diff --git a/animation-server/src/main.cpp b/animation-server/src/main.cpp
index 4d0577b960..47cf94ff2e 100644
--- a/animation-server/src/main.cpp
+++ b/animation-server/src/main.cpp
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@
 #endif
 
 bool shouldShowPacketsPerSecond = false; // do we want to debug packets per second
-bool includeBillboard = true; 
-bool includeBorderTracer = true;
-bool includeMovingBug = true;
+bool includeBillboard = false; 
+bool includeBorderTracer = false;
+bool includeMovingBug = false;
 bool includeBlinkingVoxel = false;
-bool includeDanceFloor = true;
+bool includeDanceFloor = false;
+bool buildStreet = false;
 
 
 const int ANIMATION_LISTEN_PORT = 40107;
@@ -616,6 +617,62 @@ static void sendBillboard() {
     }
 }
 
+bool roadInitialized = false;
+const int ROAD_WIDTH_METERS  = 3.0f;
+const int BRICKS_ACROSS_ROAD = 32;
+const float ROAD_BRICK_SIZE = 0.125f/TREE_SCALE; //(ROAD_WIDTH_METERS / TREE_SCALE) / BRICKS_ACROSS_ROAD; // in voxel units
+const int ROAD_LENGTH = 1.0f / ROAD_BRICK_SIZE; // in bricks
+const int ROAD_WIDTH  = BRICKS_ACROSS_ROAD; // in bricks
+glm::vec3 roadPosition(0.5f - (ROAD_BRICK_SIZE * BRICKS_ACROSS_ROAD), 0.0f, 0.0f);
+//glm::vec3 roadPosition(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
+const int BRICKS_PER_PACKET = 32; // guessing
+const int PACKETS_PER_ROAD = VOXELS_PER_PACKET / (ROAD_LENGTH * ROAD_WIDTH);
+
+void doBuildStreet() {
+    if (roadInitialized) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    PACKET_TYPE message = PACKET_TYPE_SET_VOXEL_DESTRUCTIVE; // we're a bully!
+    static VoxelDetail details[BRICKS_PER_PACKET];
+    unsigned char* bufferOut;
+    int sizeOut;
+
+    for (int z = 0; z < ROAD_LENGTH; z++) {
+        for (int x = 0; x < ROAD_WIDTH; x++) {
+
+            int nthVoxel = ((z * ROAD_WIDTH) + x);
+            int item = nthVoxel % BRICKS_PER_PACKET;
+            
+            glm::vec3 brick = roadPosition + glm::vec3(x * ROAD_BRICK_SIZE, 0, z * ROAD_BRICK_SIZE);
+
+            details[item].s = ROAD_BRICK_SIZE;
+            details[item].x = brick.x;
+            details[item].y = brick.y;
+            details[item].z = brick.z;
+
+            unsigned char randomTone = randIntInRange(118,138);
+            details[item].red   = randomTone;
+            details[item].green = randomTone;
+            details[item].blue  = randomTone;
+            
+            if (item == BRICKS_PER_PACKET - 1) {
+                if (createVoxelEditMessage(message, 0, BRICKS_PER_PACKET, (VoxelDetail*)&details, bufferOut, sizeOut)){
+                    ::packetsSent++;
+                    ::bytesSent += sizeOut;
+                    if (true || ::shouldShowPacketsPerSecond) {
+                        printf("building road sending packet of size=%d\n", sizeOut);
+                    }
+                    NodeList::getInstance()->broadcastToNodes(bufferOut, sizeOut, &NODE_TYPE_VOXEL_SERVER, 1);
+                    delete[] bufferOut;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    roadInitialized = true;
+}
+
+
 double start = 0;
 
 
@@ -645,6 +702,10 @@ void* animateVoxels(void* args) {
             sendDanceFloor();
         }
         
+        if (::buildStreet) {
+            doBuildStreet();
+        }
+        
         uint64_t end = usecTimestampNow();
         uint64_t elapsedSeconds = (end - ::start) / 1000000;
         if (::shouldShowPacketsPerSecond) {
@@ -688,6 +749,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
     const char* NO_DANCE_FLOOR = "--NoDanceFloor";
     ::includeDanceFloor = !cmdOptionExists(argc, argv, NO_DANCE_FLOOR);
 
+    const char* BUILD_STREET = "--BuildStreet";
+    ::buildStreet = cmdOptionExists(argc, argv, BUILD_STREET);
+
     // Handle Local Domain testing with the --local command line
     const char* showPPS = "--showPPS";
     ::shouldShowPacketsPerSecond = cmdOptionExists(argc, argv, showPPS);
@@ -700,6 +764,11 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
         nodeList->setDomainIPToLocalhost();
     }
 
+    const char* domainIP = getCmdOption(argc, argv, "--domain");
+    if (domainIP) {
+        NodeList::getInstance()->setDomainIP(domainIP);
+    }
+
     nodeList->linkedDataCreateCallback = NULL; // do we need a callback?
     nodeList->startSilentNodeRemovalThread();