Staunton - A Google SketchUp City [Archive] - Page 15

Patrick

Oct 2, 2007, 1:00 AM

Chicago styled buildings in New Jersey? I look forward to the new layout but don't think that'd be a wise option in terms of congruence.

Just wait till the city gets filled in!

-Did you delete all the buildings that filled those gaps? I sure hope not. What about the Financial Center? I don't see it in that shot.
-Not to sound like a broken record, but I still think that the antenna on Galcorp should go. The building was much more distinctive without it.
-Also looking foward to the new grid!

No I'm transfering them to a new file so Old Staunton still exists, I'm extracting the better buildings out of that file and putting them in this hopefully final version of Staunton. The SFC is coming back eventually, don't know about Cannery Park West.

Dac, they're staying, I still have yet to actually modify them into actual communications towers (pointy blue spires) but really not every city's buildings are perfect, you have to dislike some parts of every skyline, that just makes Staunton a bit more realistic!

Aleks

Oct 2, 2007, 3:07 AM

Tanster

Oct 2, 2007, 3:42 AM

hope to see the new version!
Patrick how do you find the time to do all this ....?

just wondering.

Patrick

Oct 2, 2007, 5:57 AM

Wait. That's the Loyd Tower? I thought it was the Art Deco one with the white roof.

If it is then I love it. It's the best building so far. Are you just going to fill in the city with old towers or are you going to make new ones?

No that's City Hall. Well mix it really, I'll put in some of Staunton's classics and fill in the rest with fresh new building (not new as in modern new as in new)

hope to see the new version!
Patrick how do you find the time to do all this ....?

just wondering.

Stauntons going relatively slow, my free time is only like late late nights and slow weekends.

So, Staunton Stock Exchange, anyone rememeber the old Twin Slab Glass Towers Stock Exchange? It will come back but wont be the Stock Exchange Anymore. Maybe an Annex of some sort.

http://i20.tinypic.com/jv2kue.jpg

Aleks

Oct 3, 2007, 12:39 AM

Well City Hallio is my favorite tower so far.
Can I pleas get a close up? :)

Dac150

Oct 3, 2007, 5:05 PM

Very well done texture wise with the Stock Exchange. I love how the big American flag is hung on the building's facade.

Austin55

Oct 3, 2007, 9:18 PM

edit

Patrick

Oct 4, 2007, 3:40 AM

Thanks all.

More city shots soon enough.

http://i20.tinypic.com/2njlpom.jpg

Okay skyline progressing, as you can see I'm doing less supertalls, raising the heights of Galcorp and Garden State gives the city a much more inpressive centerpoint, I'm a little afraid on how the Staunton Financial Center's effect on this view.

http://i21.tinypic.com/123mjvc.jpg

Aleks

Oct 4, 2007, 4:13 AM

No, no, no, I meant the tall boxy one next to the City Hall!
The blue/gray tower, on the last shot it' behind City Hall.

Patrick

Oct 4, 2007, 4:38 AM

No, no, no, I meant the tall boxy one next to the City Hall!
The blue/gray tower, on the last shot it' behind City Hall.

The Lloyd Tower :frog:

I'll show more of it once i get to the Callahan Square District.

Last pic for the night, new unnamed Gothic Tower, new sexy triangle shaped building to the right, the Gothic Tower is showing its backside, so thats not the most impressive view.

http://i24.tinypic.com/34zekqg.jpg

Exodus

Oct 4, 2007, 10:50 AM

Very nice work !:yes: :tup:

Dac150

Oct 4, 2007, 6:44 PM

I like that close up of the facade in that last shot. Is that off the IBM Building in Manhattan?

Austin55

Oct 4, 2007, 9:23 PM

the gothic tower is new:cool:

me thinks you shuold move GSB a few blocks away from Ga.,but not so much it looks like NY. though it might look better with more buildings. I wouldent worry to much bout the financial center,It seems like it will have a nice effect. were is the old stock exchange going?

Patrick

Oct 5, 2007, 5:32 AM

I like that close up of the facade in that last shot. Is that off the IBM Building in Manhattan?

Yup!

me thinks you shuold move GSB a few blocks away from Ga.,but not so much it looks like NY. though it might look better with more buildings. were is the old stock exchange going?

I like the two big G's across from each other, looks very spire like. And I don't know yet, It has to come back, its a Staunton classic!!

Main Financial District

http://i22.tinypic.com/b7m1vp.jpg

Derek

Oct 5, 2007, 5:36 AM

http://i24.tinypic.com/34zekqg.jpg

My favorite building yet!:tup:

Patrick

Oct 6, 2007, 6:06 AM

The Manhattan/Brooklyn overlay will be gone soon, only temporary as for starters, eventually will have real textures. The Jefferson Bridge needs an upgrade so we won't see it for a while.

http://i23.tinypic.com/2viqx05.jpg

Mocholate

Oct 12, 2007, 1:36 PM

:yes:

Aleks

Oct 12, 2007, 6:20 PM

Man I wanted to post something!! You beat me Mo.
Anyways, we haven't heard from this city in a while. We need updates!!!

foxmtbr

Oct 12, 2007, 10:23 PM

Everything is looking really great now! You just keep finding ways to improve the city. :tup:

I must say I agree with Dac though, the spires on Galcorp just look awkward. :shrug:

Bergenser

Oct 12, 2007, 11:07 PM

I have to be honest, i don't like the spires on Staunton's tallest either.
Otherwise, keep up the improvements of staunton. :tup:

Austin55

Oct 12, 2007, 11:24 PM

me no care for them either,they look funny.:(

Can I make some pic requests?

1More Jeffersom
2More cannary park
3 shots from tops of tall building
4 some stuff along the waterfront.

FREKI

Oct 16, 2007, 7:38 AM

@Partick - it just looks better and better - are you even capable of doing something wrong? :D

Patrick

Oct 20, 2007, 10:49 AM

Not Staunton Square...

http://i22.tinypic.com/6jj6gz.jpg

http://i22.tinypic.com/34hi9ax.jpg

http://i20.tinypic.com/um245.jpg

Aleks

Oct 20, 2007, 8:19 PM

Wow, awesome.

What are the usual dimensions you use for the buildings floor plates?

Austin55

Oct 21, 2007, 2:31 AM

I have those textures to! looks nice:banana:

how do yo make de twees?

Mocholate

Oct 21, 2007, 5:29 AM

smexylicious !
any new ones there? , you have so many it's hard to keep track

Dac150

Oct 21, 2007, 2:03 PM

Awesome job there Patrick! I take it that's Callahan Square.

FlyersFan118

Oct 25, 2007, 12:00 AM

I haven't posted in a while because I've been way busy, but man did I miss something.

Why does Galcorp have spires? I don't like that much.

Austin55

Oct 25, 2007, 12:58 AM

Were those shots taken from the Docklands/waterfront area?

In the Oceanside Thread you made notes a few compinies moving offices to Staunton? Is This Confermed?

Will Stanton Ever see somethig like that Smexy curv building in Oceanside?(U.S. airlines HQ?)

You also mentioned Staunton will get an OBS Tower?Is this True?

Finnaly,I think hat Gal will look better with less anenas.The Two Tallest Ones and several shorter ones(much shorter tthan whats up now)

I looks Great!:cool:

Patrick

Oct 28, 2007, 11:27 PM

Wow, awesome.

What are the usual dimensions you use for the buildings floor plates?

Depends really what kind of building it is. But thats one of the reasons im redoing Staunton, many of the buildings where impossibly thin.

smexylicious !
any new ones there? , you have so many it's hard to keep track

In those pics, only a few, like the Time Square themed building.

Awesome job there Patrick! I take it that's Callahan Square.

Yup Callahan Square finally got an upgrade.

Why does Galcorp have spires? I don't like that much.

Antennas, and they are staying :shrug:

Were those shots taken from the Docklands/waterfront area?

In the Oceanside Thread you made notes a few compinies moving offices to Staunton? Is This Confermed?

Will Stanton Ever see somethig like that Smexy curv building in Oceanside?(U.S. airlines HQ?)

You also mentioned Staunton will get an OBS Tower?Is this True?

Finnaly,I think hat Gal will look better with less anenas.The Two Tallest Ones and several shorter ones(much shorter tthan whats up now)

I looks Great!:cool:

Yes the Callahan Village area, next to Peir 13 Mall and the docks. I dont know, that was a year ago, Oceanside's pretty dead as it is. I love the US Airlines Tower and I really want to bring it to Staunton, but a tower that huge would throw off the balanced skyline, if it came back, it would have to replace the Lloyd Tower :shrug: Whats an OBS Tower? I'll see what I can do, I've been dodging those antennas for a while now.

Well I've been busy with school, friends, other projects, not enough time for Staunton.

This World Trade Center model I've been working on for a 9/11 Conspiracy Documentary got me enough money to buy a camera. :)

http://i22.tinypic.com/2ez207n.jpg

The Camera, has been very addicting.

http://a336.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/94/m_4d80b5fa7fbbc0d77610598f5418c5af.jpg http://a296.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/128/m_7ecd263f636d43552188c4213b96f437.jpg http://a577.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/58/m_da25bb65baad12829d1f11f1c90e2f60.jpg http://a581.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/120/m_9e5ee56372ded3f48227c54e496c0ea4.jpg http://a88.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/63/m_7d040a92965a9cf7b226200995b876af.jpg http://a782.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/88/m_897dddb49ea83b561969a2d2a96a1785.jpg

So yeah busy, Homecoming was Friday. Heres a quick snap at Staunton's progress:

http://i21.tinypic.com/wtyd87.jpg

I'll try and get back to working on Staunton soon, I've been sturring up some new ideas :yes:

Dac150

Oct 28, 2007, 11:33 PM

That building at the end resembles 55 Water Street.

Austin55

Oct 28, 2007, 11:47 PM

yay,55,55,55,55 yay 55!lolz

what kind of documentary? can we view it here?

OBS Tower= Observation Tower,you said this in the drawings and such thread:)

cant wait to see more progress:cool:

Derek

Oct 28, 2007, 11:56 PM

I don't get why everybody doesn't like the antennaes on Galcorp. I think they look fine. :)

Aleks

Oct 29, 2007, 1:04 AM

Wait. How did you get money for making a model?

Oh, and I see you like photography! I love it! I have a camera myself. Nikon D40X 10.2 megapixles, 35-200 mm lenses. It's really nice but it's one of those big bulky black ones so it's not good at school. I just say it's for yearbook. =P

What kind of camera do you have?

Mocholate

Oct 29, 2007, 1:37 AM

sweet , is that your car?

Austin55

Oct 29, 2007, 2:05 AM

sweet , is that your car?

Isnt he 14?:haha:

I swear,I never pictured you looking like that!

Maybe a US airlines wouldent have to be tall,like gothic tower tall or Horizon tower tall:shrug:

Dac150

Oct 29, 2007, 2:19 AM

The antennas have actually grown on me.

FlyersFan118

Oct 29, 2007, 2:23 AM

The antennas have actually grown on me.

I still haven't, but I guess I'll have to learn to live with them. :cheers:

Mocholate

Oct 29, 2007, 2:50 AM

It can't all be smexy ,its very realistic :cool:

Patrick

Oct 29, 2007, 3:43 AM

That building at the end resembles 55 Water Street.

Yup thats what its based off of, but its overall look is very different while the massing is simular.

I don't get why everybody doesn't like the antennas on Galcorp. I think they look fine. :)

The antennas have actually grown on me.

THANK YOU!

Wait. How did you get money for making a model?

What kind of camera do you have?

I was hired via 3D Warehouse. And I don't know, all I know is that it's a Sony CyberShot, one of those that can fit in your pocket, easy for school :yes:

sweet , is that your car?

Isnt he 14?:haha:

I swear, I never pictured you looking like that!

Maybe a US airlines wouldent have to be tall,like gothic tower tall or Horizon tower tall:shrug:

Bahahaha no, its my moms, but apparantly its gonig to be mine, I really don't like that car, it always makes me carsick :yuck: I took that pic when my mom was gonna drop me off at the homecoming game, and the car just looked great!

Yeah, maybe, I could probably fit it in somewhere, just not as prominent as the original (800 feet+).

Oh what did you expect me to look like :haha:

Well we have two new city blocks, the unnamed 55 Water Street based tower :tup:, and the GrantRoldan + Westly Hotels Plaza (quicky done, should be redone soon) :shrug:

http://i21.tinypic.com/28t8cwm.jpg

Dac150

Oct 29, 2007, 7:21 PM

Very well done. I love the Horizon Building.

Austin55

Oct 29, 2007, 9:51 PM

Patrick

Nov 3, 2007, 11:08 PM

sweet! arechu gonna use your camera to make a few textures?

I think staunton is to dry,it needs a big fountin,like the one in chicago(that i forgot its name and almost fell into:P )

what happended to yo NYC model?

Well, I live in Phoenix suburbia very far from Downtown, so theres not much to photograph skyscraper wise :haha:

Well I supposed I could add one in Cannery Park. (Your thinking of uh, Burmingham Fountian? in Grant Park, Chicago)

Its still there, although the model's kinda pointless, now that there is 3D Warehouse.

Here's the tip of the Island. Theres One Southport Plaza (1961), Two Southport Plaza (1979), and The Bank of Staunton & Trust Building (1928), (Converted into Condominums in 2004).

http://i6.tinypic.com/4m1n4sh.jpg

The Financial District

http://i13.tinypic.com/61l4nbq.jpg

Aleks

Nov 3, 2007, 11:26 PM

Nice. Is your avatar a picture of Phoenix from your neighborhood?

Are you going to put a model of Staunton on the 3D Warehouse?

Patrick

Nov 4, 2007, 12:43 AM

Nice. Is your avatar a picture of Phoenix from your neighborhood?

Are you going to put a model of Staunton on the 3D Warehouse?

Oh no, thats Los Angeles from the hills. The Phoenix Metro is located in virtually flat area surrouned by mountians. Phoenix is very large but not tall, the city size is bigger than New York City, Miami, and Philadelphia combined. So theres lots of space to build, meaning few skyscrapers, plus the airport is near downtown, so we have a height limit of 500 feet I believe.

In short Phoenix Metro = lame.

I can't wait to get back to LA :yes:

Boring Downtown & Midtown
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Phoenix_aerial_Arizona_USA1.jpg/500px-Phoenix_aerial_Arizona_USA1.jpg

Heres two pics I or my dad took when he took me to Downtown LA in 2003 :)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/87/Downtownplazala.jpg/450px-Downtownplazala.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/777citifig.jpg

Aleks

Nov 4, 2007, 1:11 AM

I'm going to L.A. next year, first time that I remember because I was like 8 when I went there and I cared little about buildings.

It would be good if they raised the height limit in Phoenix that way they can do something better with all the land like Wildlife sanctuaries or parks; Phoenix would also get a skyline and start following other cities in the path of LEED and green buildings.

I would have fun in a city like Phoenix, I would rarely be on the computer I live in Seattle and everything is expensive, but the wildlife is great I love that about Seattle. They just found a bear in the University District which is really populated for a bear to be in.

OMG! That car your mom has looks just like my moms!! WTF!OMG!BBQ! and you said you're getting that car? Sweet we'll both have Honda's if you get it cause I'm getting my moms car next year.

Questions:
Why do you like skyscrapers? and
Is your moms car a two door?

Mocholate

Nov 4, 2007, 2:08 AM

Best work yet :tup:

Dac150

Nov 4, 2007, 2:23 AM

Very nice job! L.A. is one city in the U.S. that I am dieing to get to.

Patrick

Nov 4, 2007, 9:03 PM

I've always redone the tip of the island, never satisfied with the buildings, hopefully this is the final results.
http://i24.tinypic.com/35ls207.jpg

Dac150

Nov 4, 2007, 9:26 PM

Looks good to me.

foxmtbr

Nov 4, 2007, 10:00 PM

Sweet!

Patrick

Nov 5, 2007, 4:25 AM

Across the Street from Cannery Park.

http://i23.tinypic.com/2u8xu2u.jpg

Austin55

Nov 5, 2007, 1:38 PM

http://i15.tinypic.com/4y4ukqa.jpg

In this pic,there's a Chicago styled clock tower sorta thing on the park. Will this stay? Its my current favorite:)

Bergenser

Nov 5, 2007, 5:41 PM

Looks like the buildings of SC4. :tup:

http://i23.tinypic.com/2u8xu2u.jpg

Aleks

Nov 6, 2007, 4:00 AM

Nice, don't you get tired of adding cars to your city? I always get bored doing that. And yeah, that building Austin pointed out is nice, will it stay?

Austin55

Nov 6, 2007, 4:03 AM

:previous: I get bored with components:slob:

Gahh,Is that that hideous verizon building faced:yuck: :yuck: :yuck:
Me like use o 3d letters:)

You know how you cant really get street level textures on L.L,But have you ever considered using
"google Streetview"?

Patrick

Nov 6, 2007, 4:23 AM

:previous: I get bored with components:slob:

Gahh,Is that that hideous verizon building faced:yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck:

Me like use o 3d letters:)

I think your confused with the Jacob K. Javis Office Building in NYC. Verizon Building (Left) Jacob K. Javis Federal Office Building (Right)

http://www.ucnet.pe.kr/USA/New%20York/NY%20City/WFAnca%20America-Verizon%20Building-01.jpg http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/032A.jpg

I love the Verizon Building, the original, before the disgusting 21st Century start of recladding Manhattan's architectural history. I like The Verizon Building, very much so that I recreated it in Staunton some time ago (before I knew of the reclad, I believe).

I love the Jacob Javis Building also, so I designed One Southport Plaza to look like it, hopefully it dosnt get recladded anytime soon :yes:

http://i22.tinypic.com/33omzck.jpg

Patrick

Nov 6, 2007, 4:27 AM

Nice, don't you get tired of adding cars to your city? I always get bored doing that. And yeah, that building Austin pointed out is nice, will it stay?

Yes, I still need to add cars to the new model of Staunton, but it's so boring so it wont be for a while.

I don't think so, the windows are too big for a building that size, and it's a complete ripoff of the Wrigley Building in Chicago. :(

http://photos.innersource.com/media/10762/l/Wrigley-Building.jpg
http://photos.innersource.com/group/10762

Dac150

Nov 6, 2007, 4:30 AM

Gahh,Is that that hideous verizon building faced:yuck: :yuck: :yuck:

That's one of my favorite facades ever. Too bad the owners of the Verizon Building didn't think so as well.:(

I have a question though, my version of sketchup does not offer 3-D letters. If I download the latest edition of sketch-up, will my files be automatically transfered from the old version to the new?

Aleks

Nov 6, 2007, 4:31 AM

Do you make your own trees?

Aleks

Nov 6, 2007, 4:48 AM

Yes, it transfers it automatically. I thought that too at first but everything is O.K. and the models move faster....

Dac150

Nov 6, 2007, 4:53 AM

Yes, it transfers it automatically. I thought that too at first but everything is O.K. and the models move faster....

That's good to know. I have tomorrow off so that'll be my project. Thanks Alek.

foxmtbr

Nov 6, 2007, 5:45 AM

^ Just save a backup version before you open it with SU6, then if you don't like it, you can go back.

Dac150

Nov 6, 2007, 3:29 PM

^ Just save a backup version before you open it with SU6, then if you don't like it, you can go back.

It's virtually the same thing. I've used it before on another computer, and the only difference I saw was more textures.

Are there any major differences you noticed?:shrug:

foxmtbr

Nov 7, 2007, 12:16 AM

Nope, only that it's 1,000,000 times slower, just like you said. It has fog, but you can do that easily enough in photoshop.

Dac150

Nov 7, 2007, 3:39 AM

Nope, only that it's 1,000,000 times slower, just like you said. It has fog, but you can do that easily enough in photoshop.

I wish I had known how slow it was. Aren't upgrades of programs suppose to be better?:haha:

Peter

Nov 7, 2007, 6:25 AM

I wish I had known how slow it was. Aren't upgrades of programs suppose to be better?:haha:
it's different for everyone. for me it's way smoother ;)

Patrick

Nov 18, 2007, 12:27 AM

Oh Lord life has been intresting. :) But I spent most of today on STAUNTON!

Some new buildings, Dac150 would prolly like em ;)

http://i5.tinypic.com/6yds5rr.jpg

foxmtbr

Nov 18, 2007, 12:32 AM

Suave!

Aleks

Nov 18, 2007, 12:51 AM

Are those the buildings you made in the picture?

Dac150

Nov 18, 2007, 2:37 AM

Some new buildings, Dac150 would prolly like em ;)

There is nothing better in my book than a bunch of glass boxes.:tup: ;)

BoiseAirport

Nov 18, 2007, 2:55 AM

Oh Lord life has been intresting. :) But I spent most of today on STAUNTON!

Some new buildings, Dac150 would prolly like em ;)
http://i5.tinypic.com/6yds5rr.jpg

Is that the ESB in the background? :shrug:

Anthony

Austin55

Nov 18, 2007, 3:26 AM

:previous: NO! thats GSB!

lol,my life has been crazy to,not bad just crazy.

looks great patrick!

Patrick

Nov 18, 2007, 6:15 AM

Is that the ESB in the background? :shrug:

Anthony

Oh yes thats the Empire State Building in Staunton. :hell:

BoiseAirport

Nov 18, 2007, 7:06 PM

Oh yes thats the Empire State Building in Staunton. :hell:

Geez, sorry. It looks a helluva lot like it in that picture...I was just pointing it out.

Anthony

Patrick

Nov 19, 2007, 8:40 AM

Geez, sorry. It looks a helluva lot like it in that picture...I was just pointing it out.

Anthony

I'm sorry that seemed like a silly question. Thats the Garden State Building but was designed by the same architects as the Empire State Building, which explains the design!

Its like the 3rd oldest building ever created from Staunton I assumed you knew!

BoiseAirport

Nov 19, 2007, 11:41 PM

Hummm...perhaps I just didn't recognize it in that picture...

Anthony

FlyersFan118

Nov 22, 2007, 12:06 AM

Patrick hates having Staunton compared to New York, I noticed that over time. :haha:

It does look a hell of a lot like it there though, and that's definitely a compliment. It'd be a shame if you nixed the clock tower there...maybe if you can make some kind of redesign of it if you don't want to use that one, it'd be awesome, because it fits so well in that spot.

Patrick

Nov 22, 2007, 2:24 AM

http://i8.tinypic.com/6jci5o7.jpg

Aleks

Nov 22, 2007, 11:35 PM

Nice. Your looks the most realistic out of all in Cityscape.

But why don't you ever tell which building is new or make a story for a building?

foxmtbr

Nov 23, 2007, 6:15 AM

Awesome. I like the one in the back-center, to the left of the black one. Very classy.

Austin55

Nov 24, 2007, 5:14 AM

:previous: I beleive he mentioned that was based of penscobot.It does look nice.

Galcorp seems to have an anonymous presence,If you no what I mean.

Derek

Nov 24, 2007, 6:06 AM

The Penobscot-based building is very nice.

Patrick

Nov 24, 2007, 8:01 AM

But why don't you ever tell which building is new or make a story for a building?

Well I didnt really think anyone cared and read them! :yes: I'll start making stories again.

Awesome. I like the one in the back-center, to the left of the black one. Very classy.

:previous: I beleive he mentioned that was based of penscobot.It does look nice.

The Penobscot-based building is very nice.

Yup thats Staunton's Penscobot Building. So I can't take all the credit, I did adjust parts of the building, so its not an exact copy more like an inspiration. It name is the Prescott J. Hamilton Building.

Here is United American Avenue

http://i3.tinypic.com/8105yyo.jpg

Like Hutchinson's Dyckman Avenue or New York's Avenue of the Americas, United American Avenue is one of Staunton's most busiest and vital roads. the road cuts through downtown, ends at Monmouth Park (the name Cannery Park sucked :haha: )

Galviston Enterprises Plaza at United American Avenue

GEP includes three major office towers in the heart of Downtown Staunton. Constructed between 1973 - 1976, by Galviston Enterprises of course. Galviston Enterprises main offices are located at Galcorp Plaza. But Galviston Enterprises' branches have offices in other buildings. Take 1176 & 1179 United American Avenue, offices to GalAllied Chemicals and GalOIL.

Queensland Steel National Headquarters

Queensland Steel, a MAJOR Steel company providing its famous steel worldwide. Queensland Steel's World Headquarters is in Melbourne Australia. As Galprises formed the plan for the 3 Towered complex, Queensland Steel, a close partner with Galprises chose to have their USA headquarters in the 585 foot tower in 1976. The Building's architecture, notiablely different from the other two towers, showcases its main product, STEEL on its facade. Originally a black colored building, the eventually dirty steel was replainted white, the building as well was upgraded in 1989. Another feature is Queensland's major logo on two sides of the building, being notoriuslly HUGE letters, there have been several attempts to take them down, as some citizens consider them an eyesore.

GalAllied Chemicals Building

Completed in 1973, 500 feet tall to mechanical penthouses. Headquarters to GalAllied Chemicals, the nations biggest chemical manufacturer, 3rd worldwide. GalAllied Chemicals is a major provider of plastics, chemicals, and agricultural products. The building was designed to look simular the buildings at Galcorp Plaza a few blocks away.

GalOIL Building

Completed in 1974, 695 feet tall to mechanical penthouses. Headquarters to Galviston Enterprises' GalOIL, 2nd largest energy supplyer in the US, biggest competition: NEXXONoil. The building was designed to look simular the buildings at Galcorp Plaza a few blocks away.

foxmtbr

Nov 24, 2007, 8:59 AM

The Queensland Steel building is just awesome. Very unique. :tup: I'm not sure if you noticed, but I think you missed the "u" in the logos (just trying to help you out :)).

Mocholate

Nov 24, 2007, 10:00 AM

Go Patrick !!United American Avenue kicks ass

Patrick

Nov 24, 2007, 10:30 AM

The Queensland Steel building is just awesome. Very unique. :tup: I'm not sure if you noticed, but I think you missed the "u" in the logos (just trying to help you out :)).

Oh wow I feel so stupid now hahah! Good eye!

Bergenser

Nov 24, 2007, 2:04 PM

The Garden State Building is totaly beutiful, I haven't given it much attention before, but now I see it, it's a real beuty.

And yeah, that United American Avenue looks awsome :tup:

Dac150

Nov 24, 2007, 4:54 PM

This all looks excellent Patrick. Like I said on my thread, I've been away for the last few days, so I'm catching up. Please continue to give some info on the buildings, because I like reading it.

Again, all looks well.:tup:

Aleks

Nov 24, 2007, 11:56 PM

This is really nice. I love the stories.

Do you use Photoshop to make the shadows at the bottom of the buildings (near the streets)?

Patrick

Nov 25, 2007, 11:12 AM

Thanks, I'll do more stories soon!

Do you use Photoshop to make the shadows at the bottom of the buildings (near the streets)?

Yes, if only Sketchup did that for you. The shadows give some depth, and look quite realalistic huh? :)

CITY OF JUSTICE and its CITY HALL

I've written about City Hall several times.

City Hall
Constructed in 1925, one of Staunton's favorite buildings, known for its gigantic pillars at the buildings base and lovely tower. Original City Hall, now unfortunantly demolished was too small for Staunton's Standards at the time. Although, New City Hall is a little too big for the City's Standards today. Rising 605 feet, 43 Floors, the Tower no Longer stands out in the Skyline, but is still the Crown Jewel of Downtown. At 605 feet, it is currently the World's 2nd tallest City Hall.

Compared to the Previous Version. (the textures where ruined when it was scaled to fit the city block so that why it looks like doo)

http://i8.tinypic.com/6z3ul21.jpg

New Base, I do kinda miss the classic pillars, but I guess they where kinda unrealistic. I'm going to change the "CITY OF STAUNTON" to "THE CITY OF JUSTICE".

http://i4.tinypic.com/6yy6jj4.jpg

The thing about city hall is I never really based it off a certain tower. As time has progressed, City Hall's basic design has stayed the same. I've flattened the half pyramid, and increased the spire, frankly I think it looks much more realistic.

http://i3.tinypic.com/8e6ftds.jpg

Sneak Peak of the Civic center :yes:

http://i11.tinypic.com/6tun0bc.jpg

Its 4:30am. Dang. :sly: I'm like an Owl now, sleeping in the day, awake at night, damn sleeping habits!