Punto Oeste, La Corte Island

[foxmtbr]

Amazing! I love Union Square.

[Aleks]

Thanks Patrick & Fox.

But yeah I have done that Patrick. About 1/3 of the shots from La Corte have the "Use Sun for Shading" thinger-mcjiger.

I don't know why I don't use it though.

I'll use it later in more shots.

Dac-Yeah the MoMa was based off the Ontario College of Arts. Thanks too.

[rbowk]

sweet

[Aleks]

Union Square

The Union Terminal moves millions of people a year making it the second busiest terminal in Mexico. Even though the island is small, the economy is good enough that people take vacation every so often and the Union Station delivers those people to the La Corte Int. Airport. The Terminal was built in 1924 with only 2 rails. Over time 6 more were added underground. Now the 4 trains use the two rails aboveground and only stop at the La Corte Airport, and La Cotre making a full circle to the island. The Union Terminal had a metal roof above the rails but in 1996 it was torn down due to rust and collapsing parts so it was replaced with a blue, clear roof that allows more natural light to get into the station. In 2006 a plan was approved to make a tunnel almost 300 kilometers long which would connect the city to Mainland Mexico which would increase the # of riders and decrease the waiting time in the La Corte Airport. The plan would also add 2 new underground rails which would transport people from West Point to Guadalajara then Mexico.



Main Entrance:


Inside:


The Complex includes several Towers built between 1919 and 1926. The tallest one is the Terminal Tower which is 577 feet to the top of the spire. The Terminal Tower was built for the 1926 Worlds Fair but was finished in 1919. The plan was to built the tallest tower in the city until the West Point Tower some blocks away beat the Terminal Tower a year later at 621 feet tall.





The Complex was built over several years but includes The Hotel, Union Terminal, Terminal Tower, Water Tower (offices for water usage in city), and the Electric Building (used to control the electricity in the city).





MoMa

MoMa was built in 2005 to expand the West Point Art Museum. The W.P. MoMa contains modern art pieces and is connected to the West Point Art Museum (which is mostly pre-nineteen hundreds art) by a tunnel. The main piece of MoMa is a giant room elevated above the Plaza de La Artes (Plaza of Arts). The room is supported by giant beams colored in red, orange, blue, yellow, and green.





To the left of the image you can see the W.P. Museum of Art which is going major remodeling after a beam collapsed in the main dome causing critical roof failure:


The Historic District Now:

[verticalextropy]

NICE!
I love the station and the art museum, quiet provocative. But its specially great how detailled the new buildings look next to 1 Residential.
Good Job!!!!

[Aleks]

Thanks. You're finally on again!

But thanks again, the Historic District will be a mix of old vs. new. So it's mixed but almost no modern high-rises and probably the Western Tower (with the "orange shaped" roof) will be the only old building to surpass the 600 foot level.

[verticalextropy]

oh I'm back baby!
I've been very very busy but I'll be posting something I've working on soon.
I think you need a more resort-like hotel for your historic distric, but otherwise, keep it up!

[Aleks]

Thanks,and I think that you need to update your city. It's been gone for a while. Anyways, this is mostly museums, office, and some retail since most of the area is protected by Historic Laws. The Hotel/Condo part of the city will be The Marina which won't be like Dubai.

[Dac150]

Very nice job Alek. The complex is original and well layed out. And once again, great job on the MoMA. It really looks great.

[Mocholate]

Wow ,

This city has

[Aleks]

Thanks Mo and Dac. I have a problem. So I have this building and I want it to have at least 2 800 footers next to it because the building I have finished is 936 feet tall but I don't know any designs that look good next to it. It's nothing special (no great design) but I like it and I don't just want to put ugly boxes around it. hmm....

A shot of 4 blocks finished in the North Financial District:

None of these building are the building I was talking about before. I might move the taller of the towers to the South side of the North Financial because across the street of Sunset Plaza is the Historic District and it might look weird with short buildings next to 700 footers.

[Dac150]

Very nice. I like the black one.

[Austin55]

Originally Posted by Aleks0o01

I wish I had photoshop but it's so hard!! If I get photoshop then I have less money for a new computer.

well,you got Paint.net,free,very easy to use.

and you got gimp,which is a free photoshop.more powerful than P.net,but difficult to use.

I Love the boxes!! you do a good job on them. very realistic.

[Aleks]

Oh, yeah I forgot about them. Thanks Austin, they are very easy to make. All you do is select a building height, lobby height, and floor height. Than you just copy and paste.

But I would like to use a photo editing software without getting on the internet. Is photoshop elements 6 compatible with macs?

[Austin55]

I think so,but not positive.Why dont you want to download from the internet?

[Aleks]

hmm..I don't know. I will though. What do you use? Paint or Gimp?

[Austin55]

I have used P.net mostly,cause I downloaded Gimp yesterday

[Aleks]

Lol, I'll download Gimp. I like challenges.

[Patrick]

HAWT!

[Aleks]

O.K. I've been working on the 3 towers I talked about before. I'll post them tomorrow maybe because I've been so focused on those three towers that I forgot I also needed surrounding towers.

So after I add a couple of surrounding blocks I'll post an update.