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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
-===== 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
-  * [[Futura Radium Works|Futura Radium Works]] is an advanced factory processing and using various products containing radium and other radioactives.
+===== Blackgate Isle =====
+  * [[Blackgate Prison]] is home to Gotham's most notorious criminals.
+===== Bludhaven =====
+  * [[Pig Stickers|Pig Stickers]] best South Carolina style barbecue in New Jersey
+  * The [[police|Gotham Police]] air wing launches its two-blimp fleet of [[police_airships|airships]] from this district.
+=====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
+===== 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
+===== Coal District =====
+  * [[Old Coal Arena|Old Coal Arena]] venue for boxing matches and other sporting events.
+===== Coventry =====
+===== Crest Hill =====
+===== 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
 ===== 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.  [[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]].
+  * [[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 Moroni family
+===== Fashion District =====
+===== Financial District =====
+  * [[The Brentwood Room|The Brentwood Room]] where rich men meet rich women, so they can have rich kids.
 ===== Gotham Proper =====
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   * [[Gotham 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.
-=====The Bowery====
-  * [[Murphy's Lament|Murphy's Lament]] a notorious and filthy bar, cheap rotgut, no questions.
+===== Gotham Village =====
-  * [[Wang's Last Secret|Wang's Last Secret]] a dank, basement level bar, a destination of choice for Chinatown outcasts.
+  * [[jersey_teachers_college_gotham|Jersey Teachers' College, Gotham]]--Gotham branch of state system
-  * [[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
+=====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]]
-===== Chinatown =====
+===== 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
-  * 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]].
+===== 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
+===== Robinson Park =====
+  * [[Rat Rock|Rat Rock]]
+  * [[Shabby Town|Shabby Town]]
+  * [[The Reservoir|The Reservoir]]
+  * [[Robinson Museum|Robinson Museum]]--the old mansion, converted to a showcase of local art.
+===== Slaughter Swamp =====
+===== Somerset =====
 ===== 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.
-===== Blackgate Isle =====
-  * [[Blackgate Prison]] is home to Gotham's most notorious criminals.
-=====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