Well, here it is: Spacington. The new look of 21st century urbanism- well, kind of. The truth is there is nothing here yet, and that is because this is just the beginning. Every week this plot of land, slowly or quickly, will become our Sim City version a 21st century urban city.
During the week the Spacing team and myself will attempt to develop Spacington into a walkable, densely populated, diverse cityscape. Borrowing some suggestions from urban theorists such as Jane Jacobs, Jan Gehl, and Ken Greenberg, as well as the LRT focus of 21st century urbanism, Spacington will become a simulated version urban city we all want. Check the blogs every Thursday and keep on track with our city’s evolution.
(Editor’s note: In the upcoming national issue of Spacing, senior editor Dylan Reid presents his outlook on urbanism for the next century)
Oh, and for all you Sims gurus out there, join in and comment on the cities development. Give us your suggestions, disagreements, or encouragement, and help us build Spacington into the best 21st century urban city.
It begins now folks, so post away will pre-planning suggestions.
8 comments
I hope you guys are planning on installing some mods. The base SC4 is good, but there’s a lot of stuff out there that makes the game much more realistic.
Yes, some mods will be installed, especially transit and rush our management stuff.
I wish there was a river here… most cities have a river running through it or through it’s periphery. I can see there’s a small patch of water in the south-eastern corner, but a river would have made the city more dynamic (and more of a challenge!). Still, VERY excited about this project! Can’t wait to see where you guys go with it!
I predict a total failure and bankruptcy on the first day. callcousinvinnie is the money cheat if I remember correctly.
I hope your city will take monster attacks and other natural disasters into consideration.
This looks fun.
Ah simcity 4 … to bad they didn’t make simcity 5. One of the challenges that will be faced will be managing the traffic flows within the city itself as for some reason the cars move by shortest distance not shortest time. ie. Narrowing a road doesn’t give you desired traffic reduction, people just like waiting in traffic.
Also a mountain would have been cool.
Is there going to be a spacing region?
This sounds like a fantastic idea!
It will be interesting to see what you include.
I hope someone on the team is a member over at SC4 devotion?
best of luck