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72 - Leaning Forward

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The Leaning Tower of Pisa in a sunken canal...? Is what you might be asking yourself.

Indeed that is what can be found in this Zone of Ionica known as Ma Yu, The Scarlet Star.

City planners decided to place this replica landmark of the famous tower in the center of a sunken canal as a reminder of how far civilization and technology has progressed since its creation. High-rises and skyscrapers now overlook a tower that was one of the tallest in its time.

It is also there, leaning just like the original, as a reminder of how success and failure are intertwined. An amazing feat of architecture foiled by an error in its construction.

During the height of summer and the Nautical Festival in August, this section of the canal is one of the most popular attractions. The canal, which crosses Ionica East to West, also goes northward to the Zone above Ma Yu and out to sea.

Ma Yu is also home to the Bibliothèque Parisienne, a hub of francophone culture in Ionica and a repository of the best and most popular french literature.

Enjoy your visit.

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Comments, suggestions, and questions are always appreciated. Thanks for visiting.

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gviper: Marvelous! As usual, your waterways are elegantly designed and incorporated into the cityscape. The only thing I'd love to see is some mmp flora work around some of the larger residential towers. Overall, a fantastic piece of city art!

Thanks for your continued support gviper. Interesting suggestion, but I'm not quite sure what you mean. Maybe you could pass along an example.

 

raynev1: A piece of city art for sure , another great update . That obelisk in the canal .. Sweet . Plenty of eye candy . This entry gave me a toothache ... in my eyes . :ooh: All sugared up now .:ohyes: Welcome back Ionica . 

Don't forget to brush your teeth after visiting. Dentists say Ionica is one of the leading causes of tooth decay. Thanks raynev1.

 

nos.17: Great job again! This is the traffic generator I would recommend. You may want to relot them to better fit the Ionican style...I trust you'll find something that works. ;)

Thanks for passing that along. I'd seen that mod while lurking the STEX but never grabbed it. I've installed it now and am currently placing some in my tiles. It will take a few updates for you to see the results since pictures for the next few were taken a while ago.

 

 michael95l: I love the colours. It looks so vibrant and realistic! Keep up the amazing work with these mosaics! 

Thanks michael95l. Stay tuned.

 

Schulmanator: Great new stuff! Love the awesome pix! :D

Always good to have the support of such a prolific CJer. Thanks.

 

TekindusT: That obelisk looks ridiculously good there in the middle of the canal! I would have never thought of something like this, but I love it!

I tried a bunch of other landmarks but that one indeed worked best. Thanks Tek.

 

MissVanleider: Really impressive, superb water / canals I'd love to know the name of the black and white midrise building in the second picture, across the avenue from the (i think) Japanese School and next to a slightly taller orange and black, cross-shaped midrise.

Thanks MissVanleider. The answer to your question, for anyone else who might want to know, is in the comment section of the previous entry.

 

dedgren: Lovely and wonderfully detailed mosaics. David

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.

 

heartless: You should totally do a city building "how to" CJ, you've got some serious skills.

Well it didn't happen over night. One of these days I'm thinking I'll to a recap where I might give a few tutorials or "tips". Thanks.

 

Mymjyp: I see you are still a marvelous, gifted SC4 city builder! This entry is so wonderful. Congratz on a job extremely well done! :)

Ah Mymjyp, there you are. Thanks for the praise. Are you still playing SC4? Hope to see more from you. Thanks.

 

city89: cool

Thanks.

 

slickbg56: You sir, are an SC4 treasure. Yup, I said it. Your stuff is Lucky Charms on a Saturday morning. I guess I don't really know what that means, but I said it anyway. Keep on building stuff. It makes me want to get back on SC4 and start building again! Way to be an inspiration to the masses.

Like Lucky Charms on a Saturday morn means it's magically delicious. Thanks slick, I'm glad that entry made you want to get back into SC4. Hope you make some good stuff.

 

tariely: Those mosaics are just wow-inducing ! I love the planning obvious in the first one (with the symmetrical though dissimilar buildings -- I never could get both to grow !) and the idea of the subterranean mall all over there. Also the canal and retaining walls, with the stairway. Musical ! I mean : rythm in space. Wich night mod are you using ? Is it the Maxis one ?  Mashty Night is a bit darker and would perhaps compliment those great shots even better.

Actually, neither of those buildings is grown. One of them is a non-functional landmark and the other is a ploppable commercial building. I usually do a combination of grown and plopped. I'm not using a night mod. Thanks.

 

rbro125: Love this! Great job! I love every inch of these shots!

Thanks.

 

feyss: I like your unique style. This obelisk fits perfectly in the middle of the canal.

Thanks feyss. I'm a great admirer of your work and have studied many of your pics to enrich my knowledge of the game.

 

magalenin: This entry's looks awesome factor is 10/10 :)

Thanks magalenin - funny name.

 

serjr99999: thank you for sharing these great pix of your beautifully designed city    excellent use of some of the best custom content by the many contributors to this old game   SC4 lives on

Once again glad I could showcase dat custom content. Thanks.

 

BonafideTactician: Excellent use of custom content so extensively which gives the city a true feel of uniqueness and showcases how much time, creativity, and raw effort was put into each and every single tile. Top 30 cities I've ever seen all time. Have spent 3 years unregistered mainly on looking through city journals for my own growth so you have to realize this is a comparison to every city journal released and there have been some true masterpieces this scores high but not flawless. Nonetheless excellent work and congrats on a spectacular city. 

Whoa, neat rating system. Thanks for your detailed appraisal of my entry. Hopefully I'll be able to earn a higher score soon.

 

Urban Constanta: nice work, i like that monolith thingy.

Hey Urban, thanks.

 

takemethere: Never a letdown when checking out this CJ, just know there'll be some impressive pics & pano's made even more picturesque with some great photo editing effects.

Thanks takemethere. I admire your work very much and it always gives me something new to reflect upon.

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gviper

Fantastically splendid. As is a hallmark for most of your work the waterfronts are masterpieces. I would love a little more green space personally but otherwise I love it!

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raynev1

Another superb entry , it's like East meets West and swirled together .To make a harmonious combination that truly works can be quite difficult . But you definitely pulled it off , a job well done . 

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tariely

It's pleasantly weird, that leaning tower ! Out of the box... The mosaics are superb again. I too use a combinaison of grown and plopped when I do a big city. Sometimes chance gives felicitous  arrangements of buildings but playing god is nice too:-)

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SharkSark

It looks awesome the way you managed to mix different forms of architectural style overall presents a unique style which only you cna do :D keep up the good work !!

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spiritualfire

I thoroughly enjoyed the detail you put into this city in each picture here. Two questions: Which canal wall mod did you use? The red brick boardwalks and stone walls really help the character and I would like to try it. Second question: the ramp on the corner of the St George's Bank in the last picture, where is that found on the STEX? I am in dire need of that ramp.


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