My Metropolis

[PG320 13]

This is my third CJ in a long time. This City's name is simply Metropolis. It is my largest city with over 315,000 sims. It has about a business population of 500,000 and an Industry Population of about 17,000 The Terrain is simple and flat with a river rinning through the east side separating the City and the Industreal Center.

This city has gotten me many rare buildings I've never gotten in my 1 million sim region including, Van Prooijen Trading, Ong Condos, The Chandler, McCellan Inc, Fisk Insurance, Waco Co, Bryall Tower, Cahalane Communications, The Wilkinson, Martin Apartments and a few more.

The City is probably 75 to 80% Developed its about 600 sim years old. I used the Super Money Park and Super Demand for Cheats.

Here are some night picture previews. They where editied with Photoshop.

Downtown Looking North


West Downtown looking North


The Industrial Center to the Left and the City to the Right


The North City Hotels


A Suburban Avenue closeup

[Goin2Chicago 4]

very nice city. i only dream about getting those buildings even though i get high populations. lol. very nice downtown and keep up the good work!

[nycsc4 5,250]

looks good, keep up the good work, photoshop effects look nice too.

[sloppet 3]

nice work!

[mayormommy 8]

I like where you tunneled the ground highway so there's some connectivity between both halves of downtown. Great work.

[PG320 13]

Thanks! mayormommy I recently redid those freeways they look great but if only they would get traffic on them

Here are some closeups

A highrise cluster in the Central Business District


The Exclusive Summit Towers located in the North City Coastline



Luxurious South City Highrises including the Modern Art Towers to the Right


A closeup of the tunneling freeways in West Downtown


Palm Tree lined Neighborhoods in the West City Suburbs


Industrial Parks in the East City Area


A map and more pictures to come

[DaMaster_architect 0]

very nice, and inspirating down town!
bravo!

[oyd 2]

great work so far...... i really enjoy looking at other downtowns... i always learn something new....

[ThomasAH 0]

Nice cj!
I really like the sunken highways and the downtown

Thomas

[kimcar 10]

Nice night pics , even the one with bridge , keep going .

[PG320 13]

Thanks I've been building many small neighborhoods outside downtown so the population is now around 333,000

[lmcm1990 0]

Great CJ. it's soo realistic. how do you make the pic look so sharp with photoshop??? i have it but i just don't don't how to use it. also, does any 1 know how to make a really long pic???

[PG320 13]

Thanks

Well all I did with the pictures in photoshop is resize them brighten them and make them more contrast that make it very sharp.

 I was working on a new shorline for my downtown but hardly anything grew so I plopped a few buildings it looked great. 

I moved the university more to the west and replaced the old site with a residential complex which was supposed to be rich and luxurious but all that built was five of the same middle class apartment towers. I plopped one for a total of six apartment towers.

Both projects brang my population to around 366,000 but while saving it my computer froze AS USUAL so both where erased. Hopefully when build the complex again nicer buildings will be built.

I got a shot of the complex under construction

[jacqulina 162]

wow what a fantastic start very nice pics too

[cityhawk 12]

I like your mix of all buildings, especially skyscrapers, with some greenery. Nice start!

[choco1 4]

Great start, the city looks fantastic, very colourful downtown area.

The nightlights look great, and the day-time shot looks very pretty. I will keep two eyes on this CJ.

Cheers.

[PG320 13]

Thanks

Well I started those two project again and saved them, plus they came out better. The Apartment Complex built European Middle Class Towers than those ugly Houston Styled Apartment Towers, I was hoping for $$$ towers and to have a variaty, but it came out the same but with Euro Buildings


The coastline project came out very nicely, before my computer froze earlier the project didnt come out so well. Only a Wallace and Simon Manor Grew, that was it. A very nice $$$ Tower grew in the south coastline project, I forgot its name. So this time all the spaces where filled and I didnt need to plop any buildings.

Downtown Coastline Project Construction Picture


South Downtown Coastline Project


Here is an old shot of the Downtown Coastline before the project


Completed pictures of the Apartment and Coastline Project soon.

I might download the Radical Ordiance Modd because my $$$ Residential Deamnd is very very low and my $$$ Office Demand isnt very high eatheir. Should I? I already have Super Demand will the Radical Ordinance Mod Change anything?

[Fabiocb 1]

very nice start and quite impressive so far, keep on the good work.

[MadTV_Freak 0]

Now this is the good stuff right here, im talkin about that sc4 rush hour original good stuff! A real good start, keep up the excellent work

[nycsc4 5,250]

great pictures, and those complexes look very nice.  i think it is up to you to use the radical ordinance or not.  i use it and it works wonders for me.  but it is your choice.  keep up the great work, and can't wait to see more of your wonderful work.

    -Jason

[PG320 13]

I have super demand already, will anything change? My Co$$$ is not very high in the demand and my Res$$$ is very very low.

I was board so I made this "Summit Towers" Ad, the Twin Peak Towers and Ong Condos look great together, I posted a picture of them on my second post on this thread.

[nycsc4 5,250]

cool, poster can't wait to see the next update!

[PG320 13]

Thanks, I'm glad some people are watching this thread unlike my past short CJ's

Well here is a shot of the new Leonard Apartment Complex, along with a new McCarthy Condos rising in the suburbs


A little to the north a few years later, The McCarthy Condos are done and a few highrise condominiums have just opened.


Palmetto Boulevard with outerparts of Downtown on the Corner


The Regional Shopping Mall located deep in the suburbs


The birthplace of the City


Those where all older parts of the city, pictures of development in the North Downtown and North City coming soon.

Updated City Statistics
- Pop around 380,000 (160,000) more people than my 2nd largest city
- The city is about 80% developed
- The city is about 700 years old game time

[Fabiocb 1]

very nice update, lots of green and the roads layout looks really good.

[oyd 2]

excellent update...looks great.....

[fenton56 0]

i really like your city can u tell me what cheats u used as well as the bluding that u downloaded to get these high righ-comercial and residentail

Nice Job, i like the way your highways are set up

[p1 1]

Looking Good!!

[PG320 13]

Thanks

Sorry, I didnt get to play much Sim City lately, I did get this shot of a North Downtown Cluster of office towers.

[rubberduck 3]

Wow...this city looks great...I love all the detail you've put into your commercial district...

[jacqulina 162]

excellent updates very nice looking and the pics are great i do like the night pic