The AMA City's Journal

AMA it's the name of the newly-born Alameda's Metropolitan Area, a decree of the Italian government approved last week imposes to the cities with more than 1mln of inhabitants to abandon the old geographical-bureaucratic system of province to turn it into the new concept of metropolitan area. The AMA is inhabited by almost 1,800,000 people, it's the third metropolitan area of Italy after Rome (3.6 mlns) and Milan (3.2mln) and precedes the Turin and Naples ones (both around the 1.6mnl).
The government organism is the 'metropolitan council' constituted by the mayors of the various cities included in the region, all coordinated by a supervisor denominated 'City Manager'.
The new City Manager declares that the birth of the AMA will bring notable benefits to the whole region, it will handle to furnish a plan of global and unified development overcoming the division among singles cities, whose effects can bee seen already today.
The guide-lines of some development's projects will bring to the growth of the population until and over over the 2mln inhabitants, thanks to projects submitted to great architects and international designer (as 'i-city' and 'post-ville') and to the already initiated construction of the new international airport of the city, the candature to host great international events as an engine for the development are not excluded (the city have already shown the interest to host the first Winter Simlympiad and the 2009 International EXPO).

Pictures?

Relive here the Bid that brings Alameda close to host the Games of the seventh Simlympiad

https://simsports.darkbb.com/august-2008-bids-f20/alameda-bid-for-the-august-simlympic-t65.htm

Region shot looks nice

Great picture leleone. I ‘m sure that the city will be ready for the next simlympic bid. Looking forward to see more pictures

The AMA metropolitan Council approved yesterday the city's development plan in 7points, each point interests a specific area of the city in which is decided to intervene radically, with great investments and great yards. The main objective is to transform the face of the city, attracting new great enterprises, to create occupation and to develop the infrastructures.
In the map below you can see the areas interested by each point.



Point 1: safeguard the historical center of Alameda
The characteristic historical center of the city and his 18th and 19th century buildings will be deeply restored, government incentives will be created for the restructurings, the services for the citizens and for the tourists will be improved, existing commercial activity will be developed and will be created new ones

Point 2: strategic retraining of the city of Newark
The city will lose its industrial role, the old airport will be dismantled, whole areas of the city will be converted to commercial and residential use, polluting industries transfer will be favorite, and an ambitious urban project of retraining will be realized: submitted to projects of the greatest international architects will born a new commercial district conceived with great parks and ultramodern skyscrapers.

Point 3: A new concept of city called 'i-ville'
A human-friendly concept of city, a low residential district full of green zone, with pedestrian zones and commercially based on tertiary services.

Point 4: Post-ville
It derives from a project of the 70's for an enormous protective dome, at the times the dome would have been realized for protecting the population from possible nuclear attacks, today the realization of this project will have nobler purposes: an agricultural community for the recovery and the employment of the most marginalized bands of the population

Point 5: the sports park
A new park where the structures built for the August 2008 Symlimpics bid now dismantled will be transferred

Point 6: Intra and Mayland
Two new cities in construction to the north limits of the region, will increase the metropolitan's population from 50,000 to 200,000 units.

Point 7: The New 'Urbe National and International Airport'
S.A.A. the society that manages the airports of Alameda, with an unanimous deliberation, decided to centralize in an unique zone the 4 airports present in the city. An unique airport will be realized, for national, international and charter destinations, with the capacity 10mln of travellers by year.

Photo and info will be available a the completion of every project.

The party for the 'Team Italia'

This evening at the presence of the highest positions of the State, a great party is held at the ballroom on the last floor of the Sanpaolo Foundation Building in the downtown of Alameda. During the party the President of the Simrepubblic has made his best wishes to the Italian team that will depart tomorrow for Penthesili. The president in a private talking with the major of Alameda has expressed the wish to support Alameda in the case of a new candidacy to host the Games.
The Italian team will depart tomorrow morning at 10:00am from the international airport of Newark, the arrival at the Simlympic Village is anticipated for the 12:30am


A special Billboard appeared this day on the Sanpaolo Foundation Building in downtown Alameda

I like the ambitious plan sounds very intresting,as to that picture it is absoloutly beautifull!!

Grat inauguration of the 'Ibla Palace'

Will be hold tonight the great inauguration's party of the 'Palace of ibla' to.
One of the most spectacular residences of Savoy Royal House has finally opened to the public after years of long restaurations. Through the years have been entirely restored frescos, tapestries, furniture and original suits of the 17th century. A great patrimony now at disposition of the public, a special mention deserves the garden, exactly reconstructed according to the original projects dated 1784.
From the majior's briefcase 'reopen the Palace it's only the first step of a long walk that attends us, the yards they have already opened trough te city's center and the citizen has realized it, they will have many uneasiness, but our purpose will be to eliminate all the ugliness of the city, and to make it a magic place as this beautiful Palace'


An Image of the Ibla Palace, his garden, and the Royal theatre.


A view of 'La manica' the corridor that unites the two areas of the building

Oh man this is amazing !!!! can’t wait to see the simlympic park

Thanks canuck, hopes that you will remain pleasantly impressed once I've finished, especially from the retraining of Newark, I have some exclusive special stuff realized by one of the best BAT designer of Simtropolis
Mitsos unfortunately the park is the last thing that will be realized in order of time and it is still in phase of planning.

Get ready for event of the season


The most exciting show of the year disembarks in Alameda, the ' Sticky&Sweet Tour' of Madonna will make its first Italian apparition @ the Windspear Arena on September 5, the pre-sales are already sold-out, get you your ticket NOW!

cool !!

I'm really looking forward to seeing the development of the 7 sites, especially point 2 and 7. Will there be motorway and railway links from the airport through the mountains towards the centre of the city?

Hah, I saw adverts for Madonnas tour in Genoa last week, they were really pushing it.

Thank you Slacker......there is already a motorway running from Alameda and passing through Alameda Heighs reach the new airport through the Alps (I finished yesterday the connection). The airport is now almost complete, just lack of runways, the next step will be to conform the region and renew Newark

I see the ads too.....hope you've enjoyed your vacation in Italy

The new airport in Alameda

There is the crowd of the great occasions in Alameda this evening, from the representatives of local government to the curious citizen, the event is one of the largest: the inauguration for the new airport of the city.
It took several years of work and sacrifices, but today the new structure is presented to the public.





Here are the numbers of structure:
1 terminal for charter flights
2 runways
3 terminal for national, european and intercontinental arrivals
3 departures terminal for national, european and intercontinental flights
24 months of construction
8,000 workers
4 studies architects involved in designing
10,000 people attending the ceremony
24,000 passengers daily welcomed at the airport
6,000,000 estimating annual passenger
The 102 tax-free shop within the airport
14,000 employes
104 flights destination
47 different airlines companies
4 Railway lines, 2 highways and 3 underground lines converge towards the airport

Other visions of the complex

Very nice airport, although the taxiways are a little close to the taxiways

You did it man. That is really cool. I like the design the runways and the statistics. Good job.

very nice job on the new airport

Very well designed airport .

thanks guys, I never understand nothing about airports and was becoming really mad in trying to make one that seemed real

Point 2: strategic retraining of the city of Newark

Here are some updates about the development of new projects to implement in Newark, photos refer to some studies on accommodation of the city, many things are still not final.



The city as looks recently, Mediapark and the airport can be easily noticed, the development plan provides for the demolition of the airport and the reclamation of the surrounding areas that will be used as new medium-density residential zones. Mediapark arise around a new 'city' dedicated to tertiary and business development, will be the third commercial hub of the region and will provide work to more than 50,000 people.




Some photos of the development that is still not definitive, unused areas will see the rise of new residential/commercial zones and parks.

The city now has seen a decline of 10% of the population, rose from 140,000 units to 120,000, and the new projects are slightly slowed by the crisis in the regional budget. At the end of the projects is estimated that residents in Newark will be between 180,000 and 220,000, so the region will exceed two million inhabitants.

Interesting! I'm liking the redevelopment so far .

The new Newark

Work on upgrading the municipality of Newark are about to come to term, tearing operated in the urban fabric were sewn creating new parks and new residential areas.
Newark, today, presents itself as a city of 208,000 inhabitants, which provides work to 115,000 people in the tertiary sector. The most important nodes of the project were the deconstruction of the old airport, the creation of a new clouster of skyscrapers (the fourth in the region, but the first for modernity and functionality of his buildings), production of the new stadium for the city with a 65,000 capacity and the adjacent sports park, and, finally, the creation of new ITC Towers (Italian Trade Center), that together with the historic Mediapark will designate today as the city centre and symbol of transition to the contemporary era.


Air-vision of the skyscrapers


Sunset and lights



One and Two ITC Towers



Three ITC Tower



The Newark Arena, home of the 'Levante Federazione Calcio'

that's very nice leleone. i really like the way you ve placed the skyscrapers. the night shots are amazing