Jennai | For Joy
12petr12; Jimmy Buzaid; Hazani Pratama : Thank you all for the kind words!
0072010: The noise barriers used are found here:
dubaidude303: Thanks! I really like them too. They also count as a park which is useful.
Ying Blanc: Yep, I can't wait either - and that was your prize. Subtle eh?
Forthwall: Thanks!
Ace: You clearly have a keen eye for this! Can you guess the meaning behind today's title? I think that building is the excellent Zero7's work on the LEX: https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=965
grstudios: Thanks! All of this city is pretty much grown. It took time but I really like Porthis.
Hellken: That's a shame. I hope Cattala will inspire you to pick up Simcity 4 and wait half an hour for it to load, then enjoy!
Rugeley123: I don't have a Mediterranean Buildings mod but I do use Mickebear's buildings, if that's what you mean. They start to grow at Stage 3 so don't use a Maxis Blocker until you have a decent city size.
Fox: Thanks! That was exactly what I was going for with Porthis; little details playing around with some of Paeng's superb lots.
vinlabsc3k: Thank you! The promenade is this lot from the LEX: https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=532
It's not obvious in these pictures but the docks are actually protected by the arena, which acts as a huge breakwater. It's just along the shore from the marina. Also, Jennai is actually in a bay so there is very little wave energy and erosion, except in the ports on the south coast which we haven't visited yet.
spursrule14: Thank you - that's very kind! Thanks especially to those who have nominate Cattala for a "Best of the Best" award over the past couple of years.
It's been a while but welcome back to Cattala, and to Jennai, for the sixth update from this city. I've made a few improvements since we last visited whilst I slowly expand the city out from the core of Jennai Harbour. Part of Cattala's tallest building is featured here, the Sky Tower complex.
Jennai's harbourside district was built in the 1970s and 1980s during the boom of the 30-Year Revolution, a period of rapid industrialisation and modernisation of Cattala's post-war economy. The harbour is the pinnacle of this boom - a crowning symbol of the shift from agriculture and light industry to intensive, mechanised manufacturing and financial services.
For a bit of context, here's a wider shot of the whole Harbour business district, clustered around the railway terminus and the Bay of Jennai.
At night, the city comes alive. Jennai drains more than 40% of the country's electricity, which is very large considering it is home to only 25% of the population. Heavy industry in the south of the city is the main cause, but the amount of light pollution from the city's business areas is staggering.
As well as banking and corporate headquarters for the likes of media company RMI, energy giant NEG and telecoms group CT, the Harbour is also home to numerous hotels, including OMNI, Marriott and Tormon-Bonne.
Slightly further along the bay is the most recent addition to the Harbour regeneration project - White Point. Built between 1993 and 1999, it included the extension of a crucial rock groyne, which was turned into the Jennai Arena. Behind it, luxury apartments and a hotel complex were built. A brand new building is currently under construction in White Point, which will become the new flagship hotel in the Asgard International Hotel Group's European expansion, which begins in Cattala this summer.
To end today's update, here's a brief teaser of the next area of Jennai that I'm working on. As we move inland, we'll see the suburban sprawl increase as the highrise offices give way to towering taxpayer-funded edifices to public service. Like Jennai Hospital, for example.
Thanks for visiting Cattala today, and I look forward to seeing you next time when we focus on White Point and the Jennai Arena for AINVision 2013!
Thomas
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