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[[ | [[File:Torrington-GTAIII-southwards.jpg|thumb|330px|right|A major thoroughfare in Torrington, as viewed to the south in GTA III.]] | ||
'''Torrington''' is a commercial district in southeast [[Staunton Island]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] in [[Grand Theft Auto III]], [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]. It borders [[Newport]] to the north, [[Bedford Point]] to the west, and an unspecified body of water to the south and east. | '''Torrington''' is a commercial district in southeast [[Staunton Island]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] in [[Grand Theft Auto III]], [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]. It borders [[Newport]] to the north, [[Bedford Point]] to the west, and an unspecified body of water to the south and east. | ||
== Character == | == Character == | ||
Torrington serves primarily as a financial district in Staunton, its primary features being its massive office towers and strong corporate presence, contrasting the Bedford Point, which also fulfills as a similar role as a commercial hub, but in a less formal manner. | Torrington is based on [[wp:Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District, Manhattan]], and this is where are located most of the buildings in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]. Torrington serves primarily as a financial district in Staunton, its primary features being its massive office towers and strong corporate presence, contrasting the Bedford Point, which also fulfills as a similar role as a commercial hub, but in a less formal manner. | ||
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File:Torrington-GTAIII-westwards.jpg|Torrington's skyline, as viewed to the west from [[Callahan Point]], [[Portland]], GTA III. | |||
File:Torrington-GTAIII-aerialview.jpg|Aerial view of East Torrington | |||
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== Places of interest == | == Places of interest == | ||
Torrington boasts few places of interest aside its towering skyscrapers and a casino on the southeast, which assumes different names in GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, [[Kenji's Casino]] and [[Big Shot Casino]], respectively. | Torrington boasts few places of interest aside its towering skyscrapers and a casino on the southeast, which assumes different names in GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, [[Kenji's Casino]] and [[The Big Shot Casino]], respectively. | ||
Among Torrington's skyscrapers, the tallest building in the entire city in GTA III, which the official website of GTA III claims is occupied by the "[[Jefferson St. Credit Union building|Jefferson St. Credit Union]]" and situated in southwest Torrington. Likewise, [[AmCo|AmCo's]] [[AmCo|headquarters]] appears to be based in the district, as are [[FBC Financial Group|FBC Bank]], [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] offices and the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|LCPD]]'s [[Liberty City Police Headquarters|head office]] (including that of the [[SWAT]] branch). A building mimicking [[wp:Trump Tower (New York)|Trump Tower]] in New York City is also located on the southwestern corner of Torrington. | |||
In GTA Liberty City Stories, the [[Jefferson St. Credit Union building]] is only half its height as it is still undergoing construction. [[Donald Love]] uses the building as his temporary head office and residence (as opposed to the Bedford Point-based [[Love Media Building]] in GTA III), before his defeat in city elections and subsequent bankruptcy after "[[Love on the Rocks]]". | |||
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File:LCPDHeadquarters-GTAIII-exterior.jpg|The Staunton [[LCPD in GTA III Era|LCPD]] Headquarters. | |||
File:Kenji'sCasino-GTAIII-mainentrance.jpg|[[Kenji's Casino]], GTA III. | |||
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== Gang control == | == Gang control == | ||
In both GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, Torrington is controlled by the [[Yakuza]]. In GTA III, Kenji's Casino serves as the location where the player may receive missions from [[Kenji Kasen]], the co-leader of the Yakuza circa 2001. In GTA Liberty City Stories, set three years earlier, the player may receive missions from [[Toshiko Kasen]], the disgruntled wife of the then head of the Yakuza, [[Kazuki Kasen]], from a | In both GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, Torrington is controlled entirely by the [[Yakuza]]. In GTA III, Kenji's Casino serves as the location where the player may receive missions from [[Kenji Kasen]], the co-leader of the Yakuza circa 2001. In GTA Liberty City Stories, set three years earlier, the player may receive missions from [[Toshiko Kasen]], the disgruntled wife of the then head of the Yakuza, [[Kazuki Kasen]], from a high-rise apartment near [[The Big Shot Casino]] in Torrington. | ||
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[[Category:Areas in Staunton Island]] | [[Category:Areas in Staunton Island]] |