Nyhaven

It looks great! It seems as though the AIN forums are becoming my favorites, yet I post on the Nyhaven in Simtropolis first. Anyway great job, and keep up the good work Zack and Daniel!

Stunning update man!! Congrats for you first Trixie!

Miguel, it's his second.

Thanks, everyone!

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.

Wondeful images, although it's a shame to see dilapidation. Nyhaven is such a beautiful place.

:shock: wow- you are trying to kill us.
Even with the dilapidation, it looks great.

I LOVE IT!!! Bring us some more!!!!!

Natural growth much?

I liked the first picture!

Nice update!
I really enjoy a natural growth CJ!

Thanks, everyone! Your compliments mean a lot to me.

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.

AWESOME!!! I love it!!! Though the growables do not match with other buildings in some places.

Fantastic! I love all the changes the road goes through. You do a great job of building cities. I just love it.

Fantastic images as usual - Nyhaven is a really aesthetically pleasing city.

My GOD! Your parks a beautiful and very striking! There's nothing more to say then WOWEE!

Thanks, guys!

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!

It looks fantastic, especially since most of it is grown. How did you manage to grow all of that, by the way?

Absolutely fantastic, how did you do it?

Wow pretty nice!

wow that looks great! The best "not-plopped folks, it's all grown" City ever.

I'd Say, How? That is amazing stuff, mostly grown, I can't even do that anymore!

Thank you all very much! It seems there was a little misunderstanding about how much of what I showed you was grown; it actually turns out that I plopped most of the buildings facing the square and grew several blocks that are mostly not visible in that picture. I can show you those if you'd like, though...

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It's time to continue with our series of excursions! This time, we're going to follow University Avenue, from the northern suburbs all the way to midtown Nyhaven.


Development around University Ave starts at the R-148 beltway, up north in the Sepulveda Valley. Ah, suburbia...


I hope you like suburbia, because there's a lot of it along University Ave. There's also the MetroRail's Central Line, which parallels the avenue for much of its length.


Further south, we get to some of Nyhaven's older suburbs around University's intersection with Sunset Mountain Road.


After passing through the Melrose Industrial Park, we come to Nyhaven's famous park belt, the greensward that encircles the inner city.


From here onward, the surroundings are much more urban. The Central Line's tracks are once again visible on the surface here.


Once we cross the R-150 beltway, we come across Nyhaven's movie studios, which have a long history in the city. Nyhaven is a popular filming location for Lower Columbian movies because of its status as one of the country's iconic cities.


There's a string of interesting neighborhoods along University Ave between here and Skamokawa Road. The northernmost of them is this high-rise development, which was built back in Update 24.


Before passing under the railroad viaducts near Nyhaven Central Station, we enter New Moscow, home to much of Nyhaven's Russian community.


On the other side of the viaducts lies the city's Arab neighborhood, Little Baghdad. The centerpiece of this ethnic district is the Arab Christians' church (yes, church, not mosque; these Arabs are mostly not Muslims, although I might just add a mosque nearby anyway).


At last, we come to University Avenue's namesake, the University of Nyhaven. We've seen the campus lots of times before, so I'll let the mosaic speak for itself.


After crossing Elochoman Slough, University Ave enters Midtown and becomes Ninth Avenue, bringing our journey to a close.

Fascinating... My favourite is image five. Somehow you managed to get EuroMaxis to work with that fantastic Hasan Al Abibi-whatever-UAE-building-that-is. I wish I knew it's name, but it's a brilliant image.

Nice work! I like the combination!

Amazing Nyhaven is, I just love the way your city's growth is so well controlled!

Amazing