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'''Purgatory''' is a neighborhood in the borough of [[Algonquin]], located in [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]]. It is located north of [[Westminster]], south of [[Middle Park West]], and west of [[Star Junction]]. At one point, it was the central place of operations for the [[Irish Mob]], although their influence has waned considerably, possibly as the result of the [[wp:gentrification|gentrification]] of the neighbourhood. It appears to be the GTA analogue of the real-life neighbourhood of [[wp:Hell's Kitchen|Hell's Kitchen]], a place once populated primarily by working-class Irish immigrants and Irish-Americans as well as a center of the real-life Irish mob in [[wp:New York City|New York City]]. It is one of the less affluent neighbourhoods in Algonquin.
'''Purgatory''' is a six-block neighborhood in the borough of [[Algonquin]], located in [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]]. It is located north of [[Westminster]], south of [[Middle Park West]], and west of [[Star Junction]].
 
== Description ==
At one point, Purgatory was the central place of operations for the [[Irish Mob]], although their influence has waned considerably, possibly as the result of the [[wp:gentrification|gentrification]] of the neighbourhood. It appears to be the GTA analogue of the real-life neighbourhood of [[wp:Hell's Kitchen|Hell's Kitchen]], a place once populated primarily by working-class Irish immigrants and Irish-Americans as well as a center of the real-life Irish mob in [[wp:New York City|New York City]]. It is one of the less affluent neighbourhoods in Algonquin.


[[Patrick McReary]] claims that the neighborhood is called Purgatory because the citizens were so afraid of the Irish Mob that people rarely left their homes, though his brothers dismiss this. Gordon Sargent makes fun of this statement by replying with, "It's called Purgatory because the McRearys' stories were so fuckin' boring. Listening to them was like being in Purgatory!"
[[Patrick McReary]] claims that the neighborhood is called Purgatory because the citizens were so afraid of the Irish Mob that people rarely left their homes, though his brothers dismiss this. Gordon Sargent makes fun of this statement by replying with, "It's called Purgatory because the McRearys' stories were so fuckin' boring. Listening to them was like being in Purgatory!"


==Notable Businesses==
== Transport ==
*Auto Limbo ([[Pay 'n' Spray]])
At least one [[Subway in GTA IV|subway station]] is situated within Purgatory: [[Manganese West]] on the [[Algonquin Outer Line]] off the northern end of West Way and Frankfort Avenue. Another accessible station, in neighboring [[Westminster]] to the south, is located off the southern end of West Way and Frankfort Avenue.
*Car Wash
 
*[[Lucky Winkles]]
West Way, a U-shaped road, runs entirely within Purgatory, is cut across by Galveston Avenue and terminates at Frankfort Avenue.
 
== Notable businesses ==
* Auto Limbo ([[Pay 'n' Spray]])
* [[Car Wash]], at Hell Gate and West Way.
* [[Lucky Winkles]]
* [[Bahama Mamas]]
 
== Landmarks spoofed ==
* [[wp:Time Warner Center|Time Warner Center]], in northeast Purgatory overlooking [[Middle Park]], but depicted partially, with only one of its two towers present and its base half the size of that of the real-life building.
* [[wp:Juilliard School|Juilliard School]], in northwest Purgatory, behind the Time Warner Center lookalike. Like the Juilliard School, the GTA IV rendition is linked to a large art gallery, known as the [[Randolf Art Center]] (in turn a replication of the [[wp:Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts|Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts]]), in neighboring [[Middle Park West]]. Both buildings are connected via an elevated walkway over Nickel Street.


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[[Category:Districts in Algonquin]]
[[Category:Districts in Algonquin]]
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