Lars' MD - Featuring the Zollernmark - First 2009 Update

[Sheep49]

Great teaser. Nice use of custom lots there

BTW, I didn't even know you've had the MD.

Anyways, can't wait for an update!
Piotr

[CabraBuitre]

Way to come back with a BANG Lars!  Looking forward to seeing what else you have to show us!!

[MandelSoft]

Welcome back, Lars! And a lovely teaser.

[nova vesfalo]

I mean, THAT's A PLAZZA ! (want to do the same !!!!)

[praiodan]

Wow, thanks a lot for the many replies, kind words and wb-wishes everyone! If you're already leaving 14 comments on one teaser, I'm anxious to see how many there'll be on a real update   

BTW, I didn't even know you've had the MD.

Well my dear Piotr, how should you? I mean this thread has been in an abyss for more than two years. So there'd only be two real possibilities how could have known it already: You saw it when it was active in first place (which is rather unlikely, refering to your registration date; otherwise you must have been lurking around SC4D for more than two years  ) or you combed through the MD Archives 

Ok, so here comes the first update on Lowangen...

3. Lowangen - Mierendorf
Before I show you around the center of Lowangen (where also the Königsburger Tor is to be found), I wanted to start with one of the western districts of the city, which is Mierendorf.


Mierendorf station. One of the most important stations of Lowangen, right behind the Central Station and the Ostbahnhof.


Just behind the station the main motorway's exit of Mierendorf is to be found.




Some holding tracks to be seen, as there's a lot of industry around.


Nataliealienallee and the tramline 4 tunneling the railroad heading towards Ipfsburg.


As (former) working class district, Mierendorf is still very densly populated.


The Mierenbergstadion ontop of the Mierenberg hill, home site of the LVfB Mierenberg and temple of football tradition in Lowangen.




That office building of harlemmergolds' just grew perfectly, didn't it? 

[Simpson]

Wow very nice update
Your city looks very good and very réalistic. I love all the diagonals 

[EDGE4194]

Lars- great update  I love the diagonal streets and the overall density. In pic 6- I never realized how out of scale the Azteca restaurant lot is. Looking forward to the next tour....

[Pat]

Lar's great update here and I love the little sneeking in of the FARR there!!! your city is breath takinly stunning!!!

[papab2000]

Nice update 

[thundercrack83]

Another smashing update, Lars! I love the picture with the diagonals, especially. Great stuff!

Two questions (well, one question about two things): Where can I find the 1) train station in your first picture, and 2) the mod you've used on the Maxis highways? I had the highway mod before, but I can't seem to place it! Any help would be very much appreciated!

Keep up the good work!

Dustin

[Earth quake]

Another smashing update, Lars! I love the picture with the diagonals, especially. Great stuff!

Maxis highways? I had the highway mod before, but I can't seem to place it! Any help would be very much appreciated!

Dustin, http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=13705,You speak this mod, I remember definitely, the file where is lined up the .DAT must have Z at the beginning
I hope that it will regulate your problem.

Praiodan, your city is simply fantastic, congrulation.
Go on your excellent work. 

[art128]

awesome update Lars  
Dustin,
It's the Perry station on simtropolis 
by Jasoncw
http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=19328

[Sciurus]

It's very beautiful!

[rooker1]

Fantastic update. 
I love that you have made the city using alot of diagonal roads and did a very good job in doing so.  Alot of built up buildings in the area make it look very nice.
I was wondering how much is ploped and how much is grown?
I look forward to what you have for us next.
Robin 

[bat]

Your city looks really good there, praiodan!
And the pictures of this great update are wonderful!
Fantastic work on it!!!

Looking forward to more...

[Sheep49]

Awesome update! I really love it

Well, my dear Lars, you're right - I'm not reading all the MDs in the archives. So, I didn't know it existed

[praiodan]

Thanks for you compliments everyone 

@ EDGE4194
Yeah, in fact it's out of scale quite a bit... I like it nevertheless 

@ Pat
FARR? Well, all I employed there are the already NAM included curves and some self made lots 

@ rooker1
Apart from the diagonals and some functional w2w Lots everything is grown 

4. Lowangen - This Ol' Hammer

Will you hear me
tellin' my story?
Will you hear me
when I tell you a sad sad story?

A story 'bout a man
who-o-oo
who was workin' very hard,
veeeeeeeeeery hard.

He was workin' day and night.[...]

Well, these are parts of the lyrics of a workers song, that used to be very popular in the beginning of the 20th century, not only in Lowangen, but all over the Zollernmark. So you might guess this is an update dealing with industry and workers in particular, as I already mentioned that Mierendorf can still be mostly characterised by just this. So, no more words, I'll let the images speak for themselves 


A logistics center serving the surrounding industry of the industrial site "Mierendorf - West".


The "Mierendorf - West" industrial site.


Northern part of the mentioned site.


Manufacturing site of AEKI, the best-known zollernian company, world famous for its DIY furniture, in northern Mierendorf.


Tram maintanance workshop, not far away from the AEKI-area. Every tram wagon in Lowangen is checked at least once a week.


The "Große Bäckerei" was the first industrial bakery in the Mark and was established in 1902 and it's occupied.

Enough of plain industry. Here's where still a lot of the workers live:




Apart from countless flats we have the Albert-Tiefhuser-Gymnasium here, named after a famous footballer, who was born just around the corner and played very succesfully for the LVfB Mierenberg, which he never left during his career.


Just some more flats ;-D.



The Stephenszeile in Mierenberg is a showpiece of zollernian housing projects.

[Simpson]

This is a very good update
I love the first picture 

[thundercrack83]

Wow, what an update, Lars!

Your industrial areas look just fantastic, my friend! And the mosaic at the end is great with the highway and the sound barriers--great stuff!

You're almost into the Best Sellers, too! I'll be keeping an eye out to make the move for you!

Take care,

Dustin

[art128]

that's an awesome update my friend 
BTW this is the 99th post