Quarter is supposed to be a city shelter and welfare agency for the Bowery, run by Erma Wood, however, Wood has embezzled all the funds. She has taken the old Gotham Screen Door factory and simply thrown open the doors and placed signs everywhere saying “City Shelter, All Are Welcome”. It is dirty and unsafe and crowded with whatever bums and fugitives who show up each night. It is incredibly dangerous, and scarcely a week goes by without a stabbing or beating.