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== Points of Interest ==
 
== Points of Interest ==
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=== Neighborhoods ===
 
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*AmerTek Industries
 
*AmerTek Industries
 
*Big Belly Burger
 
*Big Belly Burger
*Cale-Anderson Pharmaceuticals
 
 
*Daggett Industries
 
*Daggett Industries
 
* Falcone Shipping
 
* Falcone Shipping
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* Wayne Foundation
 
*Wayne Industries
 
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*Wayne Security
   
 
=== Media ===
 
=== Media ===
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* Wayne Manor
 
* Wayne Manor
 
* Wayne Tower
 
* Wayne Tower
* Wonder Tower<br />
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* Wonder Tower
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== Known Inhabitants ==
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=== Heroes ===
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*Azrael
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*Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)
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*[[Bruce Wayne (Earth-8640)|Batman (Bruce Wayne)]]
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*Batwing (Luke Fox)
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* Batwoman (Kate Kane)
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* Huntress (Helena Bertinelli)
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* Robin/Nightwing (Dick Grayson)
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* Robin/Red Hood (Jason Todd)
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* Robin/Red Robin (Tim Drake)
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* Robin (Damian Wayne)
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* Spoiler (Stephanie Brown)
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* The Signal (Duke Thomas)
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=== Villains ===
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* Anarky
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* Arcade
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* Bane
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* Black Mask
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* Blacksun
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* Blockbuster
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* Calendar Man
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*[[Selina Kyle (Earth-8640)|Catwoman]]
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* Clayface
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* Cluemaster
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* Crime Doctor
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* Deadshot
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* Duela Dent
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* Electrocutioner
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* Etrigan
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*[[Harleen Quinzel (Earth-8640)|Harley Quinn]]
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* Hugo Strange
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* Hush
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*[[Joker (Earth-8640)|Joker]]
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* KGBeast
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* Killer Croc
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* Kite-Man
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* Kraven The Hunter
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* Mad Hatter
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* Magpie
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* Man-Bat
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* Maxie Zeus
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* Mister Freeze
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* Nocturna
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* Penguin
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* Poison Ivy
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* Punisher
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* The Riddler
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* Rupert Thorne
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* Scarecrow
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* Scorpion
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* Tombstone
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* Tweedle-Dee
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* Tweedle-Dum
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* Two-Face
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* Typhoid Mary
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* Victor Zsasz<br />
   
   

Latest revision as of 14:15, 24 June 2021

Quote1 Gotham City. Clean shafts of concrete and snowy rooftops. The work of men who died generations ago. From here, it looks like an achievement. From here, you can't see the enemy. Quote2
Batman

History

Founding and Early History

In the mid-1600s, settlers from Scandinavia came to America and labored through harsh winters to build the foundations of Gotham City. There were many tales that recounted what the settlers endured, including encounters with mythical beings and fights over Native American burial grounds. Much of Gotham's early history had been garnered through folklore, which was passed down orally during those first trying years. The British eventually took over the settlement.

The Industrial Age

In 1840, Gotham underwent a major urban planning initiated by Judge Solomon Wayne and architect Cyrus Pinkney that laid the foundation of Gotham City. Under Wayne's commission, Pinkney's design was meant to invoke a "bulwark against the godlessness of the wilds wherein we may nurture the gifts of Christian civilization and be protected from the savagery which lurks in untamed nature." Pinkney saw his designs as an organic whole, almost a living being that would itself fight against evil. Gargoyles to frighten people onto the path of righteousness; rounded edges to confuse malevolent beings; thick walls to lock in virtue. It also had many elevated walkways, with some buildings connected to each other in such a way as they could not stand alone. Although vehemently criticized by Wayne's fellow Gothamites, the edifice pleased the judge and, in fact, was highly successful in that it attracted others to locate their ventures nearby - which in fact became the focal point for a thriving commercial center in Gotham's financial district. Together Wayne and Pinkney raised no fewer than a dozen other similar buildings. Pinkney's "Gotham Style" structure, for a time, was widely imitated, both in Gotham and elsewhere despite universal vilification in the architectural world.

The Wonder City Exposition

During the end of the 1800s, Ra's al Ghul approached Gotham City Hall and proposed a plan to eradicate crime in exchange for the deed to a section of North Gotham, the original center of the city by then in decline. Though hesitant at first, the City Council agreed upon learning that he possessed more gold than they had ever seen. With the Deed in hand, Ra's began the construction of an utopian city that was powered by clean, sustainable energy, that was provided by Gotham's undiscovered Lazarus Pit, a city that he later named Wonder City and exposed to the Gothamites during the 1906 Wonder City Exposition. As the Mechanical Guardians watched over the population and removed any lawbreakers, Gotham's new benefactor began combining arcane chemicals in an attempt to attain immortality. Wonder Tower, while being a symbol of progress, hid a system to collect lightning and power Ra's al Ghul's experiments.

It soon became clear, however, that the Lazarus Pit's miraculous compound came with side effects. Little by little, Wonder City's populace was cast into temporary aggressive insanity, and chaos erupted in the streets. When Ra's failed to counter that new wave of violence, Gotham City Hall declared the exposition a public health hazard, and ensured that every last of its inhabitants were transported to Arkham Asylum. Ra's, meanwhile, had disappeared without a trace after trying to dig his way to the Lazarus Pit, which caused several streets to collapse, and was never seen again. Wonder Tower remained as a symbol of Gotham's bright future, but new buildings were erected atop Wonder City, and hid its terrible failure.

20th Century

By the 1930s, crime and corruption had reached a significant height in Gotham in which it became immortally characterized as a dark foreboding metropolis.

During the 1950s, Gotham evolved with the changing times, particularly in light of the paranoia perpetuated by the Cold War. Various bomb shelters were erected all throughout the city. By the 1960s, Gotham City planners began an ambitious project called the Underground Highway. Beginning at Fourth Avenue, they began building an actual subterranean thoroughfare designed to link with the subway system. They only managed to complete two-hundred yards worth of tunnel before budget cuts forced them to abandon the project. In later years, the unfinished highway became a haven for the homeless and even a few criminals such as Killer Croc.

Modern Era (21st Century)

Today, Gotham is one of the most crime ridden cities in the world. Many major attacks and events have occurred within the city limits.

Points of Interest

Gotham map

Map of Gotham City

Neighborhoods

North Gotham

  • Burnley
  • Coral District
  • East End
  • Gotham Heights
  • New Town
  • Otisburg

Central Gotham

  • Burnside
  • Chinatown
  • Coventry
  • Gotham Village
  • Grand Avenue
  • Little Italy
  • Miller Harbor
  • The Cauldron
  • The Narrows
  • Toxic Acres
  • Upper Gotham

South Gotham

  • City Hall District
  • Diamond District
  • Fashion District
  • Lower Gotham
  • Old Gotham
  • Tricorner

Parks and Recreational Areas

  • Grant Park
  • Robinson Park

Museums

  • Gotham Museum of Antiquities
  • Gotham Natural History Museum
  • Wedgwood Museum

Schools

  • Dillon Academy
  • Louis E. Grieve Memorial High School
  • Gotham Academy
  • Gotham Central High
  • Gotham Heights High School
  • Gotham City High School
  • Gotham University

Other Public Locations

  • Amusement Mile
  • Archie Goodwin International Airport
  • Gotham Cathedral
  • Gotham Cemetery
  • Gotham City Arena
  • Gotham City General Hospital
  • Gotham City Hall
  • Gotham City Police Headquarters
  • Gotham Public Library
  • Gotham Clock Tower
  • Gotham Subway
  • Gotham Zoo
  • Sacred Heart Convalescent Home
  • Thomas Wayne Memorial Clinic
  • West Mercy Hospital

Businesses

  • Ace Chemicals
  • AmerTek Industries
  • Big Belly Burger
  • Daggett Industries
  • Falcone Shipping
  • Fashionation Magazine
  • Forever Jewel Company
  • Gotham Gas
  • Gotham Merchant's Bank
  • Gotham National Bank
  • Gotham Opera House
  • Gotham Plaza Hotel
  • Gotham Royal Hotel
  • GothCorp
  • Haly's Circus
  • Hell's Gate Waste Disposal and Legal Services
  • Iceberg Lounge
  • Janus Cosmetics
  • Knab Aircraft
  • Monarch Theater
  • Noonan's Bar
  • North Refrigeration
  • O'Shaughnessy's
  • Panessa Studios
  • Pauli's Diner
  • Peregrinator's Club
  • Rags 'n Tatters
  • Silver Lake Shopping Plaza
  • Sionis Industries
  • Sionis Steel Mill
  • Soder Cola
  • Spiffany's Jewelry Store
  • Stagg Enterprises
  • S.T.A.R. Labs
  • Sundollar
  • Tobacconists' Club
  • Wayne Aerospace
  • Wayne Enterprises
  • Wayne Foundation
  • Wayne Industries
  • Wayne Security

Media

  • Gotham Broadcasting Company (GBC)
  • Gotham City Herald
  • Gotham Gazette
  • GTZR Radio
  • KGC Radio
  • KGC TV
  • The Jack Ryder Show
  • WXYZ Radio (Channel 2)

Other Locales

  • Arkham Asylum
  • Batcave
  • Blackgate Penitentiary
  • Gotham Aquarium
  • Iceberg Lounge
  • My Alibi
  • Shadowcrest
  • Slaughter Swamp
  • The Hexagon
  • The Stacked Deck
  • Wayne Manor
  • Wayne Tower
  • Wonder Tower

Known Inhabitants

Heroes

  • Azrael
  • Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)
  • Batman (Bruce Wayne)
  • Batwing (Luke Fox)
  • Batwoman (Kate Kane)
  • Huntress (Helena Bertinelli)
  • Robin/Nightwing (Dick Grayson)
  • Robin/Red Hood (Jason Todd)
  • Robin/Red Robin (Tim Drake)
  • Robin (Damian Wayne)
  • Spoiler (Stephanie Brown)
  • The Signal (Duke Thomas)

Villains

  • Anarky
  • Arcade
  • Bane
  • Black Mask
  • Blacksun
  • Blockbuster
  • Calendar Man
  • Catwoman
  • Clayface
  • Cluemaster
  • Crime Doctor
  • Deadshot
  • Duela Dent
  • Electrocutioner
  • Etrigan
  • Harley Quinn
  • Hugo Strange
  • Hush
  • Joker
  • KGBeast
  • Killer Croc
  • Kite-Man
  • Kraven The Hunter
  • Mad Hatter
  • Magpie
  • Man-Bat
  • Maxie Zeus
  • Mister Freeze
  • Nocturna
  • Penguin
  • Poison Ivy
  • Punisher
  • The Riddler
  • Rupert Thorne
  • Scarecrow
  • Scorpion
  • Tombstone
  • Tweedle-Dee
  • Tweedle-Dum
  • Two-Face
  • Typhoid Mary
  • Victor Zsasz