Downtown Detroit 2.0
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Well folks, Downtown Detroit in SC4 has become my white whale.
It is quite difficult to follow Augustus B. Woodward's layout based on the limitations of the game, the geography of the downtown area, and the buildings themselves. Here is a look at his design.
My first attempt at a true 'Detroit Remodel' began in mid 2007. I made several updates over time as the BSP, and numerous other simtrop members, turned out their fantastic buildings. I really appreciate all that they have done for the game. I believe this is probably one of the cities I came back to and tinkered with the most over the years. Anybody else do that?
I took a second swing in late 2011. The entire region is NUMEROUS large city tiles. I terrafromed them into the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan and the surrounding lakeshores regions of Canada, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio. You know, Big 10 Country, sans Canada. The build lasted on and off into the summer of 2013. It became my first attempt at a CJ. I rebuilt Detroit and two of the adjoining large tiles. Here is that region's version of Downtown.
In March of 2014 I made another attempt. The main reason? Every time I opened that massive region, it looked overwhelming. This time I made a region of six small city tiles. The plan was for each tile to claim a name from a Detroit district. I never made it past Downtown. I found that there were too many connectivity issues with the streets. This was the result:
I have decided to make one last shot at rebuilding the city. Here are the results that I have come up with so far. I made a region with only one large city tile. I believe this has helped guide the focus. There has been quite a bit of lot editing. See if you can pick out the buildings that have been done.
Looking north from the riverfront.
South from Grand Circus
Future Sites.
Terminus of Woodward Ave.
Campus Martius
211 W. Fort & the Penobscot Block
The stand ins for 1001 Woodward & Hudson's.
You'll notice that there is no people mover. Well that's because... nobody likes the people mover...
So that's what has been built so far. I'll add on to this city and continue to work on others as time allows. Comments and criticisms are welcome as always. Thanks for reading this update and have a great week!
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