Project: Chicago

[overlordr1 0]

I am doing the same thing, but I am not obsessing over exact buildings until I have developed my large map of the collar counties (obsessing over roads and trains, though!). State should perhaps be an avenue, but it is one way (with bus-only traffic in a few sections). Franklin can stay a one-way regular road. Financial Place, Federal and Plymouth should probably be streets.

I am thinking about median strip rail lines, and the ony thing I can think would work would be to make some sort of high-speed four lane one-way road (the split expressways trick isn't much use). I am beginning to work on median rail stations (side platform, a needed compromise). If I get it to work, I hope you use it at Racine Avenue & The Ike. Good luck!

[TheeLord 42]

Thanks for your great suggestions. The Indians would truely be a challenge beyond my abilities. Museum of science and industry would be awesome, but itll take me a while. Im not really trying to recreate the street layout of chicago, more just getting a bunch of buildings from chicago so your city can grow with that kind of flavor.

This will be on hold for a while I am sorry to say though. I am currently really tied up in World of Warcraft lol.

Ive come back to the BAT and Sim City twice after taking a couple months of break previously, so there is no doubt in my mind I will be working on this project in the near future again.

[Equinox 1,212]

I have moved this thread to BAT - Open Discussion, where it belongs ... keep up the good work. 

[Superchan 23]

when will you release the next building, and if you make the museum of science and industry, make it have a museum affect times 5.

[adambrown14ADAM14 2]

I know this post looks to have been inactive for a while, but if there are still people on this thread, i would like to announce that i am starting to BAT the CNA Plaza.

[ardecila 125]

That's great to hear, Adam. We need as many Chicago BATters as we can get!

It's good that you're doing the CNA building, for 2 reasons. 1, it's just a box, so it should be pretty easy for a beginner. 2, the CNA building is essential to a recreation of Chicago, mainly because its red color makes it stick out like a sore thumb.

Good luck! I also have some more Chicago BATs to share, as well as some other cool stuff that technically aren't BATs.