[quote="TOPGenosse":7uzcpgmq]We want more life (people) in the sim, right? I suggest making it residential parcels then. Here's a way to do it:[/quote:7uzcpgmq]
Hehe.... for a "non-citizen" of our community, I would say that TOP continues to contribute words and ideas with a volume un-matched by any "citizen". 
... What was that TOP, about stepping away from SL ? Thank you for your continual stream of thoughts!
I like a very great deal this new initiative which Aliasi has launched to re-develop this area. Last year, there was some discussion about this project, and a number of interesting ideas were shared. At that time, we looked at both the area in question (the FORMER Altenburg)(perhaps we should call it the Neustadt?) and the area occupied by the Schloss. It was thought that a strong option, then, was to remove the Schloss, with the thought that the combined area could be the home of the School, the Scientific Council (or other judicial function) and residencies.... also perhaps embassies or other semi governmental uses. (like a post office! )
With Samantha's wonderful work on the Schloss, I sense that the Schloss is now a permanent landmark in the city. I honestly think that's great. She has added as much to the build as Kendra did in creating it... its a fascinating and wonderful place. So, I think we direct our attention now to the vacant area (and perhaps also to the empty volume under the dance floor of the Schloss).
I feel TOP's plan is a good start. I have one important comment however. TOP's plan preserves the existing features of this area, the straight street, the bridge, the "artificial" water and the pit that it's in. The old plan of the city always had the street arranged like this (kind of anomalous, don't you think, for the supposed "old section" of the city?). But the bridge, pit, water, pipes... these are all added as a "temporary" measure after the "first great civil war", in which Kendra packed up all her things in this area and left.
I would suggest that we look at this area a bit more freshly, not trying to preserve any of the existing elements. After all, when Neualtenburg was originally built, this area looked NOTHING like this... it was quite literally a Platz surrounded by public buildings... a place for meetings of the community. Indeed, my very first exposure to our community was a public meeting held by Pendari Lorentz, in this platz, intended to introduce new and interested people to the experiment then called Neualtenburg. That was in December 2004, and the community was already 6 months old!
I'll try to locate the old dicussion thread, and link it here. I am *SO* happy that this project is being looked at again. I know that this small project will not detract from the current process of planning our third sim... I look forward to both becoming great improvements to our community.
{ EDIT} Threads located... sadly, picture links broken (so much for the "advantage" of linked images rather that "embedded" images). But, these might serve to refresh our thoughts:
http://forums.neufreistadt.info/viewtop ... rg&start=0
http://forums.neufreistadt.info/viewtop ... =altenburg
Sudane.....
