City of Havana

City of Havana
Survival 2
Clockwise from top: Grand Central Station seen from the harbour, ReNDoG's statue, Mediterranean buildings on Westgate road
Settlement
World	Survival 2
Founded	2nd September, 2017
Mayor(s)	_edo,  Brianetta,  darparniox
Contributors	Council:  Aeghu,  FredRaket,  marbou9,  Sam_Argos,  Skelleton123
Location	X= -1850 Y= 64 Z= 4200
Transport	SRN Grand Central Station NTN Hub

Havana was a prominent city in the Survival 2 world. It was founded on September 2^nd 2017, the same day the Survival 2 world was launched. It is located ~1500 blocks south of Spawn and can be easily reached via the railway track departing from Spawn Station. In Havana players would arrive at Grand Central Station which was the centre of the SRN and the NTN. Havana also provided the basic needs for the starting player: food, wood, stone, maps (Great Survival Map project), enchanting, etc.

Style

The stylistic objective of Havana was to create a urban, dense and 'lived-in' city with a summery and welcoming atmosphere. There was no intention to replicate real life Havana, but several aspects have been used as inspiration.

Building topography regulations are in place to achieve this:

• Buildings must be built without gaps between them, unless otherwise discussed. Frequently, blind walls are required.
• Buildings must consider their surroundings before themselves.
• Multi-story buildings are recommended.
• Green-space should be limited and deliberate - 'spare' space should be occupied by urban features.

Aesthetic ideas are suggested to achieve this:

• Modern era - 19^th and 20^th century architecture.
• 21^st century, Art Deco, or Neo-Gothic elements may fit.
• Bright colours! Usually, through terracotta or concrete.
• Warm and summery palette/elements. Eg. Sandstone, parrots, palm trees, etc..

City Management

Famous ReNDoG statue on the savanna hill of Havana

Havana had a unique management style and citizenship process. The city was founded on being holistic and inclusive. These principles manifested in many ways.

Decisions were made considering as many opinions as possible, which meant that discussions were usually long and extensive. This ensured that the city was created cohesively, but discussion often became exhaustive and left members temporarily demotivated. Havana was occasionally criticized for being too slow to react or too bureaucratic.

The citizenship process involved creating a public build and making sure it fit the city. This often involved discussion on the build itself, then a design process in creative, before the build was made in Survival 2. The process was a heavy ask for new citizens compared to the processes of other cities. No fee was in place to start building, which meant that there was a low barrier to entry to start an application, but a high barrier to finish that application. The result was many unfinished or slightly unsatisfactory builds throughout the city, which would take extra effort from the council to fix retrospectively.

Ultimately, the management practices of the city meant a lot of extra work for citizens and council/mayors, but it is unlikely that the unique feel of the city would be present without them.

History

Very first sketch of Havana layout, by _edo, in June 2017

Conception

Havana was conceptualized in June 2017 primarily by _edo, with Brianetta and darparniox. The city was born as a response to the wider Spawn area, after the trio held frustrations during the building of Spawn Station as a SRN delegation. Havana was intended to be a much more practical and cohesive settlement than Spawn.

Plans for the city centre were refined and building styles experimented with in the following month. Skelleton123 and then Aeghu were recruited during this process and the city centre was almost entirely finalized by mid-August and ready for Survival 2 launch.

Early Days and the New Year

The initial Havana builders team

Survival 2 launched on the 2^nd of September 2017 and construction of the city began immediately. The central plaza, Noob Square, and a temporary base underneath were the first to be built. The iconic 'Ren Mountain' statue, Grand Central Station, and Havana City Hall were all complete or close to it nearing the end of September. Activity had begun in the desert industrial area of the city. Two iron farms were built by marbou9, who became the first citizen of the city and would join the city council soon after.

Before the end of the year, the recognizable Havana Promenade was built, as well as the beginnings of the city block alongside it, with many urban builds, such the El Floridita cafe. Three brothers, herocreep221, heroblaze224 and ScaryMJDiamcreep built an awkward cookie factory in the north which was later remedied somewhat by a design overhaul. A zoo further west had been laid out with some inhabitants, bathhouses were built in the east, and the first embassy of another city was built by the Akkaran mayors.

Building activity was steady but slowly declined in the following four months. Large builds included botanical gardens that were built next to the zoo, the SRN's Headquarters in the city centre, Havana Library opened, as well as the Art Museum with all Minecraft paintings.

Post Base-tour Rush

Westgate road buildings, during the base tour rush

The first server base tours for Survival 2 with ReNDoG were recorded on the 21ˢᵗ of April, with Skelleton123, darparniox and marbou9 as tour guides. The Havana base tour was the first video to be released onto Youtube on the 24ᵗʰ and created one of the biggest new player rushes in server history. Much of the attention of was on Havana itself and the city became a hive of activity from new and existing players, and buildings under construction at any one time exceeded five for weeks. The resulting months builds included significant expansion to the western roadside and police, hospital and fire buildings, the addition of the slums, two Roman builds in the east, the Great Survival Map building, a large hotel at the northern end of the city, the Havana map art gallery, phantom shelter (believed the be the first on the server), and water treatment facility, among other builds. During this time, a writing competition was also run through the Havana Library, by Sam_Argos.

Through June, July and August, activity steadied but was still constant, as newer citizens grew into the city community. During this period, much of city activity was catch-up work and tying up loose ends from the previous busy period.

Later Stages and Survival 3

View of the completed 'post-office' block

A small handful of citizens at the end of Survival 2

The later stages of the Survival 2 world saw a revival of activity from the older members of the city, adding to and generally finishing up old projects. The Havana Castle was expanded and walls were starting to be built, and the Department Store was finally furnished. A long-planned Post Office was built, and several city blocks received buildings with the intention of completing them. The large Minecraft version museum building was constructed as well as most of the cathedral, west the fortress. A long time after the other two had been banned, the final Cookie Company brother resurfaced and caused angst among the city council, which was partially resolved with trust arrangements. A treasure hunt was held to mark the 1ˢᵗ anniversary of the city, with good attendance and reception.

Activity in the city continued until the final day of Survival 2. The Hydropolian embassy was completed only 12 hours before the closure of the world. Final goodbyes were sent and citizen pictures were made on impromptu seating in the final week.

List of Builds

Build	Location	Creator(s)	Notes
Grand Central Station	Downtown Havana	_edo	Center of Survival 2's SRN
City Hall	Downtown Havana	Aeghu_edo	Information hub for Havana
Starter Farms + Tree Farm	Downtown Havana (stretching North)	_edo  FredRaket	Free-to-use starter farms, including cobblestone, wood, food (wheat) and enchantments. The wood farm was designed by _edo, built in sur2 by Fredraket.
Harbour	Downtown Havana	Skelleton123 _edo	Unfinished, planned for 1.13.2
Lighthouse	Ocean	Mr_Quasi
SRN HQ	Main Road (Southern half)	darparniox	Information hub, donation center and storage for the SRN
SRN Secondary Line Offices	Main Road (Southern half)	darparniox
Grand Survival Map Building	Main Road (Southern half)	Skelleton123	Grand Map positioned vertical, planned to be horizontal in 1.13.2
Quasi's Embassy	Main Road (Southern half)	Mr_Quasi
Akkara Embassy	Main Road (Southern half)	LAK3RS  William278
LilMonster's Hell Shop	Main Road (Northern half)	LilMonsterGaming
Havana Cookie Company (HCC) Shop	Main Road (Northern half)	herocreep221  heroblaze221  ScaryMJDiamCreep Aeghu	Original build by the first two, renovations by the other two
Havana Cookie Company Factory	East of HCC Shop	herocreep221 heroblaze221 ScaryMJDiamCreep Aeghu	Original build by the first two, renovations by the other two
Havana Water	North of HCC Factory	Xman404
Phantom Shelter	Between Akkara Embassy and Slums	Bubblewingss	Never used for actually Phantom protection since the Survival 2 world never upgraded to Minceraft version 1.13
Havana Slums	Between Tree Farm and HCC Factory	SamanthaArgos	Group of buildings. Has its own Wiki page.
Havana Castle	North Entrance of Havana	Skelleton123  marbou9
North Gate	West of Havana Castle	Skelleton123 marbou9 darparniox	Features flags representing all Havana citizens
Cathedral	Between North Gate and Spawn Road Gate	Aeghu	Unfinished
Spawn Road Gate	West of the Cathedral	Skelleton123 marbou9	Gate to the road to Survival 2 Spawn
_gewoon_iemand_'s village	North of Spawn Road Gate	_gewoon_iemand_
Havana Graveyard	North of City Walls	Meetmycat
MC Versions Museum	Museum Road	Arkhangellsk	Exterior finished, interior unfinished
Mob Head Museum	Museum Road	marbou9	Houses one of the two largest Mob Head collections on Survival 2
Hydropolis Embassy	Museum Road	DragonFire441	Not part of all world downloads, built on the last few days of Survival 2
MC Art Museum	Museum Road Library Square	RY44	Houses all Minecraft paintings
Map Art Museum	Museum Road Library Square Havana Promenade	heatjr	Houses map arts made by players
Shrine of the Endergod	Library Square	Dragonranger35 Skelleton123 marbou9	Building(s) by Dragonranger35, terraforming by Skelleton123 & marbou9
Havana Hotel	North of Art Museum	RetroSquirrel
Cookies' Clothing Boutique	East of Hotel	Cookies58_
The Space Bar	East of Cookies' Clothing Boutique	Taqukaq77	Eatery and club
Northern NTN Portal	Between Cathedral and Hotel	_edo
Havana Promenade	Street connecting Library Square to Grand Central Station	Aeghu	Inspired by Paseo del Prado in real life Havana
Havana Library	Library Square Havana Promenade	SamanthaArgos _edo	Houses many books written by players. Designed by SamanthaArgos, built in sur2 by _edo.
Havana Clothing Store	Havana Promenade	Aeghu marbou9
Havana Flower Shop	Havana Promenade	Aeghu SamanthaArgos
Havana Gift Shop	Havana Promenade	Aeghu marbou9
El Floridita Café	Havana Promenade Westgate Road	Aeghu _edo	Restaurante & Bar, considered to be the heart of Havana. A total of 16,384 netherrack was placed to give it a nice red counter
Havana Department Store	West of Grand Central Station Westgate Road	Aeghu marbou9	Place for citizens to create chest shops or exchange cheap building blocks
Construction Site	Westgate Road	_edo	Meant to represent a potential expansion for the Havana Department Store
Quasi's Discs	Westgate Road	Mr_Quasi
Tienda de Pintura Extraordinaire	Westgate Road	SamanthaArgos	Dye shop
Chesire Cat Office Supplies	Westgate Road	SamanthaArgos	Paper/book shop
Redstone Shop & Consulting	Westgate Road	Jarb0ss  Jake_Fabulous
Botanical Gardens	Westgate Road	Jake_Fabulous	Gardens featuring various Minecraft flora
Pet Shop	East of Botanical Gardens	SamanthaArgos
Cyberdog Newsletter	East of Botanical Gardens	SamanthaArgos	Newsletters written by William278
Boxing & Fitness Gym	East of Botanical Gardens	SamanthaArgos
Courtyard + Food Trucks	Enclosed by buildings on: Havana Promenade Westgate Road Road running East of Botanical Gardens	Jarb0ss darparniox	Includes statue of "The Havanian" and graffiti from diorite gangs
Havana Zoo	Westgate Road	Dinosaur_Rider marbou9 Aeghu	Started by Dinosaur_Rider, renovated partially by marbou9 & Aeghu. Remained unfinished
Dino's Minor Goods	Westgate Road	Dinosaur_Rider
Havana Hospital	Westgate Road	Taqukaq77
Chicken Restaurant	North of Havana Hospital	WaterCreeper500
Carnival	North of Havana Hospital	EllenNL
Havana Antiquities	Westgate Road	darparniox
Landscape Company	Westgate Road	Pilotcrafted42
Havana Vet Services & Supplies	Westgate Road	JohJanCal
Mexican Restaurant	Westgate Road	zsmate2014  ArrowsTheHunter	Started by zsmate2014, finished by ArrowsTheHunter
Micromesa Tourism Bureau	Westgate Road	Mrs_Diss
BLP's Chicken & Melon	Westgate Road	badlittlepig
Arrows' Havana Home	Westgate Road	ArrowsTheHunter
Books Galore	Westgate Road	DogLover_Rose	Incomplete
Havana Police Department	Westgate Road	Sergeant_Sparta Cookies58_
Havana Fire Department	Westgate Road	minu_06
DrobotBeast's Hotel	Westgate Road	BrainSmasher_
Stationary Shop	North of Fire Department	endorwitch	Built in the last few days of Survival 2
Archbucks Coffee	South of Havana Antiquities West of Construction Site	Arkhangellsk	Based on Starbucks
Havana Post Office	Riverview Road South of Havana Department Store South of Construction Site	_edo marbou9	Serverwide Post Office to leave other people items. Survival 3's Post Office, also built by _edo, features a similar build pallette.
Yellow House	Riverview Road	xX_DaddyUnicorn_Xx	Oldest house along Riverview Road
Green House	Riverview Road	DivineIngenuity
Burger Bar & BBQ	Riverview Road	bricksburger
Xander's Biological Juices	Riverview Road	xandermuis
Fresh Fish Shop	Riverview Road	Ma1war3
Slime Farm	Door in Harbour (South of GCS)	Skelleton123
Sewer System	Under most roads in Havana	_edo & many others
Brianetta's House	East of Tree Farm	Brianetta
Skeleton Grinder	North of Brianetta's House	Brianetta
Beach Resort	East of Brianetta's House	Taeolas
Wither Temple	Roman District	Brianetta
Domus Brianettae	Roman District	Brianetta	Features a realistic Roman floorplan of a domus. Inspired by Brianetta's real life vacation to Rome.
Temple/Church/Shrine	Roman District	Domino_1	Interior unfinished
Havana Bath House & Spa	Roman District	AtollaBell	Several levels underground, featuring pools, saunas and a bar
Rendog Statue	Ren Mountain Between Downtown Havana & Industrial District	Skelleton123 marbou9	Designed & built by Skelleton123, three stacks of diamond blocks delivered by marbou9
Villager Breeder & Trading Hall	Industrial District (South of Havana)	marbou9 Aeghu
Melon/Pumpkin Farm	Industrial District	Skelleton123
Farming Tower + Citizen Storage	Industrial District	marbou9 _edo	Automatic farms for melons, pumpkins, carrots, potatoes, wheat, seeds and sugarcane
Iron Farms	Industrial District	marbou9 _gewoon_iemand_
Chorus Fruit Farm	Industrial District	ChrisTheWalrus darparniox
Old General Mob Farm	Industrial District (before removed)	OPwrecker	Broken mobfarm that was removed. Used to be between Trading Hall & Chorus Farm
Havana Stables	Industrial District	marbou9  briggsmech
Builder's Storage	Industrial District	Mayors/Builders	Main storage for Havana Builders/Mayors, featuring various minifarms
Cave Spider + Skeleton Farm	Industrial District	AtollaBell
Sapling Farm	Industrial District	KilluaChoun
Slime Farm	Industrial District	Kevinstop AtollaBell
Cow Farm	Industrial District	Camjacko321 _edo
Jake_Fabulous' House Salty Dog Pub	Citizen District (Between Downtown Havana & Industrial District)	Jake_Fabulous
Quasi's Bed & Breakfast	Citizen District	Mr_Quasi
Cyber Dog Arcade	Citizen District	ArrowsTheHunter
Marbou9's House Pub	Citizen District	marbou9
Heatjr's House Ice Cream Shop	Citizen District	heatjr
Dark Grey House	Citizen District	Jarb0ss
Pilotcrafted42's Home	Citizen District	Pilotcrafted42
Kevinstop's House	Citizen District	Kevinstop
Skelly's General Goods Skelly's Residence	Citizen District	Skelleton123	One of multiple Skelly's General Goods stores across Survival 2
Dionysus Dance Pad Darparniox's House	Citizen District	darparniox
Club Wreckastow _edo's and Anthony's House	Citizen District	_edo
Bear Bakery 1F	Citizen District	???	[Please add owner if known]
Cookies' Residence	Citizen District	Cookies58_
Aeghu's Tea & Gifts Aeghu's Residence	Citizen District	Aeghu
Riverside Seating Area	Riverside Road	Pilotcrafted42
Paddle Steamer	Water at Citizen District	WaterCreeper500
Bridge	South of Noob Square	Aeghu darparniox	Designed by Aeghu in creative. Placed, modified and built by darparniox in Survival 2
Bridge	Between Post Office and Citizen District	_edo
Bridge	South of Riverview Road	Bricksburger
Bridge	Between slums and Bath House	Glowlee

Videos

Rendog tours Havana (youtube, 33 min.)

Marbou9 & Didyma tour Havana (twitch.tv, 2h52m)