A glorious place, a glorious age, I tell you! A very Neon Renaissance - And the myths that actually touched you at that time - not Hercules, Orpheus, Ulysses and Aeneas - but Superman, Captain Marvel, Batman.
- Tom [Thomas Kennerly, Jr.] Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
SUBURBIA
40 Hearnsgate Caern
Outside of the City stands a ring of raised ground, part of the Native Indian serpent mounds that dot the Americas. Local tribes believed it was a portal or gateway into the realms of the Spirit and that Keichi Manitou could be spoken to through this doorway.
22 The Sodium Switchblades Football Stadium
Delaney House
Delaney House is a home for runaways and a treatment center for the abused, run by Jessie Delaney & Paolo Demarco. Set among the palacial estates of Gothams suburbs, Delaney House rubs shoulders with the mansions of the old money on Dark Drive.
23 The Gotham Mall
1 The Arkham Asylum
The Arkham Asylum for the criminally insane has hosted some of Americas most frightening recidivists in the past amidst squalor and degradation. That however changed five years ago when many of its worse patients were moved up state to make way for a more proactive and progressive program. The Institute still houses a small amount of dangerous patients, but not in the numbers it once did.
37 Gotham Nature Preserve
A vast track of land reserved for wildlife and natural beauty. The Garou Bawn.
UPTOWN
The Northern most district of Gotham City Stretches From Neon City in the South across the Gotham canal, taking in the Business district, to the Airport and the boondocks in the North. Its Western edge blends into Suburbia, and its Eastern limits reach to the sea and looks across to the Twin Isles of the Crabs. This sprawling metropolis is truly a sparkling jewel in Gotham's crown. City Hall shares space with Dusk industries and The Museum.
Etienne St Claire, Clan Toreador Primogen and Keeper of Elysium, makes it his mission to promote Gotham as a city of bohemian splendour. With access to the Princes ear, the Sinclair family fortunes and support from Ashlar Industries at his disposal he has succeeded in his goal.
7 Club Harlequin
A speak easy atmosphere even though there is no prohibition. Cabaret and dance, big band and ostentation are the order of an evening at the Harlequin. A Hedonists play ground of art decco fountains and glittering mirror balls. And beyond the main restaurant and stage there is Gotham's largest Casino.
3 The Annex
An Artist commune and Gallery, including a school for the performing arts. This listed building once housed the Gotham Philharmonic orchestra, before the Repertory was built for them. Recently the Community has gained a small amount of prestige due to the work of a silver smith.
5 Gotham Towers
This modern sky scraper boasts the highest priced apartments on the east coast. While any of the apartment buildings around it would be worthy of praise in any city, even their opulence and majesty pales in comparison to the daddy of them all. Only Dusk towers rises above its height, and even that cannot match its eye catching Architecture.
6 Gotham Zoo
Gotham Park
GOTHAM THEATRE DISTRICT
On the South Western Edge of the uptown district is Gotham's Theatre district. The Bohemian sprawl of the genteel and the elite is contained on either side by the Gotham River and overlooks Suburbia and Gotham's water sports lake to the West.
12 The Gotham Exposition Centre
A Large and modern building that has housed many of Gotham's Conventions and exhibitions. An ever changing display of the diversity of life and cultures within the city.
13a Sammies Diner
13b The Gotham City Museum And Egyptology Wing
A squat but pleasant Art Decco structure houses one of Americas greatest collections. The GCM is noted for its Egyptology department and its late opening hours.
10 The St Clair Reparatory
Newly built home of the Gotham Philharmonic Orchestra.
THE BUSINESS DISTRICT
2 Dusk Industries
One of Five world-wide Mega-corporations with offices in Gotham. It is in fact their Western HQ. The Huge Gothic edifice of Dusk industries, in fact two towers, is the largest building in Gotham.
4 Melcom International
Melcom International is company on the cutting edge of Medical and scientific research. Its achievements include contracts with Nasa, the WHO, WWFfN and several Aids charities.
(A) Crosby Enterprises Inc
Crosby Enterprises Situated in two towers south of the Gotham Canal is at the Northern most edge of Uptown. Enjoying the ammenities of the Business district without being part of it. CES specialises in many feilds in the media market including Television, Radio, and Publishing. It also holds defense contracts and is at the cutting edge of research and development.
(B) Virtual Dark Ltd
A world-wide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software, any time, any place and on any device.
(C) Ashlar Industries
Starting out as a Fashion house in London in the fifties, Ashlar has gone on to be an umbrella organisation for designers, Architects and an international auction house in its own right. Today Ashlar boasts a commercial Airline, a fleet of cruise ships, communication networks and personnel agencies, Banking concerns and a film studio.
(D) Goth Corp PLC
With many of Gotham's business men on the board of Directors, Goth Corp is a vast company with its finger in too many pies to mention.
DOWNTOWN:
CHINATOWN, LOW RENTS VILLE, LITTLE EGYPT, LITTLE ITALY & DARKTOWN.
How many city safety regulations exist? The answer depends on the district.
In the uptown districts, the list is endless. In the Ghetto districts South of the city centre, Chinatown, Low rentsville, Darktown, almost none. Garbage and other fire hazards, blocked access routes, faulty fire hydrants and vandalised phones. A building with every window pane unbroken is a challenge here and won't last long.
Without exception, every shop in downtown has a strong grill over the windows and a shotgun under the counter. Business survival down here is a matter of siege mentality. The community knows it can expect no aid from the police or other services. The Gang colours here are a far better security force than any of the boys in blue. Every area has its attendant gang of teenagers and trouble makers. Drug dealers wait by jacked up hot rods while prostitutes walk the streets wherever they can be assured of high visibility and a quick escape. Pawn shops and grocery stores share the ground with diners and doss houses, serving the community in a variety of ways.
Downtown is the southern sprawl of Gotham. Within its degradation are several ghettos. To the West is Little italy and Darktown, whose projects include Le Quartier Haitien while the Eastern most section by the bay is Chinatown. Central Downtown consists of Low rentsville and Cardboard city, with Little Egypt, the small Gypsy Ghetto on the eastern boarder with China town.
24 Little Italy
Darktown & (25) Le Quarter Haitian
Darktown is the Afro American Ghetto, sometimes reffered to as the Projects by the politically correct or the Hood by its denizens.
14 Gotham Police Head Quarters
The home of Gotham's Finest is a large and ominous building.
16 The Lachrymatory
This new club has been set up in an old Church on the west bank of the Gotham River. It uses the Christian symbology in its design with Stained glass windows depicting raves, a DJ in the pulpit and the toilets in the Vestry. The Alter/stage is dominated by one of the largest baptismal fonts in the world. A huge stone dish shaped chalice with a 6 foot circumferance. The organ, Alter and pews remain. The Choirs stalls are the bar. The crypt is left for activities best left to dim lighting.
17 - DV8
Right in the heart of downtown is a new Club, DV8, run my Gotham's newest Bachelor and heir to a family fortune.
34 Moorgate Subway Station
The site of an awful Train crash! 147 people lost their lives when a signal man had a heart attack at the wheel(?) of a subway train. (The real Moorgate is in London. It is a good example of how I envision Haunts. I include it here as a testimony to those people who died in the real crash, which is more horrific due to higher numbers of lost lifes and the real reason the train crashed)
28 Little Egypt
33 The Haze and China Town
A series of alleyways and shops in Chinatown. Among the pawn shops, high tech electrical goods,massage parlors and restaurants is the Ackril fireworks factory. Head quarters of Khan Ackril, the Oriental Crime lord and leader of the Tongs.
29 Toby wong's Garage
The Garage and Workshop of one Toby wong; Mechanic, Car 'refurbisher' and engineering genius.
27 Temple Of The Five Dragons
A Shinto temple and martial Arts dojo run by Orange robed monks. The Temple of the Five Dragons, nestled in the centre of Chinatown, is popular with fitness fanatics and seekers of wisdom alike. From the air one can just see how the roads and contours of the land spread away from this focal point and should one attempt to join the dots formed by important locations elsewhere in the city ....
26 The Chaste Dragon
A discreet bar and Bordello catering to the discerning Customer.
31 St Bridgets Church
Almost within sight of the Chaste Dragon and Cardboard City, St Bridgets Pastor, Father Bellamy runs a free soup kitchen and homeless centre. He has also co-opted two doctors into giving free health care once a week on a Tuesday.
32 Cardboard City
East of the Chaste Dragon and St Bridgets is a large expanse of waste-ground littered with derelict buildings. It is here that the majority of Gotham's homeless and destitute dwell. Cardboard city is also home to a large pack of feral dogs who have found the Bum's the perfect company.
NEON CITY: The Rack
South of the business district and North of Downtown is Neon City, a squalid and enterprising band of small businesses, Clubs, Casino's, bars and book makers. To most of Gotham's well to do, Neon City and Downtown are indistinguishable from each other. However, to residents of Neon City, the small comfort of being able to look down on the residents of the slums and ghettos is vitally important.
21 Raindogs
Deep in the heart of the Neon City, rests a typical Bar. Raindog's has long been recognised as a haunt for those that no one else will tolerate. The under classes are here, those that no one else will love. They have a saying in Neon City; "Everyone comes to Raindog's"
You can find it on the main drag, it's easy to spot-if you can't see the neon bottles of Bud and Rolling Rock, pouring hour after hour in the windows, there's the big red neon sign over the door. It's kind of a give-away, sure, but in Neon City you don't win prizes for taste or subtlety.
20 Mike's Place Occult store & Bookshop
Supplier of both the mundane and the truly exotic suppliers of the craft, Mike's place is a freindly and enigmatic store patronised by a variety of different individuals. It has regular talks and lectures from guests as well as serving as a meeting place and contact board for Occultists.
Gotham Legal Services
Gotham Legal services has recently opened up in Neon City, a small light in the darkness of the Ghetto. Run by the fiery Mara Ravenclaw, formerly of Seattle, the company has already made a mark for itself as a champion of the people.
THE BAY
15 The Colt Mansion
If you know anything about the Winchester Ghost house, then you will know about this place. Its a direct rip off. (hey plagerism and the real world are sometimes much better than hard work and fiction)
8 Isle Of Crabs Funfair
Until three years ago, the Larger of the Twin Isles of Crabs housed a huge amusement park. Now sadly closed down for renovations that never began it sits quiet and forlorn in the bay waiting investment and a new lease of life.
11 Isle Of Crabs Caern
The Smaller of the two Islands is popular with fishermen and water sports enthusiasts alike.
30 Khan Akril's Palace
The Headquarters and personal pleasure Dome of the Oriental Crimeboss and his united Tong's.
39 The Peliponisia
The Wreck of the Peliponisia pleasure boat used to be popular with divers and Tourist trips but recent accidents have forced the City council to cordon it off while plans are made to make it safe by removal or detonation.
36 The Docks
Gotham's ancient Lighthouse sits out on a promatory and greets ships as they enter the bay. Amidst the Docks that made Gotham such a vital port in the last century several warehouses have been converted into Yuppie appartments, sound studios or even cheap office complexes.
41 The Reclamation Industrial Area
South of the Gotham River is the vast industrial complex that houses much of Gotham's employers. Factories and industry dominate the once water logged marshlands that marked the southern most reaches of the city. The Freight airport has also helped keep the district from going under. Changing Breeds, Native Americans and sensitive mortals have long held that a powerful secret is hidden somewhere to the south of the city and it is not unusual for members of the supernatural community to hunt here in the hope of finding something.
35 The Sunless Kingdoms
Down below, the underground. The Bowels of the City. And, as with all things, the condition of the bowels are a good indication of the condition of the entity as a whole.