic light sequence created with Traffic Manager.

 

I should probably put a tree in the island there or some modern art to spruce it up. I tried to make the area pedestrian friendly by placing fences on the sidewalk for protection. 

 

On the right is the parking for the station and a modern shopping mall.

 

Another restaurant area behind the intersection. It used to be a street, but that just made traffic worse. This place at least compensates to the very car-friendly intersection nearby.

 

 

Here is the second half for this area.

On the top right of the highlighted area is the marina and library.  A skate park and car park in the top middle as well as the station on the left with a pedestrian bridge going over the tracks.

 

This place used to be the port hundreds of years ago, but growth and modernisation moved it farther away.

 

Here is the library built to replace a large factory that used to be here.

 

This is the bridge that takes people across tot he CBD. It helps decrease the amount of traffic significantly, as it's the only way to get across the tracks for a long way.

 

And that's it. Hope you all enjoyed this entry, and I'll be back soon with more! (Sorry I don't have a cool screenshot to finish this time!)

[charlesnew 262]

Hey guys I just want to say that I won't be able to post another update for this week and the next to weeks after. I will post one as soon as I can though!

Also, I'm thinking of just having smaller updates. I have a feeling that I'm posting too much in one update, and breaking it up will probably be better. Let me know if anyone wants something different.

[dedgren 830]

Hi Charles.  I'm of two minds about long updates.  On one hand they satisfy the "more, more, more" feeling you get when you are seeing something you really like.  On the other, I think there is a risk that, with so many stunning images you run the risk of watering down the big impact the two or three very best would otherwise make.  I can't imagine how many hours it takes you to create the amazing and unique cityscapes we see in Rodenburgh in any event.  Bottom line, you are going to please your audience whatever you do.  So I don't think you can make a "wrong" choice.

David

[charlesnew 262]

On 23/07/2017 at 10:12 AM, dedgren said:

Hi Charles.  I'm of two minds about long updated.  On one hand they satisfy the "more, more, more" feeling you get when you are seeing something you really like.  On the other, I think there is a risk that, with so many stunning images you run the risk of watering down the big impact the two or three very best would otherwise make.  I can't imagine how many hours it takes you to create the amazing and unique cityscapes we see in Rodenburgh in any event.  Bottom line, you are going to please your audience whatever you do.  So I don't think you can make a "wrong" choice.

David

I think I'll end up doing shorter updates. The long updates can get a bit boring sometimes and, as you said, would "water down" the impact of the screenshots. I just feel like I have so much to show, but I understand that no one really wants to see every little thing in the city, just the good stuff.

I can just post small updates more often. They're easier for me to do too. 

And wow, thank you for the compliments!

I also have some massive plans when I get back into the game that would really change the city. To be honest, I feel like I can still make it better. I hope everyone will like it!

[Czardus 211]

This is a great city so far.  Keep it up.

[charlesnew 262]

                       

8 hours ago, Czardus said:

This is a great city so far.  Keep it up.

Thank you mate

[charlesnew 262]

Hey guys! I know it's been a while since the last update, but the city is currently having a bit of a makeover.

Here's what I've got so far:

I'm moving the port closer to the city and changing a lot of the buildings.

 

I've decided to move the land farther out into sea in the city centre because of a lack of space. It makes sense since Rodenburgh is an old city that has a lot of modern influence and growth.

 

Outside of the old core there are normally small buildings like this:

 

After using Google Earth to looks at many cities, I've decided to change them and use taller buildings. I don't want to spoil too much though...

 

Since it's moving, here's the port. I'm not completely redoing it, I'll just reorganise the buildings and props. Pretty much everything will be there (with the exception of some buildings... maybe). It's just too far from the city and doesn't have good road access to it.

 

And here's the last picture. The old and the new in one.

[charlesnew 262]

Sorry to anyone who saw the entry early. I messed up and posted it too early so it was incomplete. 

[dedgren 830]

5 minutes ago, charlesnew said:

Sorry to anyone who saw the entry early. I messed up and posted it too early so it was incomplete. 

Oops.

Your changes are really seamless, Charles.  But they must be working, because if anything I like Rodenburgh even more than before.  The third "rocky coast" screenie is really nice.

David

[charlesnew 262]

17 hours ago, dedgren said:

Oops.

Your changes are really seamless, Charles.  But they must be working, because if anything I like Rodenburgh even more than before.  The third "rocky coast" screenie is really nice.

David

Thank you!

That part of the city is changed now, sorry! I used an older screenshot there just to show that I wanted to change the types of buildings in that shot. I am going to make many rocky coasts around the map like this one though!

[dedgren 830]

If the new coastlines are like what you've shown us, Charles, you are setting a pretty high standard.  I've played around with the same rocks quite a bit and haven't been able to get them to look near that good/

David

[charlesnew 262]

8 hours ago, dedgren said:

If the new coastlines are like what you've shown us, Charles, you are setting a pretty high standard.  I've played around with the same rocks quite a bit and haven't been able to get them to look near that good/

David

Awww, thank you. 

Are you sure about that though? What I've seen from you is pretty damn good.

[tankmank 853]

Been lurking a while, i like what you have done here. can't wait to see what you showcase next 

[charlesnew 262]

12 hours ago, tankmank said:

Been lurking a while, i like what you have done here. can't wait to see what you showcase next 

Thanks!

I'm still working on things. Nothing's complete enough to show off yet, but hopefully within the next few days the port will be finished.

[jmsepe 2,038]

Wow, this actually looks good. Keep it up! 

[charlesnew 262]

19 hours ago, jmsepe said:

Wow, this actually looks good. Keep it up! 

Thank you!

[charlesnew 262]

Hey guys, as promised, here is Rodenburgh with its (almost) complete port:

(You might notice a change in the CBD. I replaced the tallest building with something smaller and I think this fits the city more. Don't get me wrong, I loved the previous building, but it was too tall, and was too prominent in the skyline.)

 

Today I'll just be giving an overview of the port. More detailed images will come soon. 

 

I might even expand this area bit farther out into the water in the future. For some reason, the city has a huge demand for jobs...

 

This is the Miyagi Motors factory. Miyagi Motors is a company that makes good high quality and kinda expensive cars, and they have an office based in Rodenburgh too.

 

This is the dry dock with the Colossal Mills Cereal factory on the left. 

 

Here is where ships are loaded and offloaded with cargo. On the right is the tanker ships that import oil and gas into Rodenburgh. The containers and other cargo is loaded in on the left of the picture. The port is functional too, because I used Strictoaster's concrete dock assets.

 

Here is also the bulk loading and offloading area. 

 

I'll post more detailed shots soon, for now this was an overview of the port.

[charlesnew 262]

Back at Rodenburgh!, today, and the next couple of updates, I'll just show some more detailed shots of the port.

 

Here we are again in the Miyagi Motors factory:

 

These are some of their finished vehicles ready for export. Miyagi Motors makes everything from simple cars, to vans and trucks.

 

I don't know what a party rentals truck is doing here. Maybe the workers are having a bit of party...

 

 

Here cars and materials to make them are put into containers and loaded/offloaded on to trucks and trains. 

 

Just some nearby warehouses.

 

This is the dry dock. Here, it appears that a ship is being repainted.

 

Here are some workers fixing up the ship.

 

Here is the Colossal Mills cereal factory. 

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Here is where a lot of fuel comes in for the city. I know this place should be bigger (maybe I'll expand the port), but I didn't have that much space.

 

Just a general overview of the area we covered.

 

 

And I guess, just a last shot of the city from this new district I'm working on.

 

 

And that's it. You might notice I'm trying to keep updates shorter than they used to be. I think long updates can be a bit too overwhelming and sometimes boring.