Claiborne
Claiborne is currently the largest city in Fairview. Located in the southern part of Fairview, Claiborne is a city of mixed residential, industrial and commerical sections with a downtown overlooking Claiborne Sound. Since the region is still young, Claiborne has a population of only 23,000 and the only city with a population over 20,000. Claiborne currently has Fairview's only airport and one of several seaports.
Claiborne's current mayor is Angela Pleasant. After graduating from Sim State University, Angela Pleasant moved to a then small town of Claiborne mainly to start a new life away from her broken family and her nemesis, her twin sister Lilith. Angela got involved with real estate and helped developed a couple neighborhoods. After leading a board to get a University to Claiborne (Claiborne University), Angela Pleasant was elected mayor.
Above is a view of central Claiborne. Claiborne's downtown is built atop high bluffs overlooking Claiborne Sound, which separate the city from Wildwood Island. Downtown Claiborne is connected by railroad and a light rail network. A full-scale replica of the Titanic is moored below downtown between a small Navy yard and a resort hotel. The mayor's estate sits atop the bluffs on the east end of downtown.
Above is a closer look of downtown Claiborne. City Hall, which sits atop the bluffs overlooking Claiborne Sound, is at the lower right. Central Square is to the left of City Hall, with the Landgraab Department Store on the opposite side. The Fairview Central Railroad's Claiborne Central station is at lower left with Claiborne Community College across the tracks. Mid-rise office buildings show Claiborne's emergence from small town to a budding metropolitan center.
A view of the replica of the RMS Titanic shortly after the ship was brought to Claiborne. Civic leaders convinced the R.M.S. Titanic, Inc., builders of the replica ship and salvors of the wreck, to locate the ship in Claiborne as a way to boost tourism. The ship was moored below City Hall (top) between the Navy Yard and the Claiborne Seaside Hotel. A streetcar line, the first of Claiborne's light rail network, passes by the ship. The Titanic replica is Claiborne's main tourist draw.
Claiborne's streetcar system shortly after opening. In order to address traffic issues, Claiborne leaders studied the streetcar line in Portland, Oregon, the first intracity streetcar line to open in North America since the early 20th Century, and decided to adapt the transit concept. The streetcars became enormously popular and the network was expanded. Here the streetcars pass by the Claiborne Seaside Hotel and past War Memorial Park, above the hotel.
A neighborhood near downtown. As Claiborne grows, medium dentsity housing has been appearing around downtown and along the streetcar line to south Claiborne.
I never knew estates can grow to be this large. This city does not have CAM.
Even an industrial district can have landscaping. The East End Industrial District, built atop the Claiborne Sound bluffs, has a section along the bluffs that is too rugged to build on, which trees and wildflowers are allowed to grow. They help keep the air around the district clean.
Traffic jam on the railroad. Trains piled up on the Fairview Central's main line through Claiborne. The trains and the light rail have become popular transit modes, so popular that the light rail trains are now as long as eight cars. I'd like to have a mod made to keep streetcar (tram) trains shorter.
Claiborne Airfield and the research center below. The airfield is still relatively new but has reached capacity. There are calls for a larger airport. Currently, aside from an air force base in Mountainview Lakes, this is the only airport in Fairview.
Site of the proposed regional airport. An airplane flies over the site. The proposed airport would take out a good part of the South Side Industrial District as well as a popular supermarket and Claiborne's Starbucks. Although plans are to have industry relocated to the site of the present airport, industrial leaders are fighting the new airport. Any input is welcome.
Next up: Stratford.
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