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

[woodb3kmaster]

Nedal (nedalezz): Thank you, Nedal! I've been working on this region since December 2006, so it has a million residents for every year I've played it.
bat: Thanks, my friend!
Tomas Neto: Thank you, Tomas!
Thomas (Infurno): Welcome to SC4D and Nyhaven, and thanks for gracing my humble MD with your first post! I'm glad you like the region so much. As for merging Kendall and Nyhaven, that's actually in my short-term building plans, so it should happen fairly soon.
jigsaw: Thank you! I agree that region views give a great impression of somebody's work, although I like dabbling in storytelling, too.
Noah (noahclem): Thanks, Noah!



Well, it may not officially be summer yet (in the Northern Hemisphere), but it's time for another roadtrip through Nyhaven! Today's excursion is a fairly short one, since it follows a shorter street than the others - Broadway only runs for a few miles. I'll make up for it next time, though, with a super-long excursion that will actually start in Kendall. But that's still a ways off... Let's get started on today's trip!


This roundabout on Tenasillahe Island is where Broadway begins, thanks to a project from an earlier update.


At the other, eastern end of the bridge, Broadway enters downtown Nyhaven.


Driving through downtown on Broadway is like taking a trip through Nyhaven's architectural history. Many of the city's oldest skyscrapers are on or near Broadway, standing right next to some of the city's newest buildings.


Further east, Broadway crosses over to the mainland and passes through the city's oldest suburbs, which are now much denser than they once were. Just a block to the north is Saint Mark's Square.


Broadway passes through the heart of Greektown, one of Nyhaven's many historic immigrant neighborhoods. Here, the Old and New Worlds come together, as you can see from the different architectural styles of the local buildings.


Continuing to the east, Broadway eventually passes over Nyhaven's oldest freeway, the Inner Beltway, also known as the R-150. Just visible at the bottom of this picture is James Johnson High School, where our regular story's protagonist, engineer Paul Franconi, went to school.


Finally, Broadway ends at Ridgeland Park, that massive garden you've seen so much of already. It's lovely this time of year, isn't it? Makes me want to go there and just enjoy the outdoors...

[bat]

Great trip through that nice city!
And the Ridgeland Park is beautiful.

[Tomas Neto]

Wow my friend, this park is amazing!!! Awesome update!!! 

[legoman786]

I don't know what got me into reading this MD. I really can't say, however, I actually took the time to read it from beginning to end.

I loved the narration, loved the story. Can't say I especially liked the lack of slope smoothing on the roads, and other transit networks.

I love the amount of time you have dedicated to your MD. Not many people have that kind of dedication anymore.

I just have to ask, though... Why use the road left-turn lanes, but no left-turn lanes for avenues?

[woodb3kmaster]

bat: Thank you, bat! I'm pleased you like Ridgeland Park so much.
Tomas Neto: Thanks, Tomas!
legoman786: Welcome to Nyhaven, and thanks for taking all that time to read through the thread! Some of the slopes you noticed are leftovers from before I started playing with a slope mod, so rest assured that you won't see nearly as many iffy slopes on my more recent transit networks. As for the lack of avenue left-turn lanes, that's due to a problem I tend to have with that plugin when I use it. Because it makes all avenues change their wealthification textures at the same time, sometimes it causes CTDs when I play with it, which, as you can imagine, gets very frustrating in my larger cities. Thankfully, TuLEPs don't cause the same issue, but they require a certain amount of space to look right, and I don't always have enough space on my avenues to use them. I'd like to use them more often, though...



While I prepare the next excursion, here are a couple pictures of some more mundane scenes from Nyhaven's suburbs. As you probably know by now, realism is important to me, so I try to include things like malls and office parks in my suburbs. Here're some examples of each, from a couple of Nyhaven's newest suburbs. If you hate suburbia with a passion, avert your eyes





Enjoy!

[nedalezz]

Nice!

I love the Forest Hill Mall shot

How can anyone hate suburbia? It has become such a huge part of any urban area.

[RickD]

Yes, the mall looks good. It's not easy to find a spot for this massive thing on uneven terrain. 

[Nanami]

Looking good! lovely suburb!

[legoman786]

That makes a lot of sense. Although, I can't say if I've run into the same problem as you have with my plugin for avenue left-turn lanes. Very annoying indeed.


Your mall kinda looks like the Park Place mall from before I moved to where I am currently. I miss it there, but the wife insisted. Heh.

[Nexis4Jersey]

Hehe , was the Mall built on liquidfying soil?     

[woodb3kmaster]

Nedal (nedalezz): Thank you, Nedal! It's true, and with light rail everywhere in my suburbs, I can't imagine many people would still dislike them.
Raphael (RickD): Thanks! I agree; with that lot as big as it is, you pretty much have to make your own spot for it as best you can. I'm glad you like my placement of it, though.
Dryan (976): Thanks, Dryan!
legoman786: I'm glad you see my dilemma. Thanks for commenting again!
Corey (Nexis4Jersey): No, the mall was built on a hillside.Those dojos next to it, though, maybe...



The time has come for us to go on our longest Nyhaven Excursion to date, following 10th Street. This excursion is so long, in fact, it actually starts in Kendall!


10th Street begins here (as Whitehall Road), at the seaport of Pelargir-upon-Columbia, just north of downtown Kendall. This port was built in the 1960s to replace Port Nyhaven, which was too small and unable to be upgraded to a container port. It now handles much of Lower Columbia's imports and exports.


East of the seaport, Whitehall Rd continues past a major railroad junction connecting Nyhaven, Kendall and the port to points beyond. This land is currently undeveloped, but local roads have already been widened in anticipation of future growth.


Eventually, we enter the town of Whitehall Shores, one of Nyhaven's most distant suburbs. This civic center of sorts straddles Whitehall Road and includes Whitehall High School, a local medical clinic, a train station, a library and a fire station.


As Whitehall Road crosses the west channel of the Columbia River, it enters Wahkiakum County and takes on the name 10th Street.


As it passes through the suburbs on Tenasillahe Island, 10th St crosses the R-250 freeway (AKA the Western Beltway) at this interchange. The R-250 was built back in the early 1970s, under the direction of none other than our own Paul Franconi (when he was still a young bachelor!). Now it looks like the freeway may be overdue for some widening...


On the east side of Tenasillahe Island, 10th St passes through this denser neighborhood known as West Nyhaven. It also passes by Nyhaven's largest Catholic church, Our Lady of the Delta.


10th St crosses the main channel of the Columbia into an area south of downtown Nyhaven on this bridge. Until the opening of the Broadway Bridge, this bridge was regularly congested during peak hours. It still sees a lot of traffic, but the Broadway Bridge has helped somewhat.


It then passes through this dense residential neighborhood, along with Chinatown, before returning to the mainland.


10th Street forms the southern boundary of the University of Nyhaven. Across the street from it is a shopping district popular with students.


Elochoman Creek passes under 10th St a bit further east, and forms part of the university's eastern boundary.


A ways further east are these housing projects, built by King Michael the Great in the 1930s.


Rossmore Park is just north of 10th St, a bit west of where the street crosses the R-150. That's one tiny interchange!


Continuing to the east, 10th St crosses Nyhaven's park belt here, with Ridgeland Park to the north and Dawson Park a block south. Those groundskeepers have been slacking off, it seems... Letting trees grow on the soccer field...


We finally come to the end of development along 10th Street here, in the neighborhood of Doheny. The paved part of 10th continues for a ways further, but there's nothing of interest out there yet.

[Tomas Neto]

Wow... fantastic seaport and mosaics too!!!  Awesome update!!!   

[Skimbo]

any nice updates since my last visit in here =)

[peter007]

Your port looks superb. But I miss some ships 

[Sciurus]

Nice city, but I find the buildings on the first image a bit too... repetitive

Guillaume

[RickD]

Hmm, I thought I had commented on this update.   
Rossmore Park is beautiful. And image 10 is also great with the University and the creek.

[ricardomiranda]

Beatiful city !

[apeguy]

These last few updates have been very impressive.

Just one question - how did you get those paths for Ridgeland Park? did you make you own custom lots, or is there a pack for them?

[bat]

Great work on your city!
Some nice views of it.

[dedgren]

The tour of 10th Street is really well done, and ties together different sections of Nyhaven in a very helpful way.

Nice work.


David