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 ====== Points of Interest ======
+There are several districts of Gotham, many with one or more points of interest.
-There are several districts of Gotham, each 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
-===== East End =====
+===== Arkham Island =====
-  * The [[East End Mortuary]] is an [[East Siders]] money laundering front as well as the premiere option for gang members who meet their maker.
+  * [[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.
-===== Diamond District =====
+===== Blanchaven =====
-  * [[Aftagen]] is a medical technology firm that is well before its time.  It produces biotechnical achievements beyond its years in the heart of Gotham.
+  * [[Pig Stickers|Pig Stickers]] best South Carolina style barbecue in New Jersey
-  * [[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]].
+  * [[police_airships| The Police Airship Fleet]] of 2 blimps is based in this district.
-  * [[Gotham Tower Apartments]] is the premiere location for upcoming singletons of means who aren't old money.  [[Roberta Henderson]], a Jewish department store owner of renown lives in the tower and holds court nightly in her apartments or the nearby [[Facets Nightclub]].
+  * [[The Old Sail Factory|The Old Sail Factory]]--huge abandoned building
-  * [[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.
+  * [[the_lumiere|The Lumiere]]--large movie house
+  * [[Jersey Rag and Paper|Jersey Rag and Paper]]--smelly but prosperous paper mill
-===== Gotham Proper =====
+  * [[crusty_pete_s|Crusty Pete's]]--nasty dive bar
-  * [[Gotham General Hospital|Gotham General]] is the main facility for the ill to receive treatment in Gotham.
+  * [[Dagon's Best Processing Plant|Dagon's Best Processing Plant]]--fish cannery of dubious nature
-  * [[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]] is located in the district of Gotham Proper.
-  * [[Gotham University]] is located in the district of Gotham Proper.
 =====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.
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-===== Chinatown =====
+===== 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.
-  * There is a half-finished passenger liner rotting in its slip named [[The Silver Princess]] that is the home for squatters and drunks.
+  * [[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
-===== Blackgate Isle =====
-  * [[Blackgate Prison]] is home to Gotham's most notorious criminals.
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