Jillybean86

I just discovered this BAT group thanks to the incredible AON Center on the front page, and as someone that works in downtown Chicago, I just want to say you're doing truly great work. Keep it up! Looking forward to more great stuff from you. Edit: I work in 333 Wacker Dr, and you've done an amazing job on it. I really love the bridges and the river scene. I walk across that bridge nearly every day.

Those first night pics are things of beauty! It really shows off the grid of streets (save for the renegade diagonal) that a real city would have. I've seen that view countless times from an airplane, and it looks exactly as it should. Great work.

Wow, every single one of those look fantastic. They're so detailed and intricate...looks like a lot of time and patience that definitely paid off. Good job.

Beautifully slummy looking city. It reminds me of Detroit in a lot of ways. The buildings fit together perfectly. Well done

Very good. Nice selection of buildings. They fit together very well.

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Wow...I love nature scenes more than cities. Well done here

Love love love! It's like everything I wished I could do in my old Western CJ but didn't have the talent or patience for...I even had a fire... Can't wait to see what you do next

Wow, that building in the second to last picture with the plaza and the amazing reflection is exquisite!

Pictures 4, 11, and especially 12 really stood out to me, but most of them were really great. Keep up the good work.

It's the Jill Jacobs building! Nice choice.

A Western CJ...sigh...a man after my own heart...looks better than anything I was ever able to do (of course...since I was using all your things)

Good job, Prance!

Very nice a picturesque. I like the bridges near the swimming hole. Looks like fun

Ok, wow. The things I love most about this game and this community are when 1) you can't tell you're looking at SC4, and 2) you can't tell where the grid is. You've done an exquisite job on both. There is so much going on in each square of the city tile, you've done a great job of filling everything to the max without making it look cluttered. And whatever water mod you have, it looks great too.

I like this a lot. I can tell a lot of thought went into your city, and the highways in particular. I really like pictures 4.12 and 4.18

Eden Valley, California - 1937 For simplifying purposes, the area around the towns of Mount Rose and Mount Grace began to be referred to as Eden Valley. There wasn't much growth in the area during the depression. Roosevelt's New Deal acts passed, but did little to bring the nation out of the Great Depression. Even the well-off towns of Mount Rose and Mount Grace began to feel its effects. Brady's Mine was profitable, but stopped expanding. Miller's Mill no longer produced the lumber it used to. Factories were planned for the area, but their construction was delayed. It seemed nothing was going well. Miller University became a beacon of home in the troubling times. The well educated citizens of the area knew the best way to get ahead was to educated. The original campus The first dormatories were built next to the main buildings to house the influx of new students. Getting drunk in dorms before it was popular The campus also added another dozen buildings. The college was on its way to becoming a powerful institution. The Maxis University? Seriously, Jill, ever heard of the STEX? On nearby Pepper Ridge, several new wealthy familes moved in. The long and winding road... At the top of the hill were bankers John Finnegan and Arthur Hornsby. Their unspectacular houses provided a misleading introduction the the wealthy neighborhood that was similar to Finnegan's banking philosophy: Under-promise, and over-deliver. Arthur often visited Kenneth's house next door to help with his hedge funds Look at how horrible his hedgerow looks... Further down the road were actresses Nicole Rowse (green roof) and Lily Wolff (yellow house). Finally, at the end of the road was future factory owner Dylan Vanderhyde (lower right) and wealthy cafe owner Phil (top)...who apparently was wealthy enough to get a 1956 Corvette in 1937... Here is the entire Pepper Ridge neighborhood from the south.