Downtown Rebuild | It's a Mess!

[@MickeyJ42]

For the train into the downtown area, how about since your city is elevated, try a underground station that's on the edge, so you can see the people coming down the stairs etc. I've seen people use a black piece to use as an opening on the to level, or use the train station as the main underground station. For along the edge over looking the water area, you can use a café walkway style. also make it into a farmers market style area too. Like the hotel, café corner, Diner, Parisian restaurant and the new euro style mod coming out would look good. Make it the food area that some big cities have. You could even build a overlook or stairwell down to the water front area by the waterfall. Keep up the great work!

[@cksbricks7791]

Get well soon mate!

[@ogkaiz]

Rebuilding is exciting, but the city looked amazing before, so I think it’s perfectly fine keeping the tower where it is. Take your time in the rebuild. It’s fun to follow along the journey. There’s no need to rush. Get well soon!

[@roblyons8360]

Now you have lots of "SPACE " for the Tudor corner

[@bricklover2258]

The city is looking great. Just out of curiosity, but will you do a video pairing the Tudor corner with some of the other modulars? I will have 3 modulars to add to my Lego City next year, so seeing the new one against existing modulars would really help me decide where it will go.

[@alexnunes]

I was moving modulars around a lot last night and I found a really good match next to Brick Bank. It doesn't look good next to just any modular though. It is very unique in color and design when compared to the others.

[@bricklover2258]

@alexnunes The one I am most curious about is it paired on the right side of the perisan restaurant or right side of the police station. I mean, the police station and museum work great, but that's down to having the same designer for both sets.

[@SamV313]

I like the idea if the trains passing through downtown without a full loop. It’s more realistic and saves “SPACE” 😂

[@edoardom3677]

I def need to see more modular combinations! I loved this vid!

[@MikeyJProductions]

I enjoy watching you mess around in your city 😊

[@brickartisan]

Don’t give up Alex! The Shmew tower is perfect where it is. upon entering the room, that becomes a focal point. For the downtown having less roads, I think that’s a good idea. The plan if people being able to walk or bike from one building to the other makes sense…just say Mindyapolis is “going green” lol. For the removable panels, do you think you could try 1 blue MILs for a city lake with nice details and the other half, a green MILS and place the official botanical garden (or MOC of the friends botanical for a cheaper price 😉). They won’t be heavy and tall like modulars so you can still remove them without issues.

[@brickartisan]

You can have the museum and other commercial buildings facing the lake and botanical garden as another focal point like a high-end commercial district 😊

[@TheLongG]

Maybe you can use those 16x16 basaplates with a road (part 30225) to create narrower streets to connect the buildings. Yes, this does mean you need to step away from the 32x32 grid, but it creates more space for buildings

[@NathanBudd]

Hear me out... Shmew is the cornerstone of the city... show it some love. Give it a great entrance, put some floors in and have it tell a story. It looks so baron atm. Borderline disappointing. Maybe consider lights? Make it the "centre".

[@TheOtherGuys2]

So the Shmew Tower probably has to stay at the back, but here's a thought. What about moving it to in front of the window? It would look pretty cool with the light coming through it, but also it'd block more of the light from hitting the rest of the city. I was also thinking it might be cool to put more of the taller buildings towards the center of the tables, so that you don't have to reach around and past them all the time. And yeah, promenades in between. Another comment suggested a subway station, and I think that'd be an interesting thing to see built into the hole there. A strong brick-built foundation on the lower level, leading to two or three train platforms down there, and you could build it all the way up to have a sort of "Grand Central Station" on the upper level. And you know what's right behind Grand Central Station? The Avengers Tower. Oh, also, I'd be sad to see Torgue Tower go. I don't think the bright primary coloured buildings are a bad thing at all, especially if they're not just solid rectangles of one colour. What I'd really like is to see it get a detailed interior. :D Also curious to see a new, smaller but taller hospital, that sounds awesome.

[@WhovianWars]

Hi a couple of questions/suggestions. Have to considered having an elevated road like highway? And equally if you're having train track troubles maybe think about putting the train underground. So you can make a subway network?

[@alexnunes]

An elevated road is something I have thought about, but haven't considered it as something I wanted to add. Mostly dude to the complexity and size. It may present itself as a solution as I build, and if so then it may become a reality.

[@WhovianWars]

@alexnunes what about a subway network? You could use the underneath of the table and have entrances topside AND keep it connected to the bottom layer?

[@TheOtherGuys2]

@@WhovianWars What about using the cutout bit as a spot for the subway station? No need to modify the tables, it could be brick-built to sit on the lower level, with stairs reaching up to the top.

[@DMC1978666]

So, go wild! The area next to the airpot, put some of the 'lower height' modulsrs and/or MOC eateries/shops, the school etc, and then MOVE the residential area to replace the 'current' downtown area, so downtown is up high next to the amusement park, although that side would/should have the lesser height city modulars... The tallest buildings would not necesarily have to go along the back either... Include any modulars with obvious houses attached/look residential (the bookshop...?, The new one...) and have these in the new residential area too, which I imagine would free up some downtown SPACE... Make the sloped area 'stepped', yeah, cut it up, going down 1", and then down another 1", except where the road is, keep thst sloped... I'd say place the RMH/new RMH in front of the stepped area... Then the train can then either be got rid of for the whole upper level, (doesn't serve the residential area too well anyway, poor minifigs...), and rely on the Monorail to go everywhere through/round the downtown and residential areas... Or combine the 2 again, have the train go up the established slope and then 'round the back', as it were, over the river/beach area, round the edge of the new downtown, and then have a (very) long bridge running across the front of your River/beach area, to then connect back up as it did before, just in front of the slope, where Ghostbusters Fire House was..... I did say wild... I think, after 8-9 years watching your city, and basement, and family, change and grow, you are reaching a point where space(!) is defintely at a premium for you... I don't have a city, but do struggle with ssspace! myself, which requires much thought... Ouch.....!!! And prevents me from currently being able to build most of my larger sets... For example, Barad Dur currently sits on a sub woofer, Jabbas Sail Barge remains boxed...... Final thought, there are so mnay modulars lol, and some you have twice, maybe worth doubling up and making those talller... - you may only get 1 or 2 extra levels, but the parts leftover could build MOC modulars... And you could future proof yourself for a lil while in terms of "space", get some more tall, city scale buildings, and no doubt get Torgue tower back in play... Hope that gets the juices flowing... Not just a big project, a MASSIVE one...

[@guleri]

I think you ned to keep the access hole, but you could probably have modulars close to the edge of it, if not it would be impossible to get to put stuff in the down town area or do maintenence if needed. I like the idea of having the train just run in an outside loop. I love to see trains running, but like you say those corves takes up a lot of space that could be used for modulars. And I am sure it would be possible to walk to the station if you needed to travel. If you had lots of the small roads that you have in a pile on the table you could use that between the rows of modulars so that it was possible to deliver goods to the stores but keep it mainly pedestrian. And the buildings would be closer together so you would get more building in the area compared to what you had before. I sure hope you find space to add the hospital back somewhere in the city, either as it is or in a smaller but taller version. Looking forard to follow the journey to a new down town area no matter what you end up with.

[@OutpostMJ]

Oh boy. 😳

[@95wave]

have you considered something similar to say the elevated rails in new york above the roads? Would increase the space you have to work with and might look really striking and would mean you could see the trains more easily when they moved through downtown. As for the torgue tower, maybe move it down to the industrial district?

[@tynovel]

Where will Club X go to? lol

[@alexnunes]

That's a secret...for now

[@FurySpyder]

At 3:52 was it "pedestrianised area/streets" you were looking for?!

[@alexnunes]

Yes! That's it.

[@Mardigrasman23]

So little to do. So much time. Lol. Strike that reverse it

[@alexnunes]

Ugh, yep. Took this video a few days ago and today I am finally feeling normal. Back to work!

[@IndividualEgg-o7z]

Lots of space for buildings now, but wouldn't it just become one big block of buildings? I feel that there should be some space between them, where you could fit a train track. Maybe the answer isn't less trains, but more trains ;)

[@alexnunes]

I believe so. It will get broken up in a good way. I still want an open area in it.

[@dd_zzero6827]

Hey Alex, that hole looks pretty square. Can that panel be put horizontally to match the roads instead of vertical? Then you can just put one panel in and the modulars can go on it while still having another area still open to pop out of. Do you know what I mean? As for the Tourge building not being in is a great idea. The building is too cartoonish.

[@chriscummings4206]

My idea is to have a downtown park on the access hole cover, so that it's lightweight and won't cause too much damage to remove. Every city needs a central park?

[@alexnunes]

I do like the park idea. I think I am looking at this near the airport, but not 100% sure.

[@zacharymatter6893]

You need to put the jazz club will the road in front of the waterfall that was in the beginning of your city and next to the Jazz Club you need to put the new clockmakers house near the end then you need to put the Peruvian restaurant next to the clockmakers house on the right of the Jazz Club on the left of the Jazz Club you need to put the police station then the bank then put anything else you think is good next to or behind because i love your Channel you're a great master Builder😊❤❤❤❤❤ if you don't do it permanently just do it so that we could see how it will look because it might be a good look or a bad luck we don't know you just got to do it to see it

[@ryanbouchard2907]

I wonder if you convert the entire railroad system to an L train system if that might free up the footprint? Just an idea, not sure how it would play out. Also, get well soon!

[@alexnunes]

Thanks, I like this idea. In fact, I have something in the works that might I think matches what you're saying here.

[@ryanbouchard2907]

@@alexnunes Sounds great. Can't wait to see the progress.

[@Mr.-M-Studio]

hey Alex I've noticed that your town seem to be lacking a police station maybe you could put one of those in the middle also I hope you get over your cold and happy Christmas 🎄

[@zacharymatter6893]

scrap one of your sanctum set and no harry potter back so no center in the midle of the modulers

[@jasonsbricksin5]

No mention of club X? Give the people what they want!

[@Varun2565]

How about no road in the very front. Make it a walkable path and a bigger town square

[@alexnunes]

I like that idea. I am trying something along those lines for the next update.

[@megaminxpll]

Have you tried to play around with this on the computer?

[@alexnunes]

Not a bad idea, but I like the physical trial and error of the rebuild.

[@MasterDaveo]

or!!!! trains below and make stairs going up to above grownd like an "underground" dont have to make openings unless you really want to and you just get to see the stations at the side then theres no trains above but!!!.... stairs going down or entrance to stairs above. A real city wouldnt have trains under and on top ,on top would be a tram system if anything

[@Fangar.]

Please don’t remove the tourge tower. It’s iconic to your city. Like some kind of landmark.

[@christianhary7733]

I think that you have an issue, you’re OUT OF SPACE. You have to many buildings and not enough room. Unless you retire some, this is going to be difficult. You have grown and now no room to expand. I wish I could give a suggestion, but I can’t wait to see the end result. Best of luck.

[@chefeddie6164]

Why do you make everything so hard? I told you; you need to start with the Ghostbuster's firehouse first, then everything goes around that. Also, you can just add Trans-blue Satellite dishes in place of the wheels of all the cars and trucks, so BOOM, no need for any roads they can all fly now. Use your imagination.

[@alexnunes]

So painfully true!

[@fireboy312002]

You are so focus on the buildings when you are missing the grand gem you have here. Build a Godzilla and pose him in this distruction. All problems sovled...

[@sg-brick]

Your downtown is indeed a big L, the L of LEGO 😉 And what about the underground club X?

[@alexnunes]

Club X just might be in there somewhere.

[@Agent_2008]

hi

[@alexnunes]

hi