Schaumburg – Woodfield – Chicago Suburbs v1.0

Schaumburg – Woodfield – Chicago Suburbs v1.0

This is my third 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 Woodfield area of Schaumburg, along with some of the immediate surrounding office parks in the NW Suburbs.

Detailed Features in this mod include:
– Woodfield Mall – The largest indoor shopping mall in the Chicago Area (and at one time, the largest in the world when originally constructed)
– Streets of Woodfield
– Schaumburg Convention Center and Hotel
– New Zurich North American HQ
– Former Zurich Towers
– Various Office Towers directly West of I-290

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. Below are a few of my next projects in the Chicago Area:
– Midway INTL Airport… this will be my first attempt at creating an improved airport, so this one may take me some time to be sure I get it right!
– 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.
– Downers Grove/Lombard/Lisle… This was both one I was intending to do and also requested, as there are some notable buildings and landmarks in this area (especially near I-355/I-88) that could be greatly improved upon!
– 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)
– 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)
– Various cities/areas of Downstate Illinois (exact areas TBD)

**All future projects will also be dependent on availability of imagery.

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: 42.047861, -88.036742