Nyhaven

The last house, seems very nice and cozy for a newlywed

Thanks for your votes, everyone! As of this posting, and counting all votes cast at all three sites where I have active Nyhaven threads (here, ST and SC4D), House #7 is currently the undisputed leader, with 13 votes. The next closest house, #6, has seven votes, while Houses #1 and #3 each have three votes. Houses #2, #4 and #5 don't have any votes. Remember, though, that the poll is still ongoing and won't end until this Sunday, so please vote if you haven't already!

With voting finished, it's time to reveal which house won. The winning house is... House #7! Thank you all for voting!



For a few years after moving into our new house in Barrington, life was pretty quiet for Jane and me. We both kept ourselves busy with our jobs at City Hall - and with the Simlympics coming up, there was plenty to work on. I made regular visits to the Puget Island Athletics Park to check up on the new venues and such that were being built there to transform the park into Nyhaven's Simlympic park. Jane, meanwhile, worked hard at promoting the upcoming Games, both within and beyond Lower Columbia.


As all this work was reaching its culmination, something unexpected came up as well. One rainy Saturday near the end of 1979, when we were at home, Jane surprised me with the news that we would soon be welcoming a new family member! I was elated!


For the next few months, the two/three of us made regular visits to the local clinic to check up on our future firstborn son. Each new sonogram picture filled us with excitement and wonder! Meanwhile, Jane grew larger and larger as the baby grew inside her.


Eventually, all those city preparations ended, and in August of 1980, the Simlympics came to town. Our city salaries made it possible for us to attend many of the events. We were at one of the gymnastics events when Jane let out a pained "ow," leaned over to me and said, "Honey, it's time."


Immediately, I jumped up and helped Jane out of the arena and back to our car. Ten long hours later, I was invited into the maternity ward to meet my newborn son, whom we named Alex. It was such a special moment, I could never forget it.


About a year and a half later, I once again found myself in a hospital waiting room, this time at the hospital nearest to our house, in West Nyhaven. This time around, in January of 1982, we welcomed another son, Daniel, into the family.


Jane had found it difficult to balance work and caring for Alex since he was born. So, on my recommendation, she decided to go on furlough for a while to focus her attention on the two boys. The Nyhaven Tourism Board was practically running itself on autopilot as it was, just piggybacking on all the publicity the city got because of the Simlympics, so it wasn't like she had much work to do, anyway.


We had saved up plenty of money before having kids, but all the same, we knew we couldn't get by for too long on our savings. So, I took on extra duties at City Hall to earn a bit more. It kept us going well enough...


In the summer of 1983, however, my father had a stroke. It was the middle of the night, so I let Jane sleep while I drove over to the hospital in Rossmore Lake. By the time I got there, his condition had improved, but there were signs that he probably suffered some damage while he was unconscious.


Thankfully, Mom was still in fairly good shape, so she decided to look after Dad while he was getting better. I was still concerned, though, so I checked in on them from time to time.


We waited a while before having a third child, but one came along eventually. In February of 1984, our only daughter Melanie was born. Now that we had three kids, Jane and I agreed that our house was full enough, and taking care of two boys and a girl would be plenty of work.


The kids sure kept us busy, but there was more to come. The summer of 1985 was a hot one in Nyhaven, and my mother just couldn't handle the heat in that old house. One day, when I came over to check up on Dad, I found her collapsed on the floor. The paramedics did their best when they arrived, but it was too late. The heatstroke had overcome her.


Without Mom to care for Dad, and being unwilling to put my old man in a retirement home, Jane and I decided to bring him into our house. He had recovered enough that he didn't need much assistance anymore, so he spent much of his time looking after the kids. Jane was finally free to return to work, which she had wanted to do for a while. And so, our lives became quieter (about as quiet as possible with so many people in one house), and we settled into a routine.

Wow! great update Zack!

nice job zack, nice story

Wow, great look at the family. That house is quite small now, with 6 people in it.

great job! A lot has happened.

Nice work!

Thanks, guys!

Remember that church downtown where Paul and Jane got married? Well, I decided that the BAT I was using for it was too small and hard to see, so I made a couple of changes to that part of Nyhaven:


Not only is the church now much larger, the buildings next to it also no longer block it from view. I'm so happy with this arrangement, I'll show it at night, too:


Hope you like it!

nice!

I'm not kidding, Nyhaven is one of the beautifulest CJ work that I ever saw! Keep up the great work Zach!

wow that is beautiful! yeah in the last update I was like... the t.v. station doubles as a church?

That is an awesome church! Where did you get it, I have been looking for something exactly like that

You be stealin' my ideas for BATs.

IIRC, it's on the LEX, and it's a rare LEX download without dependencies.

That looks great, it's clear you put loads of effort in.

Well, it's been quite a bit longer since my last post than I expected, so please accept my apologies for the wait! I'm still trying to get back into SC4 and BATting, but it's been harder than I expected. However, I can't let this CJ languish anymore, so for the next few semi-updates, I'm going to take a hint from SC4D's own Fred (mrbisonm) and take you on a tour of metropolitan Nyhaven by following various major streets from end to end. First up on this new string of "Nyhaven Excursions", we're following Main Street!


Main St begins at the downtown riverfront, where you'll find a string of shops with a maritime feel, as well as a small marina. Looks like it's a busy day down here!


Just a few blocks east is the heart of Nyhaven - City Hall and Founders' Square. The square has a long history going back almost to the founding of the city, though it took on its modern form around the turn of the 20th century. Nyhaven's city courthouse is also located here, as is Lower Columbia's only stock exchange.


Down near where Main St leaves Hunters Island and downtown, at the intersection with Fourth Avenue, is Nyhaven's oldest church, which we last saw when Paul and Jane got married here. The TV station next door is unaffiliated with the church.


Further east, on the mainland, we pass through the densely-populated inner city. Just off Main St, on its own turnaround, are the towers of University Crescent; beyond them is, as you might expect, the University of Nyhaven.


Main St passes through the southern part of Greektown as it continues to the east. The neighborhood is home to a very vibrant Greek immigrant community.


As we continue, we pass by a bit of "urban wilderness" - Lake Adams and its surrounding woods.


Nearby, and more accessible, is Rossmore Park, home to the lake that gives the district of Rossmore Lake its name.


The R-150 freeway passes under Main St further east from the park.


Papillon Manor, the home of Nyhaven's mayors since the 1830s, sits next to Main St, just before it enters...


...Ridgeland Park, which we've seen before. Gorgeously landscaped since about 1870, it forms part of the city's park belt, which divides Inner and Outer Nyhaven.


After passing through the Townsend Industrial Park, Main Street returns to suburbia in Wilshire Valley. The Eastern Line of the Nyhaven MetroRail system runs close to the street around here.



At last, we come to the end of development along Main St, at the R-148. This area is home to a number of big-box stores, office complexes and restaurants, like so many other intersections near freeway interchanges.

I've missed Nyhaven - and now I know why . I love Lower Columbia, I can't wait to see more. Merry Christmas Zack! :rendeer:

And congratulations on the Trixie!

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Wow. Every time I see these pictures, I want to break out in "America the Beautiful"... er... "Nyhaven the Beautiful"

Anyway, awesome job and congrats on the trixie.

What an georgeus update my friend! Welcome back to activity!

THESE ARE GREAT!!!!!

Thank you all for your comments, as well as your congratulations for my newest Trixie!

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It's time for another full update, something that's been missing for quite a while now! Like Update 46, this one's images (and most of its text) come courtesy of my friend emgmod, so if you like what you see today, be sure to thank him! Now, without further ado...



The first day of our vacation was loads of fun, but even greater experiences were to come on Days 2 and 3, as we explored more of Strathmore and Palmona.


Early the next morning, we took the SPARTA Green Line to Downtown Palmona.


It wasn't the fastest route to Palmona, but it did provide an opportunity to transfer onto the Palmona Historic Streetcar. The days of Nyhaven's streetcar network were long gone, so riding Palmona's streetcar was a new experience for all of us - except Grandpa, who told us many stories of his own streetcar rides as we rolled on. I think that some of the local passengers might have been getting annoyed at him...


The Streetcar brought us and the kids all the way to Palmona Terminal.


Since it was Sunday, we decided to attend the service at a nearby Lutheran church, which turned out to be one of the oldest in Palmona. The service was more formal than we were used to, but it was a great learning experience for the family.


After that, it was a short ride on the SPARTA Blue Line to the world-famous MacGruber Amusement Park.


The first thing we did at MacGruber Amusement Park was hit the beach. It wasn't the warmest water out there, thanks to the California Current, but the beach was fun all the same.


Later in the day, we decided to go on some of the rides. However, we didn't ride anything particularly terrifying because of the kids.


As the night progressed, we decided to end our day on the Liberty Eye, the "center" of MacGruber Amusement Park.


The next day, the family took a taxi to the Sea World Strathmore and the Strathmore Zoo.


First up was Sea World. We viewed a nice collection of aquarium exhibits and watched a dolphin show.
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After Sea World, we walked across the street to the Strathmore Zoo. After Sea World, the Zoo was a bit of a disappointment.


Before leaving Strathmore, there was one more thing we did. We took a taxi to North Strathmore-Francis Airport and booked a plane tour.


After takeoff, the plane turned south and looped around Strathmore's Downtown and University areas.


Going to the east, we passed over Palmona's skyline.


We turned around and were over the deep blue of Strathmore Bay, with the MacGruber Amusement Park in the distance.


One exciting flight later, we took a taxi back to our hotel, and got ready to board our train to Daloa...

Wow awesome tour! And wow wow wow to Emgmod! :cheers:

Nice! I love the city center!

The thing I don't like is your beach, I thought you could've used a white sand shore mod to make it more like a beach.

Great teamwork there emgmod and Zack! Lovely images.

Yeah! Seem like Hawaii and LA isn't that far to work together!