Mr. Beer

Hello guys! Here is just an update about Dubuque, IA... I came back from my holidays in Québec and Cuba last week... but I didn't played on SC4 since I landed on... I spend all my energy to find a new home. It takes a lot of time. It's going better and I want to take advantages of my old girlfriend's break off to make something news and to enjoy of my summer : The sector of Dubuque I'm going to present you is about West Dubuque, the university and Woodlawn... Hope you will enjoy! West Dubuque, Dubuque, IA pop: 184.660 Woodlawn Cemetary, between University Ave and 44th St. West Dubuque, IA Funeral home and chapel on 44th St. West Dubuque, IA On 17th St. West Dubuque, IA University Ave... book shops, pubs, warehouses... university is not far from here. West Dubuque, IA University of Iowa at Dubuque (UIAD) campus, with the Bell Pavillon, the Clock Tower, the UIAD's Pionneers' Rock Bowl football stadium (right) and the soccer stadium (top left). West Dubuque, IA The Rock Bowl Stadium, with the Clock Tower, the Main Entrance (Ferguson Hall). On the Corner of 17th St and Rock Bowl Alley, Mr. McPin's Pub... students favourite meeting point. West Dubuque, IA View of the campus. West Dubuque, IA Other part of the campus with the McKees Building. West Dubuque, IA University Ave. UIAD's cricket and tennis club. West Dubuque, IA Railyards south of University Ave. West Dubuque, IA Overview of University Ave. South of the railyard, it's the neighborood of Waveland. West Dubuque, IA Junction of 17th St and Forest Ave at Cooper Park, West Dubuque, IA 30th St. West Dubuque, IA Cooper Park Junction. West Dubuque, IA 17th St in the neighboor of Waveland. West Dubuque, IA 30th St and University. West Dubuque, IA Next update, we will make a tour in the Zoo of Dubuque! See you next and thank you for your patience. Sincerely, David

IMPORTANT! Hi everyone! I would like to explain that something hard happened to me since last week... My girlfriend and me break off after two years and five month. These times are very hard but I'm going to look forward. I must find a new appartement and I'll be on holidays for three weeks from next thursday. For the moment my CJ will be on hold for at least one month or more... I'm disgusted by this game for the moment because I spent too much time on it instead of spend time with her... but it wasn't the only for why we break off. So, hope you'll understand. Take care all and I'll probably post something here during my vacations. Sincerely yours. David

That's a terrible update! I like the comparaison between the picture of the interchange and how you translate it in SC4! You give to me some nice ideas for my region with your park (benches, fences, etc.) ! Take care. David

Nice to see you back! Great work here on the Interstate and on your sketch! Take care, David

Jamonbread - Thank you very much for your comment! Yes, these curve are not very beautiful. We are very far from what we can do with Citiex XL but it's why I don't have a lot of curved road.. I though about the FAR puzzle pieces but it avoids you to plop grass texture or something else. I also use a light grey pavement texture mod for the road and these pieces are dark grey, it wouldn't be fantastic... MTLT_17 - Hi! Thank you for your post. It would be a great idea (I must finish the region before) If people are not affraid by the long list of plugin I have... to be continued! I'm very glad that you appreciate my region and my work! Hope you get inspired as well! Thank you again and take care Marshall! Simbourgeois - Yes, I think so or during the last Spring Break... Thank you for your post Simbourgeois! shilka - Yes, very nice result, isn't it? Thank you for your comment and take care! Ready for a journey in the farmlands aroud Dubuque? I've a lot of farming communities but a few picture for each... so, I've make a special update with all of them. These communities are mostly west of Dubuque... Graf, IA pop: 2.879 Iowa Tri-State Raceway. Graf, IA Sundown Golf Club next to Sundown Rd. Graf, IA Sundown Estates. Graf, IA US-20 running through the farmlands. Graf, IA Key West, IA pop: 6.504 Cascade Estates. Key West, IA Junction of Cascade Rd (E-W) and Whitetop Rd. Key West, IA Farms on Old Mill Rd. Key West, IA Mercier, IA pop: 254 Intersection of I-92 and Farley Rd (Exit 94) Mercier, IA Hofmann's Yard Gravel pit. Mercier, IA Waupeton, IA pop: 457 Waupeton Forest Acres and Golf Club. Waupeton, IA Five Points, IA pop: 1.628 Gravel pit near the Iowa Nat'l Guard Camp. Five Points, IA Yaw's Auto Salvage on Rickardsville Rd at Burner Junction. Five Points, IA Cedar Ridge Rd crossing Calonder Rd. Five Points, IA Hope you have a great time by visinting the countryland around Dubuque! Take care and see you soon. David

Very nice CJ! AC is huge sport devoted city! Funny to see Sarah Pallin racing for the post of mayor! Take care. David

Simbourgeois - Thank you for your comment! Sometimes it's relax to make a small town and the State of Iowa has a ton of this. Glad you like my City Hall! Take care! penguin007 - Thank you Will! Hope to see your first build pictures of your Cj soon! Wrightguy0 - Thanks! I agree with you. So why I never start by building donwtown... I prefer to take a lot of attention to build the suburbs/farmlands first and keep for what most of viewer ar waiting for for the lasts updates. ComputerGuy890100 - Thank you for your post! thepokemaniac - Woops... I'm aware that some fast food chains are often local in the U.S. I plop the Whataburger Restaurant why they look good (I like the roof shape). Thank you for your comment Adam! TmiguelT - Thank you! So, I was one week of during Easter: no family meeting/diner, no duties... only free time! So, I took the occasion to finish the western and northwestern suburbs of my metro area. 60 maps / 64 are now completed! See below! Center Grove, IA pop: 58.356 Center Grove is a suburb located north-west of Dubuque, and divided in two neighborood: Center Grove Park (south of I-129) and Fairmont Park (north of I-129). Two lakes, Sterling Lake and Fairmont Lake, are used as local parc and recreational area. Center Grove is the home of The Fairmont University, a private institution. Now we are going to visit the Fairmont Park sector. Commercial development on the shore of Lake Sterling, on Carpenter Ave. Center Grove, IA Housing along Asbury Rd (IA-32). Center Grove, IA Asbury Rd. Center Grove, IA Carpenter Ave and Asbury Rd at Fairmont Park. Center Grove, IA The Royal Fairmont Golf Club. Dubuque's largest golf course. Center Grove, IA Car dealers and fast food chain at Asbury Rd. Center Grove, IA Carpenter Ave and Aurora Dr. Center Grove, IA Aurora Dr. Center Grove, IA Aurora Dr is also called Autodealer Boulevard by locals. Center Grove, IA The campus of the Fairmont University. The main building is located just opposite of the golf course. Center Grove, IA University's main building (build in 1905). 1.500 students and 300 teachers are going to the campus everyday. One year costs ~25.000$ (Law Faculty) or you can go to the Theology Faculty (3.600$/year)... Center Grove, IA The Adam Foster building (left) and the Samuel Deloye building (right) facing the main alley of the campus. In the backgroud it's the Saint Joseph Seminary, first build in 1887. Take care and see you soon! David

Absolutely amazing! Just one question, what are the map size in CitiesXL? Take care! David

It's soooo realistic!!! You make me eager to buy this game!!! Have fun and take care! David

Stunning! I love how detailed your pictures are! I think you're a great lover of Paris and thinks who'a related to France... ; ) Great job and take care! David

Raysfan - Hi. It's very simple. Just have to plop all the building you plan to have for your downtown, main building's side in front of you. You make a "print-screen" and save the image on Paintbrush. Simply select the building's front by copy-paste in a new window. After, you must to strecht verticaly every facade by 15°, clean the background and make some small retouching and to place them by order of size. You'll have probably a real-world based building with it's correct size. It will be used to determine the size of the other building. It's very funny to do! Take care and thank you. bakercity - Hello JKB! Glad to see you back! My region is going well hope you're too. Take care my friend and thank you for your visit! Farley, IA pop: 5'604 Now we'll go out of the suburbs to make a small trip to the southwestern-most city in the Dubuque's metro region. Farley is a small town south of Epworth and Prairie Grove, not far from US-151, linked to I-92 by IA-136 (Millville Rd) Satellite view of Farley, IA. US-151 is going SW-NE and Millville RD N-S. Farley, IA Downtown with the city hall facing 2nd St. On the opposite of Millville Rd, it's the Farley Baptist Church. The E-W main road is Old Hwy Rd. Farley, IA Residential on both side of Old Hwy Rd with the Saint Joseph Cemetery and a public school. Farley, IA Millville Rd running paralell to the Cedar Rapids-Dubuque railtracks. Farley, IA Residentials at the junction of Millville Rd and Leuchs Rd, Farley, IA Close-up view of a section of Millville Rd, mix of commercial, residential and warehouses. Farley, IA Junction of Millville Rd (IA-136) and US-151. Farley, IA New subdivisions south of Farley. Farley, IA See you back next week and Happy Easter! David

Wonderful CJ, very far away from mine! You have an excellent collection of BAT and you use'em very well! Did you get inspired by a particular city? Keep it up! David

Very good introduction! I'm eager to see how you'll devellop the island. I were in La R

Wonderful LOTing here!!! Love the hotel, very well done! Take care and keep it up! David

Your CJ seems to be very interesting! Hope to see more soon! Take care, David

Hope you're going well!!! Due to a wedding this weekend (with my girlfriend's family staying for a week) I'wont be able to make any update (and to play) until wednesday or thursday... so, I spend one little hour at work (during the lunch break of course) to make a Skyscraperpage-like diagram with the major building in Dubuque, IA. CBD of Dubuque is very humble and scaled to a city of its size (I get inspired by Des Moines, IA; Toledo, OH; Dayton, OH or Rochester, NY) Also, no 500m tall building or a uggly skyscraper jungle...) Here is a link for the original size: http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7190/skylinej.jpg It's very funny to see how powerful Paintbrush is... Thank you and see you soon! David

penguin007 - Thank you Will! lucky7 - Thank you René! Yes, it is! What a brilliant idea to use these pieces to make large and modular warehouses. It would be a great idea to use the same logic for a collection of modular warehouses. Somebody on the STEX made modular storage center. So it wouldn't be difficult for a BATer to creat a collection. For my region view, I use the sc4mapper region view. Better and much more detailled (I often make a "print screen" to select a part of my region) Thank you again René for your comment! Take care and receive the same encouragement from me for your region! thepokemaniac - Thank you very much Adam! Galena, IA (south part) pop: 45.568 Galena is one of the western suburbs of Dubuque and a major commercial and industrial spot in the Dubuque metro area. Pictures you'll se below were taken between I-129 and US-20. Centenial Park Golf Club, south of US-20. Galena, IA West Dubuque Jewish College near Chevenelle Ave. Galena, IA Intersection of Chevenelle Rd and I-129 at Radford Point (Exit 39) Galena, IA Multi-intersection with I-129, US-20 and Pennsylvania Ave. Galena, IA Middle Rd and I-129 at Exit 37. Spartan Chemical Co. plant is situated south of Middle Rd. In the opposite is the HQ of Pritzker Technologies. Galena, IA Residential scenery at Middle Rd. Galena, IA Oil depot near the US-20. North of it, the West Dubuque waste plant and reception center. Galena, IA Special pictures Here is the first picture of the downtown area! This is East Dubuque as seen from Dubuque (not built yet) The North is on the left corner. With (left to right) Waterloo Bridge, Julien Dubuque Bridge and Grant Ave. Bridge. Picture of South Pointe Park and Stadium. The elevated road just behind is Roosevelt Ave. And finally a region view of the western suburbs (hours and hours of work... but I'm very satisfayed by the result) Yep, it is the current population... I think I'll reach the 1.5 million of population when the region will be done! Thank you and take care! David

Wow, it would be a very huge recreation!!! As lucky7 said, take your time and if you see you waiste your time on large farmlands, don't hesite to reduce the size of your region (make back-ups with an external hard disk can be very helpfull if you want to go back to a larger version) Hope you will have fun with Columbus, OH!!! David

dafiden - Hi, yes I do. So I can have realistic-looking of my city. It takes a lot of time to finish one map but the result is just amazing! Thank you for your comment! Mayorm - Thank you very much! Glad that you enjoyed my prison! nate1245 - Thank you for your comment Nate! It's really appreciated! Satellite View - Downtown I don't have a lot of time this week to keep my work forward. So, I touched up some part of my region, especially South Dubuque and downtown. I've added a larger river (Grande Fourche River) who sepparate downtown to the southern neighborood and flows to the Massagamee River. Some industries will take place in the area west of the baseball park (South Pointe Field)... Roosevelt St. (parralell to the Grande Fourche River) have been raised to avoid on-grade crossing with the railtracks (some close-up pictures will be posted soon) Grande Fourche River needs to be re-worked a little bit to looks less smooth-curved. Here is the picture! Thanks! David

crazychickensc12 - Thank you! I agree with you, the PEG's Stream Kit is a wonderful and usefull pack that gives you the ability to make realistic and tiny rivers. Benedict - Thank you! Sure that these ploppable powerlines look better than the in-game ones... Raysfan16 - Thank you very much for your comment! I'm glad you appreciate it! rewright - Not entirely, I've download a parking lot pack with parking entrance that are transite enabled (1x1) and I've reloted them using PEG's textures for the driveways. Their function is only to simulate parking or path entrance and they are very modular! Thanks for your post Dick! Shilka - Thank you, I'm very glad by your comment! Midwestern cities fit good with the in-game orthogonal pattern. I get inspired a lot by image I can find with Google Earth. Thank you again man! penguin007 - Thank you Will! Iowa Departement of Corrections - Prairie Grove Heights Facility The metro area of Dubuque wouldn't be complete without a correctional facility.. this ome is part of the Iowa's first judicial distric and lies near the US-20 at Prairie Grove Heights, near Mercier. Iowa Correctional Facility. Prairie Grove Heights, IA The main building opened its doors in 1912. In 1953 some extansion have been added. The building in the back was build in 1936. It holds the heaters and some technical installations and workshops. Prairie Grove Heights, IA Closer view of the penitenciary. Prairie Grove Heights, IA Dutchman Acres near US-20. Praire Grove Heights, IA Millville Rd and Hartbecke Rd at Duschner. Praire Grove Heights Closer view of a subdivision in Duschner. Prairie Grove Heights, IA Duschner Crossings. Prairie Grove Heights, IA Satellite View Current status of the downtown and uptown area. In white: medical centers (Finley and Mercy Medical Centers) In light green: cemetary In orange: Loras University... and many more! I'm going to present view as soon as possible the state of the western suburbs, which are almost done! Take care. David

Hi Ren

Nice update, it looks really good! Take care, David

Benedict - Yep, but it's the only way to make something realistic with the limitation of the game... Hope to make something different when I'll buy Cities XL ; Thanks for your comment! art128 - Thank you! The terrain texture appears unfortunately under the overpasses... and some curved pieces would be more aesthetic. tkuelker(at)gmail.com - I'm going to do that for you as soon as possible. Thank you! TmihuelT - Thank you Miguel! rewright - Thank you Dick. Your comment is very appreciated! crazychickensc12 - Thank you very much! Prairie Grove, IA pop: 15.604 Here is a new update about Prairie Grove, a high wealth suburban community that lies in the southwestern suburbs of Dubuque, south of Interstate 92 and west of Epworth. Enjoy!!! Lone Pine Acres, next to Placid Rd. Prairie Grove, IA I-92 running through the farmlands and subdivisions. Prairie Grove, IA Junction of Placid Rd with I-92 (Exit 68) at Kidder Junction. Prairie Grove, IA Koopman Acres with the community church and cemetary (Holy Family Church). Prairie Grove, IA Koopman Farms and Pleasant Lake. Prairie Grove, IA South of Timberline Golf Course. Prairie Grove, IA Timberline Golf Course parking lot and country club at Dutch Lane Rd. Prairie Grove, IA Another high wealth subdivision at Farmers High. Prairie Grove, IA Junction of Placid Rd and Pleasant Grove Ave. at Pleasant Corner. Praire Grove, IA Junction of Pleasant Grove Ave. and Dutch Lane Rd. Prairie Grove, IA Hope you have enjoyed! Take care and see you soon! David

Benedict - Thank you a lot with your comment! I'm very glad! penguin007 - Thank you very much Will! Take care! tostartpressanykey - Wow! Thanks! Trucks and beers are also great thinks too! Thank you again! GreekMan - I just did some sketches about where to place some buildings but I'won't build downtown yet. I'm going to finish the western suburbs and uptown before. I'll probably post one or two pictures about East Dubuque soon! Epworth, IA pop: 28.704 Now we are going to the southwestern suburbs with Epworth, IA, a bedroom community that lies between I-92, US-151 and Sundown Ave (IA-53) Let's take a tour!!! Industrial area near Melleray Ave and Prairie Creek Rd. Epworth, IA Strip malls and retails at Melleray Ave. Epworth, IA Melleray Ave, metro Dubuque's busiest road in the southern suburbs. Epworth, IA Suburban subdivision. Epworth, IA Cunningan's Auto Center at Melleray Ave. Epworth, IA Kennedy Mall, the third largest shopping center in metro Dubuque. It opened its doors in 2003 and offers 820'000 sq ft. of retail space. Epworth, IA Close-up of the north gate with the multiplex theatre. Epworth, IA South gate of the mall at Bakey Rd. Epworth, IA Interchange between I-92 (E-W) and the I-129 (north) who becomes Malleray Ave. Epworth, IA Sundown Ave. Epworth, IA Special features.. This past weekend I reworked the mall I built in Edmore (northern suburbs) that looked ugly... here is the new one . I did the same work on what it was before an office park. Here is a satellite view of the Southwestern suburbs... lot of work has been done since these past weeks! Thank you for viewing! Take care. David

Oh! Good also! Hope you have saved a copy of your city in a external hard disk! Take care David