Jennai | Along the Way
So many comments this week, it's much appreciated. Many of you are asking the same question so I'll be grouping you together instead of replying separately from both updates. I hope you don't mind!
Sirron Kcuhc; TayMay27; StanislavSoltys; Hazani Pratama; Gugu3; Forthwall; Kakado: Thanks for the kindness, I'm glad you like Jennai.
Dubaidude303; daybreak; KonstantinII; Kaalakiota: Unfortunately, the building is in Davidluart's Simlympics pack I believe, which is nigh-on impossible to find since his website went offline a few years ago. I think this link from the Can't Find It thread may be helpful, but I can't get past the Chinese login sadly! http://www.simcity.cn/viewthread.php?tid=74550&extra=page%3D1%26amp%3Bfilter%3Dtype%26amp%3Btypeid%3D13
Leszcyk: Sometimes you just have to spend a long time looking. I've been building up my plugins folder since about 2010, and some of the stuff like the Simlympic Arena that features heavily in this harbour are buildings that are unfortunately no longer available. Simcity 4 Devotion is home to some incredibly high quality lots and there's loads of good stuff in Simtropolis too. Many other websites, like Simcity Polska and Simcity Central and Simcity China also have some rare and talented BATters with unique works.
KonstantinII: You'll be looking for the Bywater Springs Medical Centre! https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1676
InvaderNat: Thank you very much! I did try to carefully manage the height of the CBD. I'm not a fan of cities that just spike upwards or have loads of huge buildings. When you see European cities, even in most of London and Paris, there are very few areas where random skyscrapers emerge in lowrise areas and anywhere with highrise buildings is very compact. That's what I tried to create in Jennai, which isn't anywhere near the size of either of those cities so doesn't have buildings on their level.
RepublicMaster; Inner Nerd: Thank you! The tiered structure was something I did a while ago, and I wasn't really sure how to do it at first. It just kind of... happened. There was no plan to have a tiered structure but it worked so I kept it.
Huston: Thanks! Jennai is in part inspired by Maine, which I remember had very good nightlighting.
NMUSpidey: Thank you - There are light pollution problems in most cities, but I don't think it's treated as a major problem compared to other forms of pollution. I don't know much about Detroit except it's recession reputation so can't comment on its light issues. I'm sure it will recover, though.
Titanicbuff: Wow, San Francisco? I'd love to go there. I live in the commuter belt of London and the landscape here extends as far as a few hills and not much else. Bays are much more exciting.
Ace: Gracias amigo! Wait that's not French...
vinlabsc3k: The main marina is made up of the Metro Sky Towers by Davidluart I think, they are available here on Simtropolis by TowerDude, La Tour Vivante which I believe is on the LEX, the CITIC Tower which is available on the STEX and the NDEX Bridgewater Place which is either on the STEX or the LEX. The towers behind that are Chinese but I think they're on the STEX... their name escapes me unfortunately.
CanuckWild: I'm very glad that you liked the contest and thank you for the in-depth review. I personally love both Asgard and Kingston and Boyce, although I do prefer my own act (Nina Nesbitt) for obvious reasons. Like, she's my act. I hope you enjoy the grand final this weekend, when we'll discover if your favourites did as well as you hope!
Welcome back to Jennai. After the glitz and glamour of AINVision, hopefully we'll have a more serene and calm update this time. I hope you all enjoyed our musical extravaganza, by the way. Today I'm teasing you with some glimpses further in from the coast, and a few different views of the coast.
White Point was the pinnacle of the coastal redevelopment in the 1980s and is a favourite venue of global artists when they visit Cattala. And it's seemingly popular with you too! As you can see in this image, it is acting as the main breakwater for the harbour and a huge rock groyne defending the bay from erosion.
Here's a night shot of the harbour, looking out from the CBD rather than inland. At night, the harbour is one of the most beautiful places in Jennai, with moonlight walks along the boardwalk being very popular amongst locals and tourists alike.
As I continue to expand Jennai outwards from the CBD core, I'll keep trying to relate it in context with what we've already visited. So today, let's see how the Harbour Hospital is connected to where it all began for us, in the railway station. Alongside the modern hospital building is the older, but still in use, original building for Jennai Harbour Hospital.
This will be our last visit to Jennai for a while. I will be continuing to develop the city behind the scenes, but to end our time in the Harbour area here's a closer look at some of the developments ongoing along the waterfront.
To end this tour of Jennai, a long view over the suburb of Porthis, before we return to one of my other suburban areas, Vittoria.
Thank you for watching. Before we head back to Amosseri, this weekend will be the grand final of the AINVision Song Contest, in which we will discover who the winner is and where the contest will head to in November. Who do you think will win?
Thomas
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