Newburgh Municipal Pool and Newburgh Neighborhood Layout Photos.

Newburgh Heights Municipal Pool. I didn't like the original one that I built so I gave it a slight makeover and I'm happy with the way it looks now.

As you can see in the back I added the laundromat from townlife. I'm not sure if I'll keep it not, but if I do it's going to get a makeover. I think it blends in too much with pool.

Newburgh Heights Neighborhood Layouts

First we have the suburbs. The suburban part of town is very family oriented. It contains parks, the school, a pool and a diner. The homes are designed in a Traditional architecture style.

The suburbs is about 75% complete. 

This is downtown, it is about 60% completed. I still need to build the salon and football field. I'll probably get started on the salon today. I also need two apartments here. I'm thinking maybe of adding EA built ones and making them over. 

This is the industrial docks. It is the seedier part of town. It contains the criminal warehouse, science facility, military base, and some apartments and clubs. This part of town is where the less fortunate wlll probably start out. It is about 30% complete.

Here we have the beach. Here you will find the beach of course, the gym, an arcade, a couple of clubs. one of them being a poolside club. Have not started any homes here. This is about 25% into completion. Don't mind those apartment shells they're just there as placeholders. Those will get bulldozed before it's all said and done. I don't want them blocking my view of the beautiful sunset on the beach. BTW the name of the beach is Sunset Beach because it faces Newburgh Heights' beautiful Sunset. I'll try to get some pictures of it the next time I'm in game.

I call this area Highland Hills. This is where the very well off will stay. Sorry no starters here, but if your sim can afford it they will be able to purchase an empty lot. As you can see I have not done very much here. Just added the graveyard, which I used EA's Ivy Hill from Twinbrook, because I really like it. Did give it a few changes though.  The homes here will be somewhere along the line of modern mansions.

Well thats just about it. I wanted to give an overview of the whole map, but found it hard to get pictures of the whole map while in game. I'll try to get one next time I'm in CAW.

Happy Simmning!

Oh one more pic. I found it hilarious that the vampire guy passes out while this sim is protesting about werewolves.

Challenged!

So I took a challenge to build a slum apartment over at the Simmers Society. Never thought I would get that as a challenge. So far I'm having fun with it and it's pushing me to build something I have not done before. Now I can stop avoiding those apartments in Newburgh Heights.

Some pics I took of what I've done so far.

After building the shell I decided to take another plunge and start another apartment. Just another addition to Newburgh Heights.

Sometime tomorrow I'll try to post some pics of the layout of Newburgh Heights and the renovated community pool.

Pics of Newburgh Art Center and Of Things Passed Consignment Shop

Sorry guys about not posting these sooner, I had a very busy weekend and on top of that I've been playing The Sims Social. So if anyone is looking for a Sims Social neighbor feel free to add me. Just add me as a friend on facebook.

Now back to the reason for this post. Sorry for the bad pics, I was kind of in a hurry when I took them.
Lower Level of the Art Center

Of Things Passed Consignment Shop Pictures

Of things passed was based on a local consignment shop that is ran by two sisters, Cheryl and London. It was once a home of their earlier ancestors. Their mother one day decided that she had way to many clothes that she cared to have. She then called up some of her neighbors and asked if they would like to swap things that they owned and no longer needed or wanted. Soon it became a neighborhood ritual. Every weekend people from the neighbor met up at the Dalton's for a friendly swap. After Cheryl and London's parents purchased a new home, they both decided  not to sale their current residence, they thought it was good idea to open it up as a commercial swap shop. 

Just a little back story I thought up as I was building the shop.

More pics....

It has two entrances. A side entrance from the main street and the main entrance is from the plaza pathway. Well not really a plaza as in more than one building on a lot, but you'll see what I'm mean soon enough.

As you can see Of Things Passed has gone through many renovations. After the sisters took over the shop they have since gutted out the original floor plan to a more open space for browsing. On top of that they added furniture as well as many other things both sisters and locals have picked up on their travels.

Okay, I think I'm getting a little carried away with this whole back story stuff, so I'll leave it at that. Well, not really.. I've been in the mood to make some sims today and these two sisters are definitely going to be on the list.

Next on my things to do for Newburgh Heights is build a salon. I kind of got an idea of what I want, but I'm not sure how its all going to play out, so let's see what happens.

Newburgh Heights: Pictures of Sunset Beach and other random places!

I know I promised to get some more pics of the  Art Center, don't worry the weeks not over yet. Well since after patching I had to reinstall Newburgh Heights, this time around I ran into a problem with the beach, reason why I'm posting pics of it instead of the Art Center. I sent one of my tester sims to enjoy the beach and only to find it flooded. I don't know how that happened because last test version there was no flooding. So I decided to go back in CAW and fix the terrain and place another beach lot. I wasn't too upset about it though because I planned on remaking the beach anyhow. Hey at least that gives me a story to tell about Newburgh Heights. So after making fixes in CAW and exporting again all was fine, except there was no beach to visit. So I remade the beach. Sunset Beach is named after the main street that runs along the beach area.
 Picture of the great flood. Sorry if the picture is a little dark.

Now time for pictures of the beach after the great flood.

Screenshot of Sunset Beach taken from ocean views.

I made the picnic tables white to match the ones placed in CAW. The picture right below is a small parking lot found next to beach.

In the last post I said that the fire dept. looked out of place in the area that it was in. I did a very slight makeover, not too many changes. I'm happy with the results. The empty area right across from the fire dept will be a dive bar. Just a little whole in the wall for the residents near by and firemen/women to visit after a hard day of saving lives.

Replaced the grocer and restaurant rabbitholes. The grocery store from Town Life seemed more fitting and heck I just like that restaurant and had to use it.

Random pic of the Diner. Currently named 49er's Diner. Its named after a small diner in my area that I frequent a lot. I think I was craving McDonald's fries when I chose the colors. The empty area next to it, I'm thinking about leaving that area open for future expansions.

A chapel I built a while ago. Please excuse the way it looks now. Items were replaced because I have not added any store content to my game yet. I did however make it over and made some updates such as adding wedding arches from Generations. No pictures until it has been fully playtested.

On a side note: I finally built the consignment shop, currently named Things Remembered. It is currently undergoing playtesting, so pictures of that should be coming soon. Remember that horrible pool I showed the other day, well Newburgh Heights residents has a new and improved one. No pictures because I forgot to take them.

Oh and....

This is Carrie Dean, she's currently testing out the seed and gem spawners for me. She's also making sure that all of the gardening opportunities are available.

Until next time, Happy Simming!

Pictures of the Inside of Newburgh Heights Art Center

I didn't think I would be able to have time to post the pics today, yet here I am with them. Enjoy.

There is an entrance from both sides of the street.

Newburgh Heights Art Center has 3 levels. On the main level you will find a sculpture room, a central lobby, and a small portrait gallery (which I forgot to get a pic of). oops!

The second level contains a room with abstract art and a room for various artifacts. Donations would be available. The central area of the second level contains a small lounge area with bar.

On the lower level there  are displays of sculptures and topiary art. Very beautiful. Sorry didn't get any pics for this. Also there is a sculpture station and art easels setup along some of the pathways.

I'll try to get some pics of the lower level posted sometime this week. Also I'll get some more pics up for Newburgh Heights this week also.

Happy Simming!