Nyhaven: Views From Within (Nuclear City - 5/8)

[w_swietwoot]

This campus looks very realistic. Very well done.

[1000000000000]

Wow Zack, an extremely realistic campus indeed. I love the use of the Duke University Chapel having been there myself, but the way you kill the grid with the fractional angle roads is definitely going down as an inspiration for me, and outright takes the cake.  About the journal, I would definitely be fond of returning back to the transportation style updates if it is less of a burden on you and means more updates 

[Kergelen]

Nice campus and FAR use.

[Bipin]

Very nice work. You've helped define the ultimate, archetypal SC4 city with your work, which is by no means an easy task!

[justcallmesam]

It's been a very long time since I either posted or even played SC4.  I've just lurked the sites for years.  Looking over your body of work is very inspiring.  So much attention to detail, appropriate zoning densities, realistic transportation networks, etc.  And who can forget your airport? 

You're making me really miss working on emulating the same.

[woodb3kmaster]

Dryan (976): Thank you for the compliment, Dryan, as well as for the opinion.
Guglielmo (Gugu3), Matt (MTT9): Thanks, both of you!
eclipticalstorm: Thank you for your input! I have to admit that, as excited as I was about trying the historical approach in this MD, those older, transit-oriented updates were more fun to put together, so I'm glad you liked them better. Adivce like yours is exactly what I was hoping to get, and it'll definitely help me move forward.
w_swietwoot: Thanks! I hope you'll like it even better when it's done.
Ace (10000000000000): Thank you, Ace! I really appreciate both your praise and your response to my question. I do think that the trnasportation-related updates would be less burdensome for me and would let me post updates more frequently, so we're on the same wavelength there.
Kergelen: Thanks! I don't recall seeing any previous comments from you, so welcome to Nyhaven!
Bipin: Thank you, Bipin! Your BATs and mods are very impressive in their own right (and they'll likely find good use in Nyhaven when I get the chance to try them out), so that's high praise from you.
justcallmesam: Welcome to Nyhaven and SC4D, and thank you very much!

Thank you all for your advice in response to my question; you were most helpful. You all pretty much confirmed what I had been feeling about what direction to take Nyhaven in, so pretty soon, we'll be returning to the more transit-oriented updates you all loved about Nyhaven 2.0. First, however, I plan on posting a series of mini-updates showing different parts of the modern city.

Today's mini-update focuses on the Sporthaven complex of stadiums. First, here's an overview of the complex:



Sporthaven was built in the late 1970s on what used to be part of the Port of Nyhaven, as well as some adjacent industrial blocks. After the shipping industry switched from break-bulk to containers, Port Brunsmjöd was built just north of Kendall, downriver from Nyhaven. As a result, shipping traffic at the Port of Nyhaven suffered a massive decline, as the only ships to keep using it were barges on the Columbia River coming from ports further inland. The port abandoned much of its waterfront, which the city then bought and redeveloped into Sporthaven.



Three of Nyhaven's five professional sports teams play their home games at venues in Sporthaven: the Regals (baseball, at Rittenberg Field, top), the Thunderbirds (American football, at Buechner Stadium, center), and the Killer Whales (ice hockey, at Kungsbank Arena, bottom). All three venues are on Buechner Avenue, named for car manufacturer Buechner Limited (whose main factory is across the street from the stadium that bears its name).



Nyhaven's cruise ship terminal is also located at Sporthaven, across from Rittenberg Field and Parking Structure 4. The ships that dock here tour both the Columbia River and the Pacific coast.

[Gugu3]

Nice area for sport facilities!

[jj88]

Great work 
I first saw this MD a few years ago, it is nice to be back and see you are still maintaining the same high standards

[woodb3kmaster]

Guglielmo (Gugu3): Thank you, Guglielmo!
jj88: Thanks, and congratulations on your first post here!

It may be winter in the Northern Hemisphere right now, but springtime is just around the corner...



Soon, people will be out in the parks, enjoying the blossoming flowers and the warmer weather.



They'll also start fishing in the Elochoman River again, especially those who live just over the levees from it.



If winter weather has you down, cheer up - spring is coming!



(Scenery in these images is still being developed and is in no way to be taken as a final product.)

[sim_link]

Awesome, simply awesome!
Love the parks, the criss-crossing paths are sweet. And the suburbs, and roads curving around the river is gorgeous.

Awesome work!

[MTT9]

Nice update! Really like those paths and plazas within the park

[Gugu3]

Nice park you have there!also good use of FAR and bendy road pieces in general
Where the rail crosses the creek with a bridge have you thought about using road FLUPs pieces to make roads on both sides go under the rail?
Good job!
Cheers
Guglielmo

[woodb3kmaster]

sim_link: Thank you very much!
Matt (MTT9): Thanks, Matt!
Guglielmo (Gugu3): Thank you for the kind words, Guglielmo! I don't think FLUPs would work in that situation, partly because those roads have only two cells between the railroad and intersections on each side (which I think means there isn't enough room for FLUP transitions), and partly because they're on levees, which would be seriously weakened if underpasses were built within them. But thank you for the suggestion!

Back in January, I showed you part of Nyhaven's main university, which I was still working on when I resurrected this MD. Well, it's now finished, so here's a look at the complete campus!

Building the University of Nyhaven was a challenge, because the campus crosses a quad border; half of it is in my Nyhaven Central quad, and half is next door, in Nyhaven East. While building in Nyhaven Central, I had to carefully map where all the buildings were, as well as where paths crossed the border, and then make all the necessary connections in Nyhaven East, making sure to put the right buildings on the other side of the border. As a result, each of the pictures below is a cross-border mosaic and required careful image-editing to get exactly right. If I've done my job right, though, you won't even notice the border. Let's find out, shall we? (Click the images to view them in full resolution.)


The east side of campus contains the university's medical center and football stadium, as well as its largest dorm complex. Just a block north of campus is Papillon Manor, where Nyhaven's mayor lives.


An overview of the north side of campus.


This mosaic should put the university into context. Midtown Nyhaven and Ebenezer Square are at the top, with the R-3 double-deck freeway skirting the east side of Hunters Island. Towards the center, across Elochoman Slough, is the university's south side. Finally, the inner suburb of Eastfields is at bottom, tucked into a bend in the Elochoman River.


Last but not least, here's a overview of (almost) the entire campus.

Zoning in these images is still being developed and should not be taken as a final product.

[Nanami]

That university layout really.... Awesome work! I love those pathways

[woodb3kmaster]

Dryan (976): Thank you, Dryan! I'm glad you approve of the university.

Today's update isn't as glamorous or spectacular as the last one (then again, that university is a tough act to follow). However, even though the areas it features are more mundane than the university, they're still important parts of the city. Let's dive in, shall we?



Like the previous version, Nyhaven 3.0 has a variety of ethnic neighborhoods, owing to the city's status as Lower Columbia's greatest engine of prosperity. Chinatown is just one of those neighborhoods. Located along 24th Street, it's served by the Ebenezer Line of the Nyhaven MetroRail, which gives it excellent access to the major employment centers in Midtown and near the Convention Center.



Historically, however, most of Chinatown's residents took the ferry at the end of 24th Street to their jobs across the river. Ferries are still a popular way to get across the mighty Columbia in Nyhaven, despite the increasing number of bridges and tunnels crossing the river.



Those ferries take their passengers here, to the Port of Nyhaven. Although it's smaller than it used to be (you might remember that Sporthaven, which we looked at last month, was built on an abandoned part of the port), it still serves all cargo ships heading upriver, since the big container ships draw too much water to sail farther inland (the river isn't deep enough for them). In addition, many of the city's factories are still located near the port, making the port area an employment center that rivals downtown Nyhaven in size.

[Gugu3]

Nice update!

[vortext]

Wow, last couple of updates have been nothing short of amazing!   

The university complex in particular is excellent with its meandering river! The large park and your path overlays are awe inspiring as well.

Friggin' good work all around and I'll make sure to check in here more frequent! Keep it up! 

[woodb3kmaster]

Guglielmo (Gugu3): Thank you, Guglielmo!
Erik (vortext): Thanks for the very kind words, Erik! I appreciate your compliments on my path overlays, coming from a texture-master such as yourself. I don't know if you're aware, but I uploaded those textures onto the STEX; you can get them here if you want them.



Time for a bigger update than usual! Today, we're taking a tour of Hunters Island (simply called "the Island" by locals), which is home to Nyhaven's main business districts. We'll take a look at two of them, as well as several other points of interest.



As we start our tour near the north end of the island, here's the Center Street Corridor, home to some of Nyhaven's older skyscrapers, as well as some of its newest. Center Street originally ran straight across Hunters Island, but it was gradually shortened to its current terminus at Church Street when the two largest buildings on Royal Square - Nyhaven Central Station and the opera house - were built in the 19th century. However, it's still an important thoroughfare in the city due to its bridge over the Columbia River, which many commuters from Nyhaven's western suburbs use to get to work.



This cross-section of the island shows more of downtown Nyhaven (which Center Street is part of), including Royal Square. Market Street is also visible, heading south (right in this image) from the square, with skyscrapers flanking it. More skyscrapers are clustered north of Central Station, around Nybro Street, so named because of the bridge that carries it across Elochoman Slough (the street's name is Danish for "new bridge" - and it was new when it was built in the 1640s). Along the downtown waterfront, meanwhile, stands the International Center, a large hotel and conference center, along with the Wahkiakum County Civic Center.



Our tour now brings us to Midtown, which has a number of cultural sites in addition to its many office towers. The Nyhaven Central Library is one of those sites. Situated at the intersection of Market Street and Eighth Street, this imposing building is the city's largest research library, housing millions of volumes on its shelves. Its large lawn is as popular a reading spot as its enormous reading hall, and is a welcome green space in the middle of the city.



Just a block away, and close to the north end of Ebenezer Square, is Okatown, another of Nyhaven's many ethnic neighborhoods. Home to thousands of immigrants from Okatabawashi and their descendants, it hosts a popular street market on Second Avenue. Its pagoda, which is both a temple and a museum of Okataian history, is close to the famous Palais Theatre, at the edge of the Midtown Theater District.



Further south on Market Street is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Nyhaven. Built in the Neo-Gothic style in the 1890s, it is the center of the city's Catholic community.



Nyhaven's convention center is located in uptown, next to Nyhaven South Station. The current, two-wing convention center opened very recently, having replaced an older building on the same site. Many of the events that take place here are media-related, due to the many television broadcasters and movie studios whose headquarters are just west of the convention center.



Our tour now takes us onto the mainland, to downtown Cathlamet. Originally a Native American fishing village, Cathlamet is one of Nyhaven's oldest suburbs, though it doesn't feel very suburban due to its density and proximity to the island. The oldest part of town is centered on Gammeltorv, the square pictured here, which becomes very busy in the Christmas season. Its marina is a popular place for Nyhaven's wealthy to moor their yachts, although many of the city's less affluent residents also keep boats here.

[Vitoraju]

Legal update, I liked the last one was the nicest!

[Gugu3]

Nice update!nice waterfront