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Liberty City
CITY; Liberty City
	File:BedfordPoint-GTA3-eastwards.jpg View of borough of Staunton Island in Liberty City.
Appearance(s):	Grand Theft Auto III<br>Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories<br>Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas<br>Grand Theft Auto Advance
State:	Liberty State
Established:	1798
Mayor:	Miles O'Donovan
Population:	4,000,000
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Liberty City in GTA III Era is the second appearance of Liberty City assuming a significantly different design from its original version, plays a major role in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, as well as a secondary role in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto Vice City, which implies that this Liberty City has appeared in 5 games in the series. In 1998 The city motto is "The worst place in America, due to the high crime rate in the city because of gang wars, robberies and murders.

The city is also referred to as the City of Liberty, although the differences appear in the city between each game with different interpretations of the city that appears in Grand Theft Auto 1 and GTA IV Era, but are not related to this interpretation. The first appearance of the Liberty City is in GTA III, circa late-autumn 2001 with a population of around 4 million people and 12 million, in his second appearance in GTA LCS.

History

Liberty City was established in 1798, 22 years after the declaration of independence from United States, being "a church, a cow pasture and three houses when the telephone was invented (1870, first experiments started)," according to Lazlow of Chatterbox FM, besides that the Liberty Tree says in its October 1998 issue of that Liberty will celebrate its 200th anniversary. Over the subsequent history of Liberty City is almost no word in the series like, unlike the history of New York that was founded in 1624, this interpretation is founded 174 years later.

About the city

Liberty City is mostly based in New York City´s boroughs, since many landmarks exist to this, besides that it also includes elements of other american cities as Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, among others. Just as New York has sister city, Liberty City too, because in the GTA III website mentions that the city is twinned with Beirut, which may be a joke from the producers, considering Beirut is often bombed and is frequently chaotic, twinning it with Liberty City seeing how crime-ridden Liberty City is.

Liberty City is divided of four named islands in total, with three large islands comprising the 25 neighborhoods and two areas of the north throughout the city.

The boroughs of Liberty City are:

Image	Borough Name	Counterparty
File:Portland Island.jpg	Portland	This is the old, industrial district <br />Portland is heavily based on the New York´s lower-class boroughs, particularly Brooklyn and Queens, as also in Lower Manhattan.
	Staunton Island	This is the central commercial district <br />Staunton Island is based on New York City´s Manhattan Island because it has several landmarks as Torrington (Manhattan's Financial Center), Bedford Point (Times Square), 366 (500 Fifth Avenue), Liberty City Community College (Columbia University) and derives its name from Staten Island.
File:Shoreside Vale.jpg	Shoreside Vale	This is the suburban area of Liberty City <br />Shoreside Vale has several landmarks in New Jersey and parts of The Bronx, Westchester Country, Long Island and upstate areas of New York.

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

Image	Island	Description
File:PortlandRock LCS.jpg	Portland Rock	<br />Portland Rock is a small rock in the water, located in Portland Beach.

In GTA III, a hidden area located behind the hills of Shoreside Vale is popularly known as the Ghost Town appears, although the area can only be reached by flying a Dodo. Ghost Town could have been another borough of the city or zone Shoreside Vale, because is now just one zone and not an district or borough of the city.

Boroughs

File:LibertyCity-GTA3-map.png

A map of Liberty City in GTA III. From left to right Shoreside Vale, Staunton Island and Portland.

Portland is the industrial and lower-class residential island of the city. The island houses an LCPD police station and Sweeney General Hospital, in Portland View and a Liberty City Fire Department fire station located in Harwood. The island is the first area accessible to protagonists Claude in GTA III, Mike in GTA Advance and Toni Cipriani in GTA Liberty City Stories, and the only borough accessible in GTA San Andreas. Portlandalso has an elevated commuter train, known as Portland El, transporting residents to three stations in the city. The service, completed in 1930, stops at Baillie Station in Saint Marks, Kurowski Station in Chinatown and Rothwell Station in Hepburn Heights.

Staunton Island is the middle island of the city and is the city's commercial sector. There are some non-commercial districts in the city, centered in the south of the island. The island houses the LCPD Headquarters in Torrington, a hospital called Carson General Hospital in Rockford and a Liberty City Fire Department station in Aspatria. The island is the second accessible island to the protagonists Claude in GTA III, Mike in GTA Advance and Toni Cipriani in GTA Liberty City Stories. Notable residents of Staunton Island include Yakuza leaders Kazuki, Asuka and Kenji Kasen, media mogul Donald Love and Mayors Roger C. Hole and Miles O'Donovan.

Shoreside Vale is the western most island of the city and is primarily a residential district. The Suburban district does have its own industrial area, which is located within Pike Creek. The borough houses the city airport, Francis International Airport, a Liberty City Police Department police station and a hospital, called Hope Medical College, both located in Pike Creek, and a Liberty City Fire Department station in Francis International Airport. The island is the last accessible island to the protagonists Claude in GTA III, Mike in GTA Advance and Toni Cipriani in GTA Liberty City Stories. Notable residents of Shoreside Vale include Colombian Cartel leaders Cisco and Catalina.

Other Areas

Upstate Liberty An inaccessable area behind Shoreside Vale.
Ghost Town: uninhabited area in Upstate.

Geography

Map of Liberty City in GTA III, with aerial view of the city.

Liberty City is located on the East Coast of the United States in the Liberty State, north of Vice City, east of the State of San Andreas and also located close to Carcer City the setting of Manhunt, another Rockstar Games title, with links to "Upstate" being found in a road tunnel connecting Cedar Grove and Cochrane Dam in GTA Liberty City Stories. The city is located .

The city is relatively flat, with hills only appearing in Portland (with Saint Marks) and in Shoreside Vale (with Pike Creek and Cedar Grove). In GTA Advance, however, the city has no hills, although this is due to the limited capacity of the Game Boy Advance. In the city the sea level is very high, especially in Portland areas of Harwood, Atlantic Quays and Portland Harbor, while Staunton Island on the east side of Belleville Park, in Bedford Point and part of Torrington.

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

<gallery> 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. </gallery>

Climate

A view of the Belleville Park in 1998, where you can appreciate the season of autumn in the trees and part of the day.

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.

<gallery> 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. </gallery>

Politics

Main article: Mayoralty of Liberty City

Mayor Roger C. Hole in 1998, shortly before his death.

The Mayor of Liberty City in 2001 is Miles O'Donovan, who won an election against Donald Love after the death of the previous mayor, Roger C. Hole, at the hands of Toni Cipriani in 1998.

Roger C. Hole was elected Mayor of Liberty City in 1992 and during this time proved to be corrupt. Hole, who was being controlled by Forelli Family Don Franco Forelli, caused numerous controversies during his term in office. In 1993, three Russian prostitutes and a construction company manager were caught trying to get a government contract from Hole. In 1995, he was photographed with members of the Forelli Family whilst he was accused of securing drugs for city officials in return for sanitation contracts. Hole was also accused of sleeping with two underage girls. Eventually, his connections with the Forelli Family resulted in his own death in 1998. During his term in office, he raised taxation, reduced public expenditure, increased bureaucratic costs and kept Liberty City in the national news.

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.

<gallery> <center> File:MilesO'Donovan-GTAIII.jpg|Mayor Miles O'Donovan in 2001 File:SteeringtheVote-GTALCS.jpg|Toni Cipriani campaigning for Donald Love </center> </gallery>

Education

File:LibertyCampus-GTA3-southwestwards.jpg

Southern block of Liberty Campus in Grand Theft Auto III.

There are two known educational buildings in the city, a school in the Bedford Point district of Staunton Island and the Liberty City Community College in the Liberty Campus district of Staunton Island. In the beta version of GTA III, a school could also be seen in the Chinatown district of Portland, although this was later replaced by the Old School Hall.

The school in Bedford Point only appears in GTA Advance. The school is seen during the mission School's Out when Mike kidnaps Yuka, the niece of Yakuza co-leader Asuka Kasen.

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, 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.

<gallery> File:School'sOut-GTAA.png|Bedford Point School File:OldSchoolHall-GTA3-exterior.jpg|The old school hall in Chinatown in Grand Theft Auto III File:Liberty City Community College.jpg|Liberty City Community College in a beta screenshot of Grand Theft Auto III </gallery>

Media

File:Love Media.png

Love Media logo

Liberty City's media is dominated, in 2001, by the Love Media group run by Donald Love, which also controls numerous other businesses across the city. The company owns "900 radio stations, 300 television stations, 4 networks, 3 satellites, [and] 10 senators" according to a Love Media advert.

Radio

In 1998, the city had numerous independently owned radio stations: Head Radio, Double Clef FM, Flashback FM, K-JAH, Lips 106, Rise FM, MSX 98, Radio Del Mundo and The Liberty Jam. The city also had a publicly funded station, Liberty City Free Radio. By 2001, the airwaves of the city had changed. Love Media purchased Head Radio, Double Clef FM, Flashback 95.6 and Liberty City Free Radio, replacing the station with Chatterbox FM. A number of stations remain outside the Love Media company: Lips 106, Rise FM, MSX FM (replacing MSX 98) and Game Radio (which replaced The Liberty Jam). Three other radio stations also exist in the city in 2001, although Claude can not listen to them. They are Liberty FM, WLLC ‘The Zone’ and Liberty Soul FM. Meanwhile, Radio Del Mundo appears to have disappeared from the airwaves.

The player can listen to the following radio stations:

Head Radio - Pop, Rock
Double Clef FM - Classical
K-Jah - Dub
Rise FM - Trance
Lips 106 - Pop
Game FM - Hip Hop
MSX FM - Drum and Bass
Flashback 95.6 - Oldies Pop
Chatterbox FM - Talk Radio
MP3 Player (PC only) - User-Defined Track Player
CD Changer (Xbox only) - Plays Songs Ripped From CD's Stored On Hard Disk

Print Media

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 America annual awards ceremony. In the same article, Tedman also references that Liberty Tree has a rival in the city, although he does not mentioned the newspaper by name.

Sports

File:Cox Mascot Outfit.jpg

Toni Cipriani in the Cox Mascot Outfit

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 Stadium in Aspatria. The two are fierce rivals, with Derrick Thackery, in 1992, mentioning a match between the two on 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 injuring the Mambas injuring the teams star quarterback.

<gallery> 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 </gallery>

Services

Liberty City has several public services 24 hours every day, from food, transportation, gas, fire, health care, among others ... where each is used differently. Food service can range from restaurants, food distributors (companies) and cafeterias as Punk Noodles, Joe's Pizza (used more in 1998), Tarbrush Café, Momma's Restaurante, Belly-Up Fish & Seafood Processing Plant, etc. ... what is most used in the city as well as public transportation from taxis, buses and subways.

A taxi in GTA LCS, most widely used public transportation in the city.

Public Service

The public service of Liberty City is the most used by pedestrians in the city as mentioned, especially the taxi that is most used in 1998 than in 2000 and 2001 on the streets of Staunton Island and Portland where more visible, since in Shoreside Vale is seen compared to the other islands. In 1998, the taxi has a better appearance, like the Liberty City subway system which is the other most widely used transport for travel throughout the city. The Portland El is also another carrier, only this is used only in Portland.

Health

File:CarsonGeneralHospital-GTA3-northwestwards.jpg

The Carson General Hospital.

Also the hospital service, in this case of the three hospitals in Liberty City that have ambulances at home, are another important service in Liberty City, for use in the boroughs. The hospital of Liberty City as:

Sweeney General Hospital: Founded in 1847, is the oldest hospital in the city, the more old hospital in the city.
Carson General Hospital: Founded in 1973, is the largest hospital in the city.
Hope Medical College: A hospital located in Shoreside Vale.

Acording to the founding of the hospital, which has more clinical service to the city is the Sweeney General Hospital in Portland.

Police

Main article: LCPD in GTA III Era

The Liberty City Police Department since 1869 has been fighting crime in the city, is another widely used service for all types of problems such as gang fights or thefh. The Leone family is one of the biggest rock monitored by city police in Portland, where he dominated.

Fire

Main article: Liberty City Fire Department.

As well as the Liberty City Fire Department who has served since 1872 the islands of the city putting out fires.

Transport

Bridges

File:Shoreside Lift Bridge.jpg

The Shoreside Lift Bridge

Liberty City has four major bridges throughout the city, two huge bridges that connects the three islands:

Callahan Bridge linking Portland and Staunton Island.
Shoreside Lift Bridge linking Staunton Island to Shoreside Vale.

Callahan Bridge, also known as West Port Bridge, is a four lane suspension bridge finished sometime after 1998, when construction was almost completed. The bridge links the Chinatown district of Portland to the Newport district of Staunton Island. In 2001 the bridge was partially destroyed when the Colombian Cartel kidnapped the Oriental Gentleman, planting a bomb to kill the LCPD officers transporting him, Claude and 8-Ball to Portland.

The Shoreside Lift Bridge is a four lane lift bridge, most likely based off George Washington Bridge connecting Manhattan to the New Jersey. In 1998, Toni Cipriani has to wait for a strike to end before using the bridge, whilst in 2001 Claude is forced to wait until a mechanical problem is fixed.

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.

<gallery captionalign="left"> File:CallahanBridge-GTA3.jpg|Callahan Bridge, as viewed from Staunton Island File:CallahanBridge-GTA3-damaged.jpg|The 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. </gallery>

Road Tunnels

File:PorterTunnel-GTA3-tunnel.jpg

Porter Tunnel

Porter Tunnel is an underground and underwater road tunnel connecting the cities three boroughs. The tunnel may be based on the Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel or the Big Dig in Boston. The tunnel has four lanes, apart from the exit at Staunton Island, which only has two lanes. The tunnel entry/exit points include Harwood (in Portland), Rockford (in Staunton Island), and Francis International Airport and Wichita Gardens (both in Shoreside Vale). Construction for the tunnel begins in 1998, however, numerous delays see the tunnel finally open in October 2001, with Claude having to wait for the tunnel to be fully constructed.

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.

<gallery> 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:PorterTunnel-GTA3-FIAend.jpg|One of the Shoreside Vale entrances of the Porter Tunnel at Francis International Airport File:PorterTunnel-GTA3-WichitaGardensend.jpg|One of the Shoreside Vale entrance of the Porter Tunnel at Wichita Gardens 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 </gallery>

Trains and Subways

Portland El

Main article: Portland El

The Portland El (electric line) is an elevated train service running on Portland, connecting the Saint Marks, 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).

<gallery> Image:SaintMarksstation-GTA3-elevated.jpg|Baillie Station in Saint Mark's File:Chinatownstation-GTA3-elevated.jpg|Kurowski Station in Chinatown File:HepburnHeightsstation-GTA3-elevated.jpg|Rothwell Station in Hepburn Heights </gallery>

Subway

Main article: Subway in GTA III

The inter-borough subway system is an underground system linking the three boroughs of the city. The subway stations are located at the border of the Red Light District/Chinatown in Portland, at Liberty Campus and Bedford Point in Staunton Island, and Francis International Airport in Shoreside Vale. Liberty City had, at some point, another subway system, which was abandoned after the construction of the new subway. Toni Cipriani uses an old subway entrance to destroy Fort Staunton in Bringing the House Down.

Ferry Service

File:Ferry.jpg

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

Main article: Crime in Liberty City in GTA III Era

Liberty City has, in 2001, a rampant crime rate and is known as the "worst place in America" because of this. The main problem for the city is the organised crime, and in particular the problem of gangs. The city has also had problems with specific individuals, namely Carl Johnson in 1992, Toni Cipriani in 1998, Mike in 2000/2001 and Claude in 2001. The Liberty Tree and radio stations document the criminal acts occurring in the city and the resulting consequences. These include the Liberty City Police Department introducing helicopters, paramedics threatening to go on strike and prosecuting criminals (such as Salvatore Leone between 1998 and 2001).

According to the 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

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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 to the game, with Forelli Family 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, Keep Your Friends Close..., with Sonny referring to Vercetti as "The Harwood Butcher".

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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 Carl Johnson attempting to steal cars in the Red Light District and later receiving a phone call from his brother Sweet Johnson regarding his 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 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

<gallery> <center> 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. </center> </gallery>

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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
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 File:GtaUsaMap.jpg|Location of Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas.
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 File:Carcer City.jpg|An alleyway in Carcer City as seen in Manhunt.
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 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.
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 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.
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 File:SteeringtheVote-GTALCS.jpg|[[Toni Cipriani]] [[Steering the Vote|campaigning]] for [[Donald Love]]
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 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.
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 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
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 ==Media==
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 [[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.
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 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.
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 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]]
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 ==Services==
-Liberty City has several public services 24 hours every day, from food, transportation, gas, fire, health care, among others ... where each is used differently. Food service can range from restaurants, food distributors (companies) and cafeterias as [[Punk Noodles]], [[Joe's Pizza]] (used more in [[1998]]), [[Tarbrush Café]], [[Momma's Restaurante]], [[Belly-Up Fish & Seafood Processing Plant]], etc. ... what is most used in the city as well as public transportation from taxis, buses and subways.
+Liberty City has several public services 24 hours every day, from food, transportation, gas, fire, health care, among others ... where each is used differently. Food service can range from restaurants, food distributors (companies) and cafeterias as [[Punk Noodles]], [[Joe's Pizza]] (used more in [[1998]]), [[Tarbrush Café]], [[Momma's Restaurante]], [[Belly-Up Fish &amp; Seafood Processing Plant]], etc. ... what is most used in the city as well as public transportation from taxis, buses and subways.
 [[File:Taxi-GTALCS-front.jpg|right|thumb|210px|A taxi in GTA LCS, most widely used public transportation in the city.]]
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 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]].
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 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.
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 ===Road Tunnels===
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 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.
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 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]]
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 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]]
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 ===Trains and Subways===
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 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).
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 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]]
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 [[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]].
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 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".
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 [[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".
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 ===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.
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 ==Maps==
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 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.
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 ==See also==