Ludington, an Unmodded Series

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This Let's Play Cities Skylines Unmodded series will be focused entirely on gameplay and detailing without the use of mods. We will not use any mods until unlocking the final milestone, and the amount of other custom workshop content will be extremely limited.

In this episode, we discuss how to start a realistic city, the focus of the series, and begin the city with building the layout of the city in the early 19th century.

 

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In this episode, we begin building the layout of the city based on the city's early expansion period around the time the railroads began to arrive on the scene.

 

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In this episode, we work on expanding the grid as it would have happened during the city's first growth boom era from 1850-70.

 

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In this episode, we add more residential zoning to the city and build a basic parklife park for the historic Fort Ludington.

 

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In this episode, we spend some time establishing some base guidelines for the roads based on the Public Land Survey System.

 

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In this episode, we begin expanding the residential zoning into a new tile in order to grow the city.

 

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In this episode, we begin expanding the city into the areas that it would have grown towards in the period of 1885 - 1910, its second boom era.

 

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In this episode, we continue to expand the city as part of its 1885 - 1910 boom era.

 

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In this episode, we build an older bridge across the river and extend the road network closer to the river.

 

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In this episode, we continue building the road layout for the expansion during the 1885-1910 boom.

 

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In this episode, we redesign one avenue into a Grand Boulevard, which was a common road design in American cities around the turn of the 20th century.

 

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In this episode, we add some of our first elementary schools, some churches, and a park at the end of the new Grand Boulevard.

 

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In this episode, we begin upgrading some of our dirt streets to brick cobblestone to reflect the 1885-1910 era that the city is currently in.

 

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In this episode, we add residential zoning to the Wicker Park neighborhood and some vegetation to the park itself.

 

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In this episode, we get started on adding the downtown rail system with a large union station as would have been built around the turn of the 20th century.

 

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In this episode, we continue with the downtown rail project with a focus this episode on adding the central cargo terminal.

 

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In this episode, we add an old courthouse building near the historical district and begin adding to the large Lincoln Park cemetery.

 

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In this episode, we add residential zoning to the Lincoln Park area in a way to simulate a highly wealthy neighborhood with mansions and their coach houses.

 

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In this episode, we work a little bit on some details in the downtown area by customizing a cemetery, adding plazas near the train station, and adding a path to West Park.

 

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In this episode, we start adding some high density residential buildings, a brick warehouse, and the city's first tram line.