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(Aaaand... we're back !) New Things in Middletown
tariely posted a City Journal entry in P.R. Crastina's Travels (SC4)
1. So, first, after deciding things had got to change in Middletown and its region, Mayor Arielle had herself built a new Mayor House. Not quite Mies Van Der Roe-ish, close to the very orthogonal Downdown, close to the very proper City Hall, but still, it was a clear declaration of intent : let’s get into the XXIst century, people – or at least the XXth ! 2. 3. Then she enticed IKEA to open a store downtown : 4. At that time, the whole eastern part of the city was still fields and woodlands. As many new people were coming to Middletown, Arielle B. rezoned it residential and commercial. But most of all, she asked the city planners to let go of the grid. Until then, the town had grown according to the good old orthogonal Vulgate, especially south of the tracks. 5. 6. 7. But it HAD to change in the new north and west parts of town. 8. A plaza illustrating the modern, curvy Mildletown was built in the middle of the first new neighbourhood, and was named of course after the daring Mayor : Arielle Plaza. 9. Arielle B. had not expected her citizens’ resistance to the Ungridding of Middletown. Despite the new roads and streets, they obdurately kept on orthobuilding for a while. 10. There were definitely mixed results. 11. At first the resistance was fierce, albeit polite. Then, little by little, it slowly faded. Tax inducements helped, and the fact that the older griddy rich migrated away from the new neighbourhoods. The new citizens were not very wealthy, but they were young and more enthusiastic about modern living. 12. 13. 14. 15. The great Ungridding battle is over now, Arielle B. has mostly won (the neighbourhood towns are going antigrid big time) and Middletown has settled back into its normal life. Quiet neighbourhoods… 16. Quiet fields (this last untouched one will likely be transformed into a bona fide park, at some point)… 17. Quiet shopping sprees in big and small markets… 18. 19. 20. And, for the daring, some excitement brought from the Outside World by the truckers for whom Middletown is a welcome stop. The Rocking Truckers Motel’s bar-restaurant transmogrifies into a disco with live bands on weeks-ends and holidays ; the local band, The Midnight Ramblers, are all ex-choir boys and began in the St-Felicity Church basement. Now, that’s modernity for you ! 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. And Arielle is happy !- 6 Comments
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But first, thank you for welcoming back here, folks -- mattb325, randyE, kschmidt, dedgren, korver, Artimus, Larry-you-know-who-you-are, all of you who like smaller, more laid back cities ! :-) ********************************** in Middletown, commerce has known spurts of new growth each time new residentials zone were open to construction, eating away at the fields and woodlands. Thus there is no unique big commercial zone but several smaller ones all over town -- which does wonder for traffic, as residentials and commercial zones intermingle convivially. 1. This is the first commercial zone -- it has had time to grow bigger buildings, but skyscrapers are not in its future (if only because of the "no-more-than 6 levels up" municipal ordinance...) 2. Here's the hotel where P. R. is staying, in the west part of town, away from the hustle and bustle (well, very relative hustle and bustle...) 3. Let's go for the close-up of the central commercial zone. Impressed yet ? Well, the Middletownians are. 4. And by night, it's.... Well, lit. 5. 6. 7. P. R. liked this one place, with the more modern feel -- signs that things are changing in MIddletown...: 8. But mostly, the nights are not exactly blazing in Middletown (which is as well, since P. R. needs real dark in order to sleep, when on the road.) 9. Yet, things are changing in Middletown, mainly because of the friendship between the Mayor, Arielle Brownstone, and college pal become wealthy industrialist Matthew B. Celdane : she's convinced him to bring high tech companies to Middletown. Located in the west part of town, they're flourishing. 10. 11. They have struck a truce with the remaining farmers... [hmmm... trying the less large size ; seems smugmug's images are not as sharp in larger sizes.. at least mine...] 12. 13. Especially Pedriana Pharmaceuticals : 14. 15. There is manufacturing as well as Hitech, but HT is predominant. 16. 17. 18. And there is this Mies Van Der Rohe-ish building, that Arielle Brownstone loved so much that she began to entertain a burning desire to accelerate Middletown"s modernization. And that's when life began to become (a little bit...) more exciting for the town. More about that next time. Next : Excitement !
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