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[@johnmaster3748]

Counterintuitive it may be, but I think you'd more likely see the medium grocery store downtown and the larger one in a less-dense suburb. Cost per square foot in the city would make a smaller facility downtown more viable. Supermarkets in suburbs, where land is cheap, tend to be bigger.

[@skippymcgroyne]

If you make the new area a district, a possible name is the "Brickland & Quays" (Brooklyn & Queens) area. Excellent use of the CCP!

[@michaelw6222]

I like this!

[@bmendez3782]

You about the names brickland and quays now to think of it maybe those would've been better suit for gta 4's liberty city.

[@kassthered8452]

Brooklyns&Queens is one of the best CCPs imo, the aesthetic of it is sorely missed in base game residential. Was just about to say that the area could use a few low density commercial buildings like a bodega or laundry mat but you've already put them in! Some of the green cities high density could fit very well on the other side of the river, nice contrast to the Brooklyn's&Queens you built today.

[@bmendez3782]

Exactly and I could say the same with the courtyard buildings.

[@PitchBlackManiac]

Keep the zoo path, it's a good idea

[@duszhduszh]

This is such a perfect addition to the downtown, especially those roads with the new trees? *chefs kiss* Lovely. I would consider connecting the "maintence tram loops" to the train station via foot path just to boost that connectivitiy, which is already pretty damn good but it would make sense, since it's a regular stop.

[@Skyndel97]

I like the pedestrian bridge very much but I think you should switch the train and pedestrian bridges around so the train track comes straight out of the station

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

I think we'll do that 😊

[@x0XAlcatrazX0x]

@@OVERCHARGEDEGG I also want to add that the High Line connects a lot of lower west-side Manhattan, and is primarily surrounded by offices and commercial, so if you keep the zoo path you should find a way to bring it through the downtown, and have it lead out into a destination in the undeveloped land behind the B&Q district, like a science center build or museum district or something.

[@brickscities3367]

Egg really nailed the Brooklyn/Queens aesthetic with the endless medium-rise buildings with the intercepting elevated railway. Really enjoyable episode.

[@brendotheoffendo]

I feel the main road naturally would have gone straight and over the river then swung around down the coast to the valley to cut through to the other area with the proposed cargo port site. Now I'm thinking of 3 bridges connecting to each other by continuing the road straight with a bridge and then bridge back to the other side of the other bridge so it connects as a sort of triangle.

[@reecee5454]

Orchlynn for the new district. A nice play on word and combo of both OB and Brooklyn!

[@lilfrisk613]

The little details you add is what makes the city feel more alive! The train/walking path combo look so good together!

[@JoshuaToomey-hl9pp]

Should use the new industrial dlc for the tool shed for tram maintenance to get the red brick effect

[@KarstRauhe]

gotta say Thessia is by far my favourite build, perfect combo between urban, suburban and rural (maybe somewhere a tiny agricultural village in the middle of fields between two cities? little motel and gas station, few houses that’s it)

[@ttv_humanfoot9389]

With the airport aprons, I am pretty sure that you can place them before you place plopables on it to avoid the weird mesh collisions. The Devs will probable make a few changes to it in the next patch

[@aarnitani698]

I really like the high lane idea! I also tought that the sandstone pedestrian roads with trees from plazas could work really nicely in that setting!

[@Alewksi]

As someone who lives in NYC, it is so funny to hear "Brooklyns" instead of "Brooklyn" (I love it!). It feels like something those tough guy gimmicks would say, like "youse guyses wants to goes to Brooklyns"

[@Kitch3nW3nch]

Honestly this little neighbourhood with the silver birch trees is giving me major Spider-Man 2 vibes (the PS2 video game version) Do I hear a Spider-Man themed district name? Peter Parks or Friendly Neighbourhood ? 😅 Stayed up to watch it cause I was super excited to see you use this pack in Orchid Bay. Love it so much ❤ Can you make try to get a pizza place (or something that looks like one) in the commercial along the waterfront? - Those who played the game will get why. I actually don’t mind the zoo path homage, looks good to me 💖 Love ya mate!

[@intermsofreality]

I am also pleasantly surprised by this CCP. Enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would.

[@ClareFlack]

Omg this looks awesome,definitely keep the walkway as it goes really well into the area.

[@verstander8713]

I love the dense style of this part, and love the "dusty pathway" by the parc. Awesome episode as always, thank you and have a great day

[@wjaitch]

"a nice happy little curve" - OverchargedEgg, the Bob Ross of Cities Skylines, 2023

[@brendotheoffendo]

Like the idea for the tram maintenance stop/layover. You'll probably find it'll get a lot of passenger usage with the train stop close by. Love the Zoo Path High Line.

[@dinosaurbob3913]

You’d never have a parking lot across a street from a supermarket. Every shopping cart (trolley, i believe, in Br-english) would be stolen in a heartbeat

[@glenofborg]

What a great build. I really enjoy your attention to every detail. Though I'm doubtful that liquor store would have been abandoned IRL haha

[@apaku]

Comparing that tram maintenance area to the one in Palavan really shows how far this game has come in the past few years. I really like the packed in residential district, this works so well around the main downtown. Love that view down the birch-lined street to the towers.

[@accidrainn]

One thing I know about the Brooklyn area is lots of one way streets .. This video is lovely, lots of great inspiration ! Thank you 🙏🏻

[@zubairhajee181]

Love the video man, was hoping you'd do a brooklyn build after the industrial revolution, so thank you and I freaking love the food truck in the park, that is super brooklyn/queen's, just need a spiderman swinging around somewhere now. Only I don't like that one tall building amongst all the houses

[@zoeeddon3979]

I’d love to see a full scale university build near the downtown, maybe on that island as we haven’t had a big one yet in Orchid Bay!❤

[@irrationalsense]

As someone who used to live in Queens, I have to say that the vibe feels like home. A lot more green, though. XD Maybe this district can be named "Orchidee"? Per Google Translate, that's the Dutch word for "orchid." Or maybe "Lady's Slipper," an orchid genus found in New York and used to be all over Yorkshire (though only one wild plant is left in all of Britain, thanks to a Victorian orchid craze, with its location kept secret). The rounded shape of the flower kinda matches the end of the downtown land mass.

[@RS-pb2se]

Yeah that episode was fantastic and one of my favourites so far. Everything you did was perfect. Looking forward to seeing what you do on the island. The temporary train station could work but there appears to be rail line directly perpendicular into it.

[@twin4o]

Great build as always, I love how it turned out. Keep up the good work :)

[@jaredlash5002]

The elevated zoo path should be in the location of the current train line and vice versa. If a new train line was built and a part was abandoned, you would expect the new train line to have been built without that sudden kink in it coming out of the station. (In fact, Chicago is in a rebuilding project right now to get rid of such a kink in one of the L lines.) It would also be nice to have zoning on both sides of the elevated train line so that you get that "train going through the buildings" aesthetic.

[@michaelw6222]

Wow! Looks so good. A perfect and much needed addition to the city. One of my favorite parts is the park in the triangle. One thought, though. I think the larger grocery combined with the parking lots is rather sprawling and taking up a lot of real estate. I think the smaller Fresh Foods, maybe combined with a parking garage would look less sprawling and fit the dense B&Q vibe better. And the extra space could be used for a variety of commercial around the grocery.

[@hustledude]

This looks great! I didn’t think I would like the Brooklyn and Queens so much, because the buildings all look the same, but the tree-lined streets really help break it up, along with the large space for the grocery store and parking lots. I really like it!

[@ForeverNERVOUSZan]

the sports field right in the middle of all that wall to wall density is so nice. very realistic! and the skyline is really poppin now too between all those buildings. great views and great connectivity as well

[@Tuppence442]

There is actually a true New York style train included with the Vehicles Of The World content creator pack. Only problem is that it's a metro train so it'd take a more extensive redesign of the networks to include it.

[@mylearningcurvezone9485]

Vaste Grond is basically Brooklyn in Dutch, Vastelen would be a synonym/opposing wordplay to Brooklyn, as Brooklyn comes from the Dutch town Breukelen, which means "broken land", and thus vaste means "fixed", thus Vastelen would mean "fixed land".

[@twocflyer7520]

Omg. I love all of this. I didn’t know there was a manhattan district specialization!! I really need to get a new computer so I can play again. Thanks for keeping me entertained and drooling while I can’t play egg!! Love and miss ya!

[@geenicoll2920]

Love this ! Deffo my fav build of the city so far ❤

[@bullheaded]

Love the abandoned train/raised Greenway idea! Also, the trains you're thinking of are probably the subway trains from NYC. Looks great!

[@ianbroughton1362]

Another amazing addition to Orchid Bay - the B&Q's (not the DIY store!!) look everything you needed them to be for that part of downtown! So jealous as STILL waiting for this and many more to be added to console remastered!! *still persevering on Xbox 😒* I'm deff FOR the elevated decommissioned *zoo* rail path to for sure!

[@antaryjczyk]

The skyline looks more like LA rather than Brooklyn and NY...it looks amazing!!!

[@thargoff]

These Brooklyn and Queens assets are great and fit very well. What a great city Orchid Bay becomes with all the new stuff included!

[@07wightman]

For the piece of land that you were considering keeping the bridges elevated on, check out Randalls island in new York which has a big suspended bridge pass over sports fields and a water treatment center may be good inspiration? Keep up the good work love your cities.

[@bigguido9448]

Agreed!

[@chazzermatraz]

Finally caught up with all the episodes glad I can finally watch one as soon as it comes out !

[@bigguido9448]

Rosevelt island would have been great for inspiration. It’s kinda got that vibe with a twist of the Bronx over by Yankee Stadium.. And definitely need some sort of high density commercial that doesn’t grow so high if that makes sense. I think the trains have a subway type train. And the abandoned train line is in Manhattan. Awesome build like usual!

[@zephyrblayze]

Brooklyn is a fairly topographically flat area--we have two areas that call that out with Flatlands and Flatbush, so sticking a word at the end would thematically work Flatbrook, Flatlyn, Flatorch, or such :)

[@ben0329]

I agree this build was amazing. Those new parks make such a difference! As one of those high line suggesters, I’m very pleased to see it in. In modded, does network skins allow you to change the pillars? If so it would look amazing in the modded game.

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

It does allow you 😊 thanks Ben!

[@redlupo2803]

This is such a lovely build. I will be taking many ideas from this for my own cities.

[@Kellen17]

The skyscraper can be 2 tiles away but not 3. If you delete the 2-way street with parking you can redraw the road 1.75 tiles back without connecting to anything and offset by a half tile to center it. You can put a vanilla path in the .75 gap in front of the skyscraper to eliminate any grass and dirt. Having the extra two tiles of cement in front will allow you to detail in front. You will also be able to put your paths in the back of the skyscraper.

[@stevengalloway8052]

Your bus, tram, and other transit 🚇 stop layouts are very impressive. 👏 I'm taking notes... 😏

[@meltix]

Very nice build, I really enjoy watching your videos!!

[@ndl1324]

Yet again...what a beautiful masterpiece. Youre getting better and better Egg. I watched a 3 yr old video of yours earlier and no knock on you but you are leaps and bounds a better builder now. Ps i like the zoo ped bridge/abandoned rail line.

[@waurghgaming]

That Island with the elevated roads going over might be a good place for a city zoo...

[@hilary8801]

Another great build Egg! I like the elevated zoo path.

[@tobybrown3045]

i was undecided on the zoo path but when you did that sexy switch back under the train line I knew it was meant to be 💯

[@Voyagerch75]

I wouldn't completely fence in that tram terminus. At least build a short pedestrian path to the adjacent train station. Otherwise, all the transferring passengers will have to make big detours.

[@user-sx5cz8gm2m]

I live in Brooklyn and NYC actually doesn't have any trams, but more generally subways and buses, so I think that would be more realistic. I love the above ground train line though. 👍

[@clineamb]

Zoo path as highline yes! Your setup kinda reminds me of Dumbo or Williamsberg (both areas near bridges). I think also on corners it could be nice to include like some commercial since it's sparse throughout the area (the good ol' bodegas). Like a level 2 high density or something (or generic stuff from the shopping mall stuff it it isn't too modern).

[@user-nb9nw8mx7v]

ブルックリンの街並みの奥にひかえる高層ビル群の遠景がサイコー！・。・！ 高架を走る首都圏型車両もマッチしてるし、EGGの街はなんとも住んでみたい

[@Jarethenator]

I knew there were some new things added to the other recent expansions, but I didn't quite know how much. I realized they had expanded the selection when I noticed a new high school popping up, and used sorting feature to link it to the Africa In Miniature DLC. Maybe I just missed something, but I feel like they didn't make a big deal/announcement out of these additions. Not sure why, though.

[@serenfyr]

Love this build. I can't wait to work with this DLC in my build. You've given me some great inspiration. Might try and mix some of the red brick industrial from the Industrial Evolution pack to show the changing use (a bit like downtown Manhattan). Suggestion for name: there is an orchid called Chia Lin 'New City', do perhaps a tweak to "Chialyn" to reference Brooklyn?

[@jcioffi33]

Maybe think about making that island into a tourist trap like Coney Island and make the baseball stadium adjacent into a Central Park. Bravo!

[@edwardmiessner6502]

My suggestion for the Brooklyn suburb? How about Brighton after Brighton Beach in Brooklyn? Or if you put in a bunch of cemeteries, Gravesend after another Brooklyn neighborhood.

[@Bunkiiiiii]

They added 2 new department stores unique buildings for the shopping malls dlc in this new update, you should check them out. I haven't seen any update video showcasing them!

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

I know, I mention them in this video 😊 we'll do another mall area soon in Karen I imagine

[@Bunkiiiiii]

Awesome, I hadn't gotten to that part yet and wanted more chance for you to see it 🤭 mostly because other players deserve to know about those nice hidden new assets. Thanks!

[@alexmason2595]

if you want the bushy look on either side of the repurposed train line, you could try using the tops of trees in place of bushes. If done correctly I feel you wouldn't notice a difference.

[@katiefitzpatrick9945]

If you really want it to feel like Brooklyn, you should make the last line of buildings along the water green cities high density instead, that’s super common along the Brooklyn queens riverfront these days

[@KutsugeMindUrmoks]

It looks so good!

[@wolfstory1487]

the fence at the back of the grocery store, plus the props, forces semi-trucks to make an awkward turn. would love to see the part of the fence directly in front of the garage doors to disappear.

[@martinvaclavik3393]

absolutely love the build, absolutely hate the birches :D special shoutout to that area aroundthe Triangle Playground, love little places like that ♥

[@BeardedPeteSkwibbles]

Keep the zoo path very cool! Also, the fire at the end in the tram shed😂😂😂

[@theoutlaw7678]

hey egg I might be a little late but I figured out a way to get cims to use the park with old bridge as a way to cross over to the other side of an area, just leave a tile open on either side and place down any path you want I used the dirt path and start in the middle of the bridge if that makes sense and do 10 on one side then 10 on the other and cims should use it as a way to cross over to the other side just a neat little trick I use in my city

[@StarStuff.]

B&Q pack and your build gives me massive nostalgic vibes having grown up in a 10 storey block of flats (ironically on the ground floor, so no balcony 🤭) with playgrounds scattered among the buildings. Zew paff ❤ Still the best 😊 One question: any particular reason why you decided to use the vanilla underground metro station and not the new Japanese 1 tile wonder?

[@OVERCHARGEDEGG]

Cheers star! Yes, felt the vanilla one was more Brooklyn than the Japanese one 😊

[@jk01973]

That looks super. Just like I saw on TV. ...when is the hotels coming? 😊

[@garyklyce713]

There is also an elevated walking path in Manhattan called the High Line, tied into Hudson Yards and is also a converted old rail line, so the elevated zoo path is very NYC

[@justinl1793]

Not sure if anyone mentioned this but the Elevated ROJ Metro station looks exactly like a raised platform subway station in Queens/Brooklyn so those can be used in place of the other metro stations.

[@cincychris1]

A great corollary to the Brooklyn/Queens high density would be a low density, wall-to-wall Brooklyn brownstones.

[@sonnypirate4728]

would be a good shout to add one of the Bridges and Piers CCP pedestrian bridge think ones wide enough to fake a train line shame it doesn't have any veg

[@ben0329]

Yeah the American pedestrian bridge looks wider but it doesn’t have any lights on it annoyingly

[@duaneingrouille1703]

Zoo path is great. I think you should consider a theme park build on that other little island kind of like Coney Island.

[@TP-pi2ge]

So nice!

[@sivakotarib4u]

Just a thought, Underground railway line will help to manage space better with no road crossings. If there's only one-stop

[@Craftycatz1289]

I love the look here! It feels like brooklyn

[@m_the_pig]

Super cool!

[@kamhiro9606]

There should have been a building for a train depot in the ROJ prop. You can use it if you like.

[@aaronbruce8861]

pillar police 🤣

[@rotfellfoxy]

always good to have a foodtruck right next to the gym

[@Sceptical-pom]

Thinking maybe an inner city zoo on the island area wouldn't seem out of place

[@Shaquille0624]

That B&Q was like the final piece of the puzzle

[@ConnorEllisMusic]

The bridge should go elevated earlier and then cross at a higher height, with the road along the water going under the bridge instead of creating a t-junction on a bridge entrance.

[@michaelflorian8945]

I would use the Brooklyn and Queens expansion pack if the buildings weren’t all the same height. Variation in height makes a city look so much better.

[@MrChancho48]

Call the neighborhood The Hague. NYC has Dutch influenced names at times. ❤

[@jacobsedgwick8617]

I really wish elevated pathways had stairs you could place for cims to walk up to get up to them rather than always being ramps.

[@DavidMills-dy3wk]

Egg, you make great builds. Does anyone have problems loading maps in the game?

[@RAI-1911]

Thanks for the entertainment

[@MrTontowatkins]

Nice layout

[@sir_dragonfly7287]

Interesting that he used an elevated train to represent the elevated metro in New York, especially when there is a subway train in the vehicles of the world pack.

[@user-dn2zq6mf4k]

B&Q.... classic bank holiday DIY!!!!

[@richardfoldes7793]

Since brooklyn was called Kings ( I think 😅 ) and theres queens i think it should be called Dukes

[@phunki_r0stagaming78]

A good name for the suburb: Queenslyn or Queensbrook. Basically Brooklyn & Queens combined.

[@dougm4160]

Obviously personal opinion. But I would love to see green cities residents between the Brooklyn and queens district and city center to help give more of a crawl in height. Otherwise you always do a fantastic job.

[@e.m.b.5090]

Love how Orchid Bay looks more like New York than Noob Yolk did. As for names, how do you feel about Orchid Brook?