Liberty City in GTA III Era: Difference between revisions

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|image=[[File:BedfordPoint-GTA3-eastwards.jpg|300px]]

|caption= View of borough of Staunton Island in Liberty City.

|name = Liberty City

|mayor = [[Miles O'Donovan]]

The boroughs of Liberty City are:

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!Portland

| '''This is the old, industrial district'''

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|[[File:StauntonIsland-GTAIII-Atnight.jpg|100px]]

!Staunton Island

| '''This is the central commercial district'''

|-

|[[File:Shoreside Vale.jpg|100px]]

!Shoreside Vale

| '''This is the suburban area of Liberty City'''  

|}

The fourth island (and not a borough) is known as Portland Rock, a area of Portland, but not a district.

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|[[File:PortlandRock LCS.jpg|100px]]

![[Portland Rock]]

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In Shoreside Vale flows a river (probably the only one of the city) that comes through almost the entire island, starting from Cochrane Dam to Wichita Gardens  

File:GtaUsaMap.jpg|Location of Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas.

File:CedarGrove-GTA3-eastwards.jpg|The hills of Cedar Grove as seen in Grand Theft Auto III.

File:Carcer City.jpg|An alleyway in Carcer City as seen in Manhunt.

File:PikeCreek-GTA3-southwestwards.jpg|The hills of Pike Creek as seen in Grand Theft Auto III.

According to the chronology, in [[1992]] (GTA SA) Liberty City is going through a cold winter in the city (where you can see more in Portland), leaving the streets and snow-filled structures. In [[1998]] (GTA LCS) Liberty City seems a more cheerful autumn but probably not nearly cold with rain and cloudy days, whereas in [[2001]] (GTA III) the cold weather also seems an autumn rains, as it can be seen both in the ambience like a thermometer in [[Bedford Point]], which indicates the city's climate is almost always very low. Liberty City has been the only city in the saga where the snow has been submitted.

File:SaintMark´s-GTASA-snow season.jpg|Liberty City in winter seasons, [[Saint Mark's]] 1992.

File:BedfordPointclock-GTA3.jpg|The thermometer in Bedford Point, left [[Flashback FM]] poster and below another sign that says "[[Half-Cocked]]".

File:BellevillePark-GTA3-eastwards.jpg|Belleville Park in the autumn seasons of 2001, with cloudy weather.

==Politics==

An election was then triggered, with businessman Donald Love running against former candidate Miles O'Donovan. Love received help from [[Salvatore Leone]] and Toni Cipriani, who campaigned for him, stopped the Forelli Family rigging the election and even attempt to rig the election in Donald's favour. However, after links between Love and the [[Leone Family]] were discovered, the people voted in favour of O'Donovan.

File:MilesO'Donovan-GTAIII.jpg|Mayor Miles O'Donovan in [[2001]]

File:SteeringtheVote-GTALCS.jpg|[[Toni Cipriani]] [[Steering the Vote|campaigning]] for [[Donald Love]]

==Education==

The Liberty City Community College is based at the Liberty Campus district. The college is run by [[Dean Smegley]], with [[Eric Ershwitz]] employed at the college as Professor for Contemporary Crime. The college was named the worst in the [[United States of America|United States]], resulting in Smegley's appointment as Dean and his changing of the colleges program. Smegley, in [[2001]], announces his plans to abandon the old methods of evaluation and old subjects, planning to replace them with diplomas for new subjects and grading students on how bad they look. The new subjects include: Street cleaning, Processed Agriculture Rotation, Grill Management, Floor cleaning, Restroom Administration, Coatroom Management, Automobile Ignition Circumvention and Pharmaceutical Baking.

File:School'sOut-GTAA.png|Bedford Point School   

File:OldSchoolHall-GTA3-exterior.jpg|The [[Old School Hall|old school hall]] in [[Chinatown, Portland|Chinatown]] in Grand Theft Auto III

File:Liberty City Community College.jpg|[[Liberty City Community College]] in a [[Beta Releases|beta]] screenshot of Grand Theft Auto III

==Media==

[[File:Jimmy-GTALCS.png|right|thumb|150px|An issue of the Liberty Tree from 1998]]

The city's newspaper, the [[Liberty Tree]], is in 1998 privately owned but by 2001 comes under the ownership of the Love Media group. The newspaper has been "promoting family values" for over fifty years. [[Adam Tedman]], a report for the paper, reports that the Liberty Tree won the "Most Absorbent Newsprint Award" at the Cleaning and Tidying Association of [[United States of America|America]] annual awards ceremony. In the same [[Liberty Tree Wins Award. No New Information|article]], Tedman also references that Liberty Tree has a rival in the city, although he does not mentioned the newspaper by name.

==Sports==

Liberty City has two known sports teams: the [[Liberty City Cocks]] and [[Liberty City Beavers]]. The two football/soccer teams play at the [[Liberty Memorial Coliseum|Liberty Memorial Stadium]] in [[Aspatria]]. The two are fierce rivals, with [[Derrick Thackery]], in [[1992]], mentioning a match between the two on [[West Coast Talk Radio|WCTR's]] [[The Tight End Zone]]. Another match is played in September [[2001]], with the [[Liberty Tree]] reporting that the Liberty Cocks won 3-0 after a hatrick (three goals) from Iranian striker [[Ma'am]]. Fans of the Liberty City Cocks can be seen around the stadium in Aspatria. In [[2000]]/2001, the [[Vice City Mambas]] play the Liberty City Cocks, with [[Mike]] [[Two-Hand Toss|injuring]] the Mambas injuring the teams star quarterback.

File:Liberty City Cocks-GTA3.jpg|[[Liberty City Cocks]] fans in [[Grand Theft Auto III]]

File:LibertyMemorialColiseum-GTA3-southwest.jpg|The Liberty Memorial Coliseum in [[Aspatria]] in [[Grand Theft Auto III]]

File:Two-HandTossGTAA.jpg|[[Mike]] injuring the [[Vice City Mambas]] star quaterback during [[Two-Hand Toss]]

==Services==

[[File:Taxi-GTALCS-front.jpg|right|thumb|210px|A taxi in GTA LCS, most widely used public transportation in the city.]]

There are also two smaller bridges, the [[Shoreside Vale Arch Bridge]], connecting [[Pike Creek]] and [[Cedar Grove]], and an unnamed bridge on Staunton Island, connecting [[Fort Staunton]] with [[Aspatria]].

File:CallahanBridge-GTA3.jpg|[[Callahan Bridge]], as viewed from [[Staunton Island]]

File:CallahanBridge-GTA3-damaged.jpg|The [[Introduction (GTA III)|damaged]] [[Callahan Bridge]], as viewed from [[Portland]]

File:LCS Callahan.jpg|[[Callahan Bridge]] under construction in [[1998]], viewed from Portland

File:ShoresideArchBridge-GTALCS-view.jpg|The Shoreside Vale Arch Bridge.

===Road Tunnels===

A second road tunnel is located on Shoreside Vale, with entry points at [[Cedar Grove]] and [[Cochrane Dam]]. The tunnel is inaccessible in GTA III and GTA Advance, although in GTA Liberty City Stories the tunnel is accessible. The tunnel also branches off, leading to "Upstate", although this is blocked off.

File:PorterTunnel-GTA3-Portlandend.jpg|The [[Portland]] entrance of the [[Porter Tunnel]] at [[Harwood]]

File:PorterTunnel-GTA3-Stauntonend.jpg|The [[Staunton Island]] entrance of the [[Porter Tunnel]] at [[Rockford]]

File:Upstate Tunnel.jpeg|The road tunnel leading to [[Upstate]]

File:BringingtheHouseDown-GTALCS.jpg|[[Toni Cipriani]] driving a van down one of the old subway tunnels in [[1998]] from [[Bringing the House Down]]

===Trains and Subways===

The Portland El (electric line) is an elevated train service running on Portland, connecting the [[Saint Marks]], [[Chinatown, Portland|Chinatown]] and [[Hepburn Heights]] districts. The system, introduced in 1930, is not connected to the cities subway system. The three stations are [[Baillie Station]] (in Saint Marks), [[Kurowski Station]] (in Chinatown) and [[Rothwell Station]] (in Hepburn Heights).

Image:SaintMarksstation-GTA3-elevated.jpg|[[Baillie Station]] in [[Saint Mark's]]

File:Chinatownstation-GTA3-elevated.jpg|[[Kurowski Station]] in [[Chinatown, Portland|Chinatown]]

File:HepburnHeightsstation-GTA3-elevated.jpg|[[Rothwell Station]] in [[Hepburn Heights]]

====Subway====

[[File:Ferry.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The Ferry]]

Liberty City had, until sometime prior to [[2000]], a ferry service running between Portland and Staunton Island, with docks located in [[Harwood]] and [[Rockford]]. The ferry service was canceled by [[Miles O'Donovan]], despite his promise to maintain the service. In 1998, workers across the city went on strike to protect the ferry service, which was eventually replaced by the [[Callahan Bridge]] and [[Porter Tunnel]].

==Crime==

According to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], residents of Liberty City "were 38% less likely to be a victim of a violent crime than the rest of the nation, unless those crimes included mugging, murder, car jacking or assault". Whilst the Liberty Tree reports that between 2000 and 2001 "part I" offenses (murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, grand theft auto and arson) went up 11%. They also report that "Violent Offenses (Murder, Rape, Robbery, and Aggravated Assault) are up 73% and murder has increased four fifths from last year's 23% of what it had been previously".

==Role in other games==

[[File:AnOldFriend-GTAVC2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Sonny Forelli]] inside [[Marco's Bistro]] during the mission [[An Old Friend]].]]

Liberty City appears twice and is mentioned on a number of occasions during [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], including being the setting for the [[Introduction (GTA VC)|introduction]] to the game, with [[Forelli Family]] [[Boss|Don]] [[Sonny Forelli]] and mobster [[Harry]] and [[Lee]] inside [[Marco's Bistro]] and discussing what to do with [[Tommy Vercetti]]. Sonny Forelli appears inside Marco's Bistro again during [[An Old Friend]]. The district of [[Harwood]] is also referred to during the game, and in particular during the games [[Climax|climax]], [[Keep Your Friends Close...]], with Sonny referring to Vercetti as "The Harwood Butcher".

===Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas===

[[File:SaintMark'sBistro-GTASA3.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Carl Johnson]] inside a [[Taxi]] in [[Saint Mark's]], heading to [[Marco's Bistro]], during the mission [[Saint Mark's Bistro]].]]

Liberty City appears in [[The Introduction]] DVD and during the mission [[Saint Mark's Bistro]], as well as being mentioned on a number of occasions during [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]. The Introduction DVD shows shows the games [[Protagonist|protagonist]] [[Carl Johnson]] attempting to steal cars in the [[Red Light District]] and later receiving a phone call from his brother [[Sean Johnson|Sweet Johnson]] regarding his [[Beverly Johnson|mothers death]] whilst in the city. After arriving back in [[Los Santos]] for his mothers funeral, he was asked by [[Ryder]] about when he would be returning to Liberty City. Carl Johnson tells [[Salvatore Leone]] that he worked for Salvatore's son [[Joey Leone|Joey]] in Liberty City to gain Salvatore's trust during the mission [[Freefall]]. The mission [[Saint Mark's Bistro]] involves Carl Johnson returning to Liberty City to perform a hit at [[Marco's Bistro]]. Hidden code in the game proves that a 100% accesable Liberty City was created, and it is unknown why Rockstar chose to remove it.

==Maps==

File:GTA A Liberty City Map.png|A map of Liberty City in GTA Advance.

Image:LibertyCity-GTALCS-map.jpg|A map of Liberty City in GTA Liberty City Stories.

File:Gta3 artwork 01.jpg|Beta map of Liberty City in GTA III.

File:LibertyCity-GTAIII-sketch-map.jpg|Sketch map of Liberty City in GTA III.

==See also==