Obviously the title is a spoiler, but this is the issues forum and I think this is an issue. I've searched on these forums (briefly I must admit) and can't find anything, but have searched the net and found a couple links.

Basically I've done a couple of the civil war quests and got to the point after the pale part. So Whiterun was attached and I fended them off. They got through the first barrier, but not the second. I went with the Legion.

After this, nearly the whole of Whiterun went back to normal - except for one bit. A small area around the big tree. My progress of events:

- Started civil war
- Stormcloaks attacked Whiterun
- Came back a couple days later after battle and city back to normal.
- Area around tree was still war-torn
- Went and got the sap for the tree
- Tree grew pretty flowers
- Area around tree was still war-torn

What I want to do is just fix the city. Oddly enough I have done the civil war quest before - and it didn't turn out like this, it was fully repaired. But I can't remember what I did on that play through. I do think both barriers were broken through and I was at a lower level (I think I was about level 25 this time through).

Links I've found:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2264590
http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/496112-whiterun-be-repaired/

What I'm going to try is:
http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3561

Which is essentially two console commands:
- fc90b.disable
- fc90c.enable

It is a small thing mind you, doesn't affect gameplay, just city is odd looking around the tree. Sorry, no screenshots from me, but the Nexus link above has a screenshot which is exactly how the city looks.

What I'm wondering
- Has anyone else encountered this?
- Does the 1.4 patch fix this (haven't tried it, doesn't look like the changelog mentions it)?
- Would finishing the entire civil war fix this? (I'm thinking not, but will try this first).

Thanks for any help!

Thought I'd just add to this in case anyone else has had this problem.

1) I completed the Civil War quest - made no difference.
2) I ran the console commands - fixed the city, but after a while it went back to being destroyed.
3) Updated to 1.4 beta.
4) Ran console commands again, city fixed.
5) Played other quests, couple in-game days passed.
6) Went back to Whiterun - still fixed.

So in my case the console commands worked - I think the 1.4 patch helped, but not entirely sure.

In any case, I've noticed a difference with the 1.4 patch:
- Generally better FPS in complex areas (Markarth used to be slightly slower)
- Game doesn't crash every 10 minutes
- But I still get the pink/purple textures sometimes

Anyways, hope this helps other people that have similiar issues!