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'''City Hall''' is a neighborhood in southern [[Algonquin]], [[ | [[File:CityHall-GTAIV-northwards.jpg|thumb|350px|City Hall as viewed to the north in GTA IV. The central park and the pinnacle of the city hall building are seen in the center and the background.]] | ||
'''City Hall''' is a neighborhood in southern [[Algonquin]], [[Liberty City]]. It is bordered to the north by Emerald Street ([[Little Italy]] and [[Suffolk]]), to the west by [[Union Drive West]] ([[Castle Garden City]]), to the south by Barium Street ([[The Exchange]]), and to the east by Columbus Avenue ([[Chinatown, Algonquin|Chinatown]]). | |||
==Character== | ==Character and points of interest== | ||
City Hall is the government seat of [[ | City Hall is the government seat of [[Liberty City]] and, as such, is a center of political activity in the city. The neighborhood serves as the civic center of not only Algonquin, but the entirety of Liberty City. It's home to the mayor, [[Julio Ochoa]], of course, and the neighborhood is primarily commercial and governmental in nature, but a few residential sectors exist along its eastern face, while the centerpiece of the district is a delta-shaped park bordered by Liberty Lane, Emerald Street, and Denver Avenue. | ||
City Hall's most prominent landmarks includes a low-rise town hall at the northern edge of the park, and a towering municipal complex to the east, which is distinguished by its street level central arch and cylindrical crown. Both buildings are presumed to house the city's administrative organizations. | |||
The [[Civic Citadel]]/[[Woodworld Building]], located on Liberty Lane between Diamond and Calcium Streets, is a major attraction, as well as a shopping destination with many stores present in its ground concourse. | |||
== | ==Influences== | ||
City Hall is a detailed imitation of [[wp:Civic Center, Manhattan|Civic Center, Manhattan]], with landmarks duplicated in the district including [[wp:New York City Hall|New York City Hall]], the [[wp:Manhattan Municipal Building|Manhattan Municipal Building]] (located across Denver Avenue from the park), and [[wp:Woolworth Building|Woolworth Building]] (as the looming [[Civic Citadel]]/[[Woodworld Building]] the background), and the delta-shaped New York City Hall Park, which imitation forms the heart of the district. Also incorporated into the area are buildings similar to [http://www.emporis.com/building/250broadway-newyorkcity-ny-usa 250 Broadway] and [http://www.city-data.com/businesses/684023039-strawberry-new-york-ny.html 253 Broadway] (which is also reused in various other portions of downtown-midtown Algonquin) are also reproduced and incorporated into the district. | |||
While heavily weighted towards the civic center of the city, the park area also representative of [[wp:Bowling Green (New York City)|Bowling Green]] as evidenced with the presence of a large building to the south based on [[wp:26 Broadway|26 Broadway]] (Standard Oil Building), simplified and reduced in size, with the crowning roof in the game's rendition also noticeably toned down and featuring only stepped layers in place of a pitched roof. | |||
==Transportation== | ==Transportation== | ||
The [[Liberty City Subway]] system serves the neighborhood. | The [[Subway in GTA IV|Liberty City Subway]] system serves the neighborhood. The [[City Hall LTA|City Hall station]], located at the intersection of Denver Avenue, Liberty Lane, and Calcium Street is served at all times by the [[Algonquin Inner Line]]. A second station, [[Feldspar LTA|Feldpsar]] is located in the northwest corner of the neighborhood on Union Drive West, between Frankfort Avenue and Emerald Street. Feldspar is served at all times by the [[Algonquin Outer Line]]. | ||
== Prominent role in mission == | |||
{{main|Entourage}} | |||
City Hall is featured in the mission "Entourage" in GTA IV, where [[Jon Gravelli|Gravelli]] asks [[Niko Bellic|Niko]] to stay in convoy with a bunch of City Hall cars to take the government member [[Bobby Jefferson]] to a meeting at the city hall building where he gives a speech against gang problems in the city. The convoy is ambushed by a group of Russians, and Niko has to protect Bobby. | |||
==Trivia== | |||
In the [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|GTA III—GTA Vice City Stories rendition of Liberty City]], [[Town Hall|a building similarly based on the New York City Hall building]] exists on the northern edge of [[Belleville Park]] in [[Staunton Island]] (the equivalent to Manhattan in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]). | |||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery width="auto" perrow="3" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left;" widths="160"> | |||
File:CityHall-GTAIV-southwestwards.jpg|The skyline along Liberty Lane as viewed to the southwest in GTA IV. The [[Civic Citadel]]/[[Woodworld Building]] is visible to the left. | |||
File:CityHallreplica-GTAIV-exterior.jpg|GTA IV's rendition of the New York City Hall building. | |||
File:MunicipalBuildingreplica-GTAIV-exterior.jpg|GTA IV's rendition of the Manhattan Municipal Building. | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{location | |||
| Centre = City Hall | |||
| East = [[Chinatown, Algonquin|Chinatown]] | |||
| South = [[The Exchange]] | |||
| West = [[Castle Garden City]] | |||
| Northeast = [[Suffolk]] | |||
| North = [[Little Italy]] | |||
}} | |||
{{Algonquin neighborhoods}} | {{Algonquin neighborhoods}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Areas in Algonquin]] | ||
[[Category:Government]] | [[Category:Government]] | ||