====== Points of Interest ====== There are several districts of Gotham, many with one or more points of interest. ===== Amusement Mile ===== * [[Allentown Hotel]] is an architectural marvel * [[Drake Hotel]] is a world-class establishment * [[Woman’s Athletic Club]] - a venue for sports events of all kinds from tennis to boxing * [[Ninth Presbyterian Church]] - membership is a social status symbol more than a religious one * [[Henderson's Department Store]] - has their biggest and most prestigious department store in this district ===== Arkham Island ===== * [[Arkham Asylum|Arkham State Sanitarium for the Criminally Insane]] home of the criminally insane of Gotham * [[Old Arkham Docks|Old Arkham Docks]]--old whaling port area * [[Welders Row|Welders Row]]--light industrial section on Arkham ===== Blackgate Isle ===== * [[Blackgate Prison]] is home to Gotham's most notorious criminals. * [[Statue of Justice|Statue of Justice]]--important city landmark * [[Ruined Lighthouse|Ruined Lighthouse]]--abandoned structure outside the prison walls. ===== Blanchaven ===== * [[Pig Stickers|Pig Stickers]] best South Carolina style barbecue in New Jersey * [[police_airships| The Police Airship Fleet]] of 2 blimps is based in this district. * [[The Old Sail Factory|The Old Sail Factory]]--huge abandoned building * [[the_lumiere|The Lumiere]]--large movie house * [[Jersey Rag and Paper|Jersey Rag and Paper]]--smelly but prosperous paper mill * [[crusty_pete_s|Crusty Pete's]]--nasty dive bar * [[Dagon's Best Processing Plant|Dagon's Best Processing Plant]]--fish cannery of dubious nature =====The Bowery==== * [[Murphy's Lament|Murphy's Lament]] a notorious and filthy bar, cheap rotgut, no questions. * [[Wang's Last Secret|Wang's Last Secret]] a dank, basement level bar, a destination of choice for Chinatown outcasts. * [[Eddie's High Life|Eddie's High Life]] in the Bowery, everyone goes to Eddie's. It's an abandoned warehouse turned into a huge bar, it's always crowded, always noisy, all are welcome, except cops. * [[Madam Lily's Tea Room|Madam Lily's Tea Room]] the most famous whorehouse in town, it's huge, cheap and terrible. * [[Nine Lives|Nine Lives]] a bar, with a regular "swap meet" * [[Quarter|Quarter]] a huge flophouse, home to the desperate * [[Soul on the Rocks|Soul on the Rocks]] a shelter and soup kitchen of the Salvation Army ===== Bristol County ===== * [[Stately Wayne Manor|Stately Wayne Manor]]--ancestral "summer home" of the [[the_waynes|Wayne Family]] * [[Palace Hotel and Ballroom|Palace Hotel and Ballroom]] a vacation spot, right outside Gotham, has a very large capacity theater for live performances. * [[Bristol Country Club|Bristol Country Club]] the spot for golf and tennis for the in-crowd * [[Camp Hacker|Camp Hacker]]--abandoned army base from first world war. ===== Chinatown ===== * The [[Dragon's Den]] is a famous restaurant and nightclub in Chinatown, known for its quality Asian cuisine. It is actually a front for the [[Golden Dragons]] gang. * The laundry [[Ping's Cleaners]] is a clever money laundering operation run by the [[Golden Dragons]]. * [[City Wok|City Wok]] favorite Chinese restaurant of non-Chinese * [[Wu's Apothecary|Wu's Apothecary]]--eastern medicine center ===== Coal District ===== * [[Old Coal Arena|Old Coal Arena]] venue for boxing matches and other sporting events. * [[The Arsenal|The Arsenal]] the storage and administrative headquarters for the New Jersey National Guard 5th Battalion. * [[Mt Slagmore|Mt Slagmore]]--an impressive hill of steel-production by-products. * [[Cobblepot Steelworks|Cobblepot Steelworks]]--largest steel producer in New Jersey * [[Gotham Coal Yards|Gotham Coal Yards]]--immense storage zone ===== Coventry ===== * [[kane_library|Kane Library]]--the city's premier library. * [[Coventry Catacombs|Coventry Catacombs]]--underground burial area. * [[st._peter_s_cathedral|St. Peter's Cathedral]] seat of Catholic Archbishop * [[temple_shalom_gotham|Temple Shalom Gotham]] important synagogue ===== Crest Hill ===== * [[The Goose and Also Goose|The Goose and Also Goose]]--former colonial tavern, now elegant tea room * [[The Old Tower|The Old Tower]] a mysterious relic building * [[The Grimsby Building|The Grimsby Building]] a stodgy apartment building with a closed floor * [[The Classic Ballroom|The Classic Ballroom]]--a favorite spot for classy events * [[The Silver Moon|The Silver Moon]]--a major dealer in antique silver ===== Crime Alley ===== * [[team_c_headquarters|Team C Headquarters]] secret lair of our heroes, 233 Leaderton Boulevard. * [[Sluggo's|Sluggo's]] best bar in Crime Alley. * [[The Crime Alley Alleys|The Crime Alley Alleys]] best bowling alley in town. * [[Hotel Guano|Hotel Guano]] a favorite of nearly no one. * [[Marv's Pawn Shop|Marv's Pawn Shop]] a front for fencing and loan sharking * [[The Toreador|The Toreador]]--large, if run down, vaudeville and movie house * [[Filbert's Shipping|Filbert's Shipping]] a warehouse that's actually a big gambling joint * [[Our Lady of Divine Retribution]] - A small apostolic community of Benedictine sisters who serve the underclass of Gotham ===== Diamond District ===== * [[Aftagen]] is a medical technology firm that is well before its time. It produces biotechnical achievements beyond its years in the heart of Gotham. * [[Max's Gems]] is one of the larger jewelers in the Diamond district. It was once the home of safecrackers who honed their skill against a score of safe deposit boxes in Max's basement. The building that Max once owned is now a ruined shell following the [[the_great_gotham_fire_of_1911|fire of 1911]]. * [[Gotham Tower Apartments]] is the premiere location for upcoming singletons of means who aren't old money. * [[Facets Nightclub]] is a place for new money to meet and mingle in the Diamond District. It is clean and nondescript, a perfect blank canvas for whatever their stepford-wife-like patrons want it to be. ===== East End ===== * The [[East End Mortuary]] is an [[East Siders]] money laundering front as well as the premiere option for gang members who meet their maker. * [[Futura Radium Works|Futura Radium Works]] is an advanced factory processing and using various products containing radium and other radioactives. * [[The Orpheum|The Orpheum]] a once great theater, fallen on hard times * [[Sisters of Mercy Clinic|Sisters of Mercy Clinic]] a small Catholic hospital * [[Bucca de Fagaccini|Bucca de Fagaccini]] one of the city's finest Italian restaurants * [[east_gotham_technical_college|East Gotham Technical College]]--new institution for technical education * [[Columbus Social Club|Columbus Social Club]]--headquarters of the Maroni family * [[Smedley's|Smedley's East]]--big discount department store ===== Fashion District ===== * [[Gotham Hats|Gotham Hats]]--old hat manufacturer * [[Myrtle May's!!|Myrtle May's!!]]--popular women's fashion house * [[The Grand Haberdasharium|The Grand Haberdasharium]]--famous men's clothier * [[Richards Fashions|Richards Fashions]]--volume producer of ordinary clothes * [[Chuck's Fashion Storehouse|Chuck's Fashion Storehouse]]--large warehouse for garment industry * [[Fashion Boulevard Cafeteria|Fashion Boulevard Cafeteria]]--swell, huge, but hardly fashionable ===== Financial District ===== * [[The Brentwood Room|The Brentwood Room]] where rich men meet rich women, so they can have rich kids. * [[Gotham Commodity Exchange|Gotham Commodity Exchange]] important financial marketplace * [[Harbor Street|Harbor Street]] main drag of the district * [[Wiseport Consulting|Wiseport Consulting]]--a high stakes loan shark. =====Gotham Heights===== * [[Cheeseball's|Cheeseball's]]--celebrity owned eatery * [[Revolutionary Front Command Post|Revolutionary Front Command Post]]--communist headquarters ===== Gotham Proper ===== * [[gotham_general|Gotham General Hospital]] is the main facility for the ill to receive treatment in Gotham. * [[St. Luke's Hospital]] The other hospital in this district is less of a hospital and more of a disaster waiting to happen. The staff is over worked, underpaid, and all the gang violence ends up at this urban hospital. * [[gotham_high_school|Gotham Central High School]] is located in the district of Gotham Proper. * [[Gotham University]] is located in the district of Gotham Proper. * [[The Falcon Club|The Falcon Club]] premier place for proper gentlemen to meet. * [[Cuban Pete's|Cuban Pete's]] fashionable night spot * [[wayne_building|The Wayne Building]] home to Wayne Tech and various bigwigs. * [[wgot|WGOT studios]] Gotham's premier radio station. * [[the_gotham_gazette|The Gotham Gazette]]--jewel in the Elliot's media empire * [[gotham_federal_courthouse|Federal Courthouse]] a small courthouse for federal trials, has small FBI and Marshal's offices. ===== Gotham Village ===== * [[jersey_teachers_college_gotham|Jersey Teachers' College, Gotham]] - Gotham branch of state system * [[The New Trotsky Theater|The New Trotsky Theater]] - Avant-garde venue for live theater * [[Saturday Art Swap|Saturday Art Swap]] - Traditional open air art market * [[Finger Gallery|Finger Gallery]] - Important commercial art gallery * [[Angel Guardian Home]] - Catholic orphanage stressed to the breaking point by the financial collapse =====Little Italy===== * [[Opera House| Opera House]] one of the premier cultural institutions of the city * [[St. Augustine's Church|St. Augustine's Church]] Catholic basilica * [[Luigi's Pizza|Luigi's Pizza]] first pizza parlor in Gotham * [[New York--Gotham Accounting Services|New York--Gotham Accounting Services]]--headquarters for the [[falcone_family|Falcone Family]] ===== Old Gotham ===== * [[City Hall|City Hall]]--seat of city government * [[police_department_hierarchy|Police Headquarters]]--office of commissioner and inspectors as well as the local precinct. * [[City Courthouse|City Courthouse]]--city judges, court rooms, D.A. office. * [[City Jail|City Jail]]--for those awaiting trial,or serving short sentences. * [[the_herald|The Herald Newspaper Building]]--Gotham's worst paper. * [[wham|WHAM]] studios, one of Gothams best radio stations. * [[silas_wayne|Wayne Shipping Headquarters]]--offices send warehouses * [[the_cobblepots|Transworld Shipping Complex]]--offices and warehouses. * [[Cobblepot Towers|Cobblepot Towers]]--brand new development * [[st._george_s_cathedral|St. George's Episcopal Cathedral]] being rebuilt * [[doctor_valiant|Offices of Universal Rescue]]--the city's public do-gooders * [[Dynasty Antiques|Dynasty Antiques]]--fence and front for All-Americans gang. * [[The Bug Hole|The Bug Hole]]--a filthy ruin ===== Otisburg ===== * [[the_daily_tribune|The Daily Tribune Building]] is a scrappy newspaper challenger to [[the Elliots]]. * [[O'Brien's Gym|O'Brien's Gym]]--famous boxing gym * [[Smedley's|Smedley's North]]--big discount department store. * [[Reston Field|Reston Field]]--home to the Gotham Badgers baseball team * [[Club DL|Club DL]]--a speak easy for deviants * [[the_gotham_bugle|The Gotham Bugle Building]]--sensationalist newspaper ===== Robinson Park ===== * [[Rat Rock|Rat Rock]]--unsavory "populated" landmark of the park. * [[Shabby Town|Shabby Town]]--shanty town for the poor * [[The Reservoir|The Reservoir]]--central water supply for the city. * [[Robinson Museum|Robinson Museum]]--the old mansion, converted to a showcase of local art. ===== Slaughter Swamp ===== * [[The Secret Dojo|The Secret Dojo]]--legendary fight site * [[The Legend of Solomon Grundy|Grundy's Tomb]]--legendary haunted spot * [[Dr Swampo|Dr Swampo's Lab]]--legendary site of horrors * [[Boggy Joe's|Boggy Joe's]]--illegal moonshine bar near the dump ===== Somerset ===== * [[Gotham Airport]] is located here in Somerset county * [[Somerset State Police Post|Somerset State Police Post]]--small state police station. * [[Bone Wood Manor|Bone Wood Manor]]--isolated mansion of ill fame ===== Tricorner ===== * [[The Hagshead Lounge]] is a notorious strip club still does a reasonable business in this district despite the fact that it is ground down with peeling paint and cracking mortar. * [[The Silver Princess]] is a half-finished passenger liner rotting in its slip that is the home for squatters and drunks. * [[End of the World Hotel|End of the World Hotel]]--big abandoned hotel with sinister reputation