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

[woodb3kmaster]

Daryl (daryl7478): Thank you, Daryl!
Teufel285: Welcome to Nyhaven and SC4D, and thanks for your kind words!
Will (penguin007): Thank you, Will! I'm glad you like how it looks.
Ryan B.: Thanks, Ryan! Oddly enough, I lived in a Kendall for a few years when I was growing up.
Elias (Terring7): Thank you! I suppose it is, but then again, that's true for a lot of housing projects.
bat: Thank you very much, bat!
Tomas Neto: Thanks, Tomas! I'm glad you like all the various parks.
Battlecat: It's all too true. Thank you for the kind words, my friend!
Jordan (canyonjumper): Thanks, Jordan!
Chris (GreekMan): Thank you, Chris! You don't have to wait any longer...
lilly72 (x2): Welcome to SC4D and Nyhaven, and thanks for stopping by!



It's time for another Nyhaven Excursion! This time, we'll follow Market Street, which, like Main Street, is one of the main thoroughfares connecting downtown Nyhaven to the suburbs. Also, while Main St divides the northern and southern halves of the city, Market St divides the western and eastern halves.


Market Street begins to the south of downtown Nyhaven, and to the west of uptown, where 30th St turns to the northwest just past 4th Ave. This part of town is part of the extension of Hunters Island that was added in Update 26, "Terra Ex Mari". The realigned, elevated guideway of the MetroRail Hill Line follows Market St from here northwards.


Near 25th St, Market turns north to follow the street grid that it plays a part in defining. The Hill Line also turns north here, paralleling Market St about half a block to the east. Near 20th St, the Port Line joins the Hill Line on its guideway, as you can see in the picture. You can also see the approach to the 20th St Bridge here, west of where 20th St crosses Market.


North of the reclaimed land, the highrises begin. The skyscrapers here are residential, in the Southhill neighborhood that lies just south of downtown.


The center of Nyhaven is right here, at the intersection of Market and Main St. City Hall and Founders' Square are at this intersection; not far away is the MetroRail's City Hall station, the undisputed hub of the metro area's rapid transit network. This is also the center of downtown; although the intersection is in a small, skyscraper-free area, office towers and five-star hotels extend for about 5-6 blocks in every direction from here.


Some of those skyscrapers are over here, around the intersection of Market St and Broadway. Part of the architectural history of the city is visible here, with skyscrapers from different points in the past century crammed into this picture.


As we cross the slough that separates Hunters Island from the mainland, we can see the effects of Nyhaven's continued growth, as highrise construction has started spilling over onto the mainland. Nearby is another very important transit station, Nyhaven Central Station.


After crossing the railroad tracks, we come to Spring Square, a cozy (if somewhat distressed) residential neighborhood centered around its namesake square.


Just a short distance further north is Spanish Town. As in Nyhaven's other ethnic neighborhoods, past immigrants built buildings here that reminded them of home; those same buildings now give the neighborhood a unique flavor. Sandwiched between Market St and the Hill Line, the district's Auditorio Mayor is a popular gathering place, and plays host to traditional Spanish fine arts events and community meetings.


Continuing north, we pass through the suburb of Melrose. After crossing the Parks Line, we enter Science Park, home to many museums and other cultural facilities.


One of those museums happens to the the rebuilt Old City Hall, which was moved here back in Update 23, "Pimp My City Hall".



As we climb the foothills approaching Sunset Mountain, we pass Sunset City, a large shopping mall, and its associated Hill Line station.



Market St finally ends here, in a residential neighborhood on the slopes of Sunset Mountain.

[RickD]

Very interesting update. I like how you present us Nyhaven as if it was a real city. When I read your updates I get a feeling like I could just get on a plane, fly to Nyhaven and find my way around. 

[bat]

Great set of new pictures there.
Your city is looking really good.

[ScottFTL]

Fantastic update! This is, by far, one of my favorite MDs.  It's great to see you back, Zack.   

[Battlecat]

Fantastic as always!  I love the urban core. 

[woodb3kmaster]

Raphael (RickD): Wow, that's high praise coming from you, Raphael! Thank you very much!
bat: Thanks, my friend!
ScottFTL: And it's great to be back! I'm honored that you consider Nyhaven one of your favorite MDs. Thanks for the kind words!
Battlecat: Thank you! I'm glad you like it.

Here are a few pictures of my newest project. No captions, because I'm keeping the identity of this city under wraps for now However, if you decide to look at the image URLs, I'll just tell you that no, this is not a recreation








Hope you enjoyed that little teaser!

[marsh]

Why do I forget about this cj all the time... 

Anyways I love the city (as I always have.) It's interesting that you keep adding all kinds of things to the city since it is so massive.

,marsh 

[io_bg]

A recreation of Vancouver with the Reichstag and the Eiffel tower would be a bit... strange Can't wait to see more of that city!

[Tomas Neto]

Nice update my friend!!!   

[woodb3kmaster]

marsh: Thank you, my friend! This is actually another city in another region entirely (Vancouver, as Ioan said), but I appreciate the compliment!
Ioan (io_bg): Yes, it certainly would be a weird one... Good thing this isn't a recreation, then! Thanks for the comment!
Tomas Neto: Thank you, Tomas!



To hold you all over until I can put together the next Nyhaven excursion, here are a couple more mosaics of my alternate-reality version of Vancouver (which, as some of you guessed, was the subject of the last update). Don't worry if you want to see more of Nyhaven - that next update is coming very soon (hopefully by the end of the week).









If you're wondering why the CP seasonal trees are acting weird: It seems that I have a plugin that's messing them up. I'll try playing again without that plugin and see what happens.

BTW, my Vancouver is still very much a WIP, so not everything you see above will stay the way it is.

[Tomas Neto]

Fantastic mosaics, really very nice work!!! 

[jzmajor]

Hi.

I just spent three days reading (on and off that is) this MD from start to finish.
Really, I'd like to say this is the most well thought out, and realistic MD I have ever seen.
You definitely have a knack for building large cities, including doing amazing landscaping.

At first, I was gob-smacked, I seriously didn't know what to say. As I read further and further into the diary the work just increasingly more detailed. Congratulations on such a great MD. You are well deserving of the 670 replies and countless over views. Especially the OSITM.

I'll definitely be sticking around to see what else is in the future.
Yours,
jzmajor

[Terring7]

Very nice

[Nanami]

Fantastic work Zack!

[woodb3kmaster]

Tomas Neto: Thank you!
jzmajor: Wecome to Nyhaven, and thank you very much for taking the time to read through the whole thread! I'm honored to receive such high praise from you, and I really appreciate it. I hope my work here will continue to exceed your expectations!
Elias (Terring7): Thanks!
Dryan (976): Thank you, Dryan!



The next Nyhaven Excursion is here! Today, we're following Skamokawa Road.


Starting in the eastern parts of metropolitan Nyhaven, the first point of interest on Skamokawa Rd is its interchange with the R-148 freeway. This interchange is unusual due to its being crossed by a railroad, as you can see. Development hasn't yet caught up to this part of the freeway, but it isn't far behind.



Once we get into the suburbs, things look pretty normal for suburbia, with shopping centers like this one every so often.


Skamokawa Rd marks the northernmost extent of Ridgeland Park, which by now probably needs no introduction. An older business district lies just north of the park, across the road.


A few blocks further west, Skamokawa Road enters the inner city, and things get busy. Here, you can see the MetroRail Parks Line branching off from Saint Mark's Line, as well as the road's bridge over the R-150, Nyhaven's oldest beltway.


Now things are really busy, as Skamokawa Rd intersects the western end of the R-48. This radial freeway currently dumps all its traffic onto local streets here, but there are rumors that it may soon be extended to downtown Nyhaven. That's likely to be one expesive project, let me tell you, and it's still far from certain how the extension will be built...


Not much further west, Skamokawa Rd meets Ilex Avenue. This intersection is home to the Nyhaven Country Club, the city's oldest golf course. One of Nyhaven's busiest - and nost dangerous - railroad level crossings is nearby, which might soon be grade-separated.


Continuing to the west, Saint Mark's Square and Church, the namesakes of the MetroRail line we saw earlier, lie just a block south of Skamokawa Road. We're getting closer and closer to the center of town...


At the intersection of Skamokawa Rd and University Avenue (which will be the subject of our next excursion) stands one of Nyhaven's oldest housing projects, Kingsley Towers. The upper floors of these towers overlook Elochoman Slough and the North Downtown neighborhood on Hunters Island (which, as you might imagine, is just north of downtown Nyhaven).


Just east of Market Street, Skamokawa Rd passes in front of Nyhaven Central Station, which by now is probably a familiar site. (I think I'm just going to have to remove those pencil towers from my plugins folder... *sigh*)


After a long east-west stretch, Skamokawa Rd finally turns to the northwest as it passes through the Jewish Quarter.


Then it turns north to pass by Riverside Park, Nyhaven's oldest waterfront park.


After another turn to the northwest, the road finally arrives in its namesake town of Skamokawa and ends in its downtown, afgter splitting into a short one-way couplet.

[jzmajor]

Nice. I particularly like your parks. They look so realistic.
Overall, great update. c:

[nedalezz]

I love the way you do your parks, especially the pathways!

They really look eye popping, which goes in line with the rest of your pictures

[bat]

These new pictures are beautiful!
Wonderful parks there!

[canyonjumper]

Great couple of updates Zack, I'm looking forward to more of this alternate Vancouver, just to see where I live in this alternate world

                 Your friend,
                                Jordan

[woodb3kmaster]

jzmajor: Thank you! I definitely put a lot of work into my parks, so I'm glad you like them so much.
Nedal (nedalezz): Thanks, my friend! Those paths are part of texture pack I've been working on, which I intend to release... eventually...
bat: Thank you very much, bat!
Jordan (canyonjumper): Thanks, Jordan! There's plenty of my alternate Vancouver left to build, so I'll be sure to post more pictures of it as I progress.



A couple of updates ago, I showed you Spring Square, and I got a few comments suggesting that the area could use some improvement. So, I decided to place a few ploppables and change some of the nearby zones to encourage different W2W BATs to grow. Here's the end result, looking west:



And a shot facing north:



I hope you like it!