Downers Grove – Lombard – Yorktown – Chicago Suburbs v1.0
This is my fourth in my series of Chicago Suburban Mods. As previously noted, much of the imagery and building models anywhere West of I-294 in the Chicago area use the “generic” MS polygons and building models (exception being O’Hare if you download the detail pack for that), and my intent is to bring improved mods to some of these select areas. This mod includes the area of Downers Grove and Lombard in the West Suburbs within the vicinity of Yorktown Mall and along Butterfield Road to the I-355/I-88 Interchange.
Detailed Features in this mod include:
– Yorktown Mall
– Butterfield Plaza
– Esplanade and Former Sara Lee Buildings just West of I-355
– I-355/I-88 NE Interchange
– Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
– Westin Lombard Yorktown Center (including Haray Caray’s Restaurant)
– Various offices, restaurants, and shopping along the Butterfield Road and Highland Ave corridors
I appreciate the feedback I have received so far regarding my mods, and I am pleased that so many of you are enjoying these to date. I am finding that I can do one or two per week, though this may vary at times. Below are a few of my next projects in the Chicago Area:
Airports (in process, but taking longer than expected, due to more complexity):
– ***Brookeridge Air Park (ongoing currently)…. this one has been requested a few times, and I am trying to get this one looking good! I do have a model in progress, but the ground scenery is causing some graphical quirks when taking off, so I am in the process if looking into a couple of different methods to see if I can get this to work better. I appreciate the patience with this!
– Midway INTL Airport… along with Brookeridge, this has been much requested and will also be one of my first attempts at creating an improved airport, so this one may also take me some time to be sure I get it right!
– ***Schaumburg Regional Airport
– ***Chicago Executive (Palwaukee) Airport
Scenery:
– Downtown Area just West of the Museum Campus (Central Station)… I may look to improve that area with updated and more detailed data.
– Wolf Point on the Chicago River… I’ll see if I can obtain some updated models with some of the more recent additions to that area.
– Arlington Heights… At the very least I want to get Arlington INTL Racetrack but I may try to get DT Arlington Heights as well.
– Rolling Meadows… This would help to enhance some of the additional currently missing office towers in the I-90/I-290 Interchange area.
– Naperville (both DT and I-88 Corridor)
– Aurora (DT area)
– Joliet (DT area)
– Glen Ellyn (DT area)… Thank you for requesting!
– Wheaton (DT area)
– Elmhurst (DT area)
– Palatine (DT area)
– ***Six Flags Great America
– ***Waukegan (DT area)
– Potential select areas of NW Indiana
*Obviously, I welcome more suggestions of landmarks or areas you all might want to see done in more detail!
Outside of the Chicago Area (future projects):
– Some of the NYC Skyscrapers… By request, specifically in Lower Manhatten, including 1 WTC
– Areas in Metro St. Louis (TBD)
– Areas in Metro KC (TBD)
– ***Milwaukee (DT Area, By Request)
– Various cities/areas of Downstate Illinois (exact areas TBD)
**All future projects will also be dependent on availability of imagery.
***I welcome suggestions for new areas, or as I continue to explore, I may find additional areas in need of updating.
I welcome feedback on any of this project. The model was taken using the Google Maps imagery… Full credit and copyrights to the creators of those models, and this is purely meant as a project of love of Chicago with no profits to be gained from this.
GPS Coordinates: 41.832960, -88.028735
