I've recently taken a break from 'ultra' high-detail mapping in Plowford(you might need to zoom in), and focus with some work on the Glastian capital, Wyndham.
Wyndham need a significant cleanup. Unlike most of my towns and cities, it was drawn in a rather haphazard fashion, and rather than drawing Wyndham all in one go, which was possible with all my smaller settlements, I decided to draw Wyndham gradually. This posed problems; Wyndham became a patchwork of poorly mapped, well mapped and iffy areas. I decided to fix the problem this week. Below is what Wyndham looked like before and after.
I designed Wyndham inspired around the cities of Coventry and Birmingham, both of which underwent major rebuilding during the 60s and 70s. Parts of Wyndham were completely razed to the ground following battles against the Communists and Commonians during the Glastian Civil War during 1948, which left room for major redevelopments. However, there was no post 90s redevelopment project, such as the one in Birmingham, that took place. This means that Wyndham retains many of its old, brutalist buildings, which older structures scattered around. I propose to downgrade or delete the outer ring road (you will need to zoom out). The best thing I think I've drawn in Wyndham is, the road junction here. It's not really realistic for a city like Wyndham, but I do not want to delete it, as it is the only complex junction that I have drawn that I am satisfied with.
I was unwilling to delete and redesign the whole of Wyndham, which meant that most of my early, short sighted street and rail patterns stayed approximately the same. I'd like to know what areas I need to focus or improve on. Scroll around, zoom in and out to get a perspective on the whole of the city, and tell me what you think.
Thanks
Yuanls