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'''Esplanade North''' is a district of [[San Fierro]], [[San Andreas]]. It is situated on the northern coast of the city, and is meant to emulate San Francisco's biggest tourist trap, Pier 39, also known as Fisherman's Wharf. In fact, there is a re-creation of the pedestrian-heavy Pier 39, known as [[Pier 69]], one of the numerous in-game references to the "69" sexual position. To the west of Esplanade North is [[Battery Point]]; to the southeast is [[Esplanade East]]; and to the south are [[Calton Heights]] and [[Downtown San Fierro|Downtown]].

People frequenting Esplanade North are very diverse, with many of them appearing to be tourists. The general atmosphere is one of capitalistic fervor and a sort of disdain for the area by the city's locals. Similar to Fisherman's Wharf, the occasional food retailer can be spotted in this area, as well as a mothballed submarine.

[[Carl Johnson]]'s arrival in [[San Fierro]] is met with an enormous amount of work for him to do in this new city.  In addition to renovating the derelict [[Doherty Garage|garage]] he won in a street race with  [[Claude]] and [[Catalina]], Carl begins to establish himself as an entrepreneur in San Fierro by acquiring numerous properties and businesses throughout the city, including [[Wang Cars]], a dealership in [[Downtown San Fierro|Downtown]] that he uses as a front for the new chop-shop in [[Doherty]]. But this is only the beginning of Carl's work in San Fierro.  He has just been informed that the entity responsible for the events leading up to this point, the [[Loco Syndicate]], is largely based in this new city, with its leaders close by.  In order to infiltrate the syndicate, Carl begins working for the syndicate's main San Fierro muscle, the pimp [[Jizzy B.]], who resides in the [[Jizzy's Pleasure Domes|Pleasure Domes]] under the [[Gant Bridge]] in [[Battery Point]].  After working for Jizzy and gaining his trust, Carl meets another head of the Loco Syndicate, [[T-Bone Mendez]].  After the three men locate and rescue a kidnapped [[Mike Toreno]], the one pulling all the strings, the pieces begin falling into place.

Carl begins his take-down of the Loco Syndicate by paying Jizzy an unexpected visit at the Pleasure Domes, after which he is forced to chase Jizzy when he runs out the front door and drives away in panic.  After killing Jizzy, Cesar informs Carl of a meeting taking place at [[Pier 69]] in Esplanade North.  Carl heads out there to find T-Bone Mendez and Carl's old associate from [[Grove Street]], [[Ryder]], about to meet with Toreno.  After blowing his cover, Carl is then forced to chase down Mendez and Ryder on the pier's pedestrian mall.  After shooting Mendez off the side of the guard rail, and into [[San Fierro Bay]], Carl then has to swim through part of the bay to a boat in order to chase down Ryder, who had jumped into the bay in an attempt to escape. After killing Ryder, Carl locates and shoots down the chopper that was presumably carrying Toreno to the meeting, ending the Loco Syndicate.

==Businesses==

*[[Well Stacked Pizza]]

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