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Wow, what a great CJ, the region views are my favourite, looks fantastic!

Looking awesome, I love the night pics!!

Excellent, when are we going to see more?

Wow, the European look is excellent & I love the "time-lapse" piccies, keep it up

Great start, love the mountains, I guess the suburbs are realistic enough as most folk in US cities drive to work.

After five months of city planning (or 720 "Sim" years) and the misses having a baby half way through, I (or is that "Mayor Felipe"??) am proud to bring you SAO PAULO. Of course this is not to be confused with the sprawling Brazilian metropolis it, er, slightly resembles as of course this Sao Paulo exists in the parallel world of SC4. Planning Mayor Felipe's predecessors (or was it me?) decided to start the construction of the city to the south of the Rio Sao Paulo, here's an aerial picture taken a handful of years after it's birth. Wide open flat plains, a source of fresh water for drinking, industry and farming and a huge river for transport, could they possibly have picked a better place to start? The plan was for the main East-West and North-South roads to cross at Sao Paulo, the North-South road bridging the river to the North of the settlement. To the East of the city an industrial and port area were to be established, on the North bank of the river the airport was to be sited. The city was planned primarily for motorists, allowing only for the main East-West and North-South Railways, as well as a later South-East spur. Also envisioned was the future need for an underground system. Development The bulk of the city’s early development was around the historic core, further spreading East to West South of the river, with not much urban sprawl to the North. Early on two major North-south and East West Freeways were built as well as and East-West Freeway North of the river linking the city to the Airport and the Industrial areas to the North East. We can see such development in this traffic view here: A few dozen decades later and things really take off. Development is widespread in the North and the city has spread significantly East and South, to the east sprawl has emerged on the West bank of the Rio Sao Bernardo. Today the “Million City” is immense, still heavily urbanised to the South of the River, but also with large development to the North as this Street map shows: And this night time view shows the

More of Downtown A recent archive aerial shot of Sao Paulo has come to light so I thought I'd show it, with a few more pictures of Downtown. Sao Paulo Downtown 50 years ago Ah, 50 years ago, the city was much smaller, but as you can see from the following aerial shot, how things have changed. Sao Paulo Panorama today My how the city has spread ! West Park West Park is one of the city's favourite parks, just a stone's throw from the bustling centre. Close up Downtown Looking right into the heart of Downtown, Paulo Boulevard is home to most of the government, the city hall(s), the Mayor's House(s), also the Stock Market has it's home here.

I like the downtown

Suburbs There's more to Sao Paulo than just downtown, it's about time I showed you some of the outlying regions..... North Sao Paulo A good aerial shot of North Sao Paulo, with it's suburban sprawl. In the middle left you can see Lagosh Newtown, a high rise housing estate, above Lagosh is a huge Industrial park, and just sneaking in the edge of the picture, the airport. South East Sao Paulo I really like this region, South East Sao Paulo's main feature is the resort town of Cespo, on the West bank of Cespo Lake. Cespo is a popular destination for Sao Paulistas who enjoy a bit of watersports, lazing on the beach or losing all their money in the Casino. The hills and woodland to the East of the lake are also popular for walkers (and the odd hunter). South Sao Paulo South Sao Paulo saw massive development which was initialised by the relocation of Coca-Cola (you can see the building in the middle of the picture).

Nice one Panther, I'll get hunting for them, thanks.

Hi, inbetween nappy changes, time for a few more pictures. The Past As a recently discovered archive picture shows, the centre of the city hasn't always been quite so High - Rise. The city centre 50 years ago, notice the now demolished Coca-Cola building. So where's the Cathedral then? Uh, here, on the south bank of the river, next to the SouthBank Opera House. The Cathedral sits in a prime position right next to the river. And this wider view shows the Cathedral inbetween the two main River bridges, you can also clearly see the heart of NorthBank. What about a University? Glad you asked. Here is the University District combining a wealth of cultural and educative institutions for the population.

The night time shot was a Region Census view image, cropped then colour reduced to two colours (black & white) & a tiny teensy bit of retouching.

Sorted, added a key to the streetmap

Hello, sounds like a right