Staunton Island

BOROUGH Staunton Island
Artwork of Staunton Island. Staunton Island view at night.
Appearance(s):	Grand Theft Auto III Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Grand Theft Auto Advance
City:	Liberty City
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Staunton Island is the second borough of Liberty City, as seen in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. Commerce is plentiful, as composed mostly of business buildings and weapons can be acquired from two different stores: one selling regular weapons available to many, and the other selling militia-style or army-type weapons available to only soldiers.

There are also residential areas in the island such as Newport, Belleville Park and Fort Staunton (only in 1998, as in GTA III is a construction). Staunton Island is also, up until 1998, the home of at least two Mafia families: the Sindaccos and the Forellis. Staunton Island has its very own Yakuza-owned casino.

Overview

Staunton Island includes landmarks based on the real landmarks of Manhattan, although the name is based in Staten Island consisting of a high-rise downtown in the southern part, a high-rise Midtown in the Center and a much smaller skyline in the northern part or more of the Uptown. Staunton Island is composed of three main areas:

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Computer Generation of Staunton Island, where you can see the areas of the island

Downtown Staunton

Downtown Staunton is the skyscraper area located south of Staunton Island.

Midtown Staunton

Midtown Staunton is the central area of Staunton Island.

Uptown Staunton

Uptown Staunton is the area north of Staunton Island, composed mostly of apartments.

Neighbourhoods

Staunton Island consists of eight neighbourhoods, based on the Manhattan´s neighbourhoods:

• Aspatria - Upper West Side
• Bedford Point - Times Square
• Belleville Park - Central Park
• Fort Staunton - Little Italy in 1998.
• Liberty Campus (in this neighborhood is located Liberty City Community College based at the Columbia University.)
• Newport - Upper East side
• Rockford - Inwood
• Torrington - Financial District, Manhattan

Cityscape

Panorama of Staunton Island, with most of skyscrapers and city buildings

Architecture

Main article: List of tallest buildings in GTAIII

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A computer view of Staunton island

Staunton´s Island is the home of skycrapers and buildings on Liberty City, since it is the island which houses most of this architecture. Staunton Island does not have too many buildings as is its real life counterpart "Manhattan" or Algonquin, but the buildings are very good in impressive style, besides that many of them have some similarities with real life, both New York and elsewhere.

Addition to buildings, Staunton Island also has other structures distributed throughout the city such as City Halls (for example: City Hall and Town Hall), departments (Newport Condo´s), casinos (Kenji's Casino), stadiums (Liberty Memorial Stadium), etc.

Parks

Staunton island has many places of interest but very few parks, and it only has two large parks in Uptown Staunton.

• Belleville Park: is considered the most important park in the city and the second largest park in the city.

• Aspatria Waterfront Park: is named for the location in which the waterfront and actually has no name, is located in Aspatria, Staunton Island, is the longest park in the city.

Crime

Toni Cipriani attacking the Yakuza weapons stock in Aspatria (from Shogun Showdown)

On Staunton Island, the Forelli Family are shown, in 1998, as holding the Fort Staunton, Newport and Belleville Park districts, whilst the Sindacco Family had control of the Torrington district. The Yakuza also have influence in the district, with the Big Shot Casino. Toni Cipriani then begins to attack the two Mafia families on Staunton Island, forcing the Sindacco Family out of Torrington, before forcing the Forelli Family out of Newport and Belleville Park. Toni's actions allow the Uptown Yardies to take Newport, although Toni later has to hold off an attack from the Sindacco Family. Later on, on orders from Donald Love, Toni destroys the Fort Staunton district, forcing the Forelli Family out of Staunton Island. Salvatore is later arrested and taken to the police station in Pike Creek on Shoreside Vale, and Toni follows him. This allows the Uptown Yardies to maintain their stronghold in Newport, and allows the Yakuza to take over Torrington and Aspatria. By 2001, the Colombian Cartel take over the Fort Staunton district, which is being redeveloped by the Cartel front Panlantic Construction Company. All events that have occurred in Staunton Island, considered the most dangerous island of the city along with Portland and Shoreside Vale that is the quietest.

Landmarks

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View of Aspatria-Bedford Expressway

Some landmarks that exist in Staunton Island to Manhattan are:

• The Empire State Building makes an appearance known as the Unnamed Empire State Building equivalent (GTA III). Located in border of Bedford Point, is considered the second largest building in the city, basing on the shape of an obelisk and not that of their counterparts in real life
• The New York City Hall makes an appearance known as the Town Hall. Located of southern in Belleville Park.
• The 500 Fifth Avenue makes an appearance known as the 366.
• The Flatiron Building appears as three replicas in Belleville Park and Newport, of which the best known is Rise FM Headquarters, owned radio station Rise FM.
• The Columbia University makes an appearance known as the Liberty Campus.
• The Riverside Park makes an appearance known as the Aspatria West park.
• The St. Patrick's Cathedral makes an appearance know as the Liberty City Cathedral. Probably the only cathedral in which it is based, although smaller and features a little different.
• The Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive makes appearance know as the Aspatria - Bedford Point Expressway. The expressway passes through the districts of Aspatria, Belleville Park and Bedford Point, the expressway has a slightly different model of its counterpart.

But there are other benchmarks that will echo elsewhere in USA, as:

• The towers of Marina City in Chicago, makes an appearance know as the Lips 106 Headquarters in Belleville Park.
• The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, makes an apparance know as the Liberty Memorial Coliseum. Although the Liberty Memorial Coliseum has similarities to Yankee Stadium, it seems much more to Los Angeles, both the name and form and inaugurated the year.

Businesses

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Bedford Point, a district with many ads and business

Staunton Island is full of some businesses on the island, some based on real life, as:

• Ammu-Nation.
• Bolt Burgers.
• Didier Sachs: is based upon the real-life Dolce & Gabbana.
• Kevin Clone: is a parody of Calvin Klein.
• Liberty Tree: based on the real life of The New York Times, the headquarters is located on Bedford Point.
• Ranch.
• Sumo: is an electronics company relied heavily of Sony.
• TUBE: is a parody of the Subway restaurant.
• Zip: is based on the Gap clothing store.

Apart from these businesses, there are many more on the island.

Places of Interest

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The Liberty Memorial Colisem

• The Love Media Building
• Liberty Memorial Coliseum
• Kenji's Casino (2001)
• Big Shot Casino (1998)
• The Shopping Mall
• Liberty Tree Offices
• Phil Cassidy's Fully Cocked Gun Shop (1998)
• Callahan Bridge
• Shoreside Lift Bridge
• Porter Tunnel
• Liberty City Cathedral

Notable residents

Residents

Ned Burner Phil Cassidy Claude King Courtney Toni Cipriani Eric Ershwitz Georgie Roger C. Hole Humphries Kanbu Asuka Kasen

Kazuki Kasen Kenji Kasen Toshiko Kasen Maria Latore Salvatore Leone Queen Lizzy Donald Love Ray Machowski Leon McAffrey Miguel Mike

Misty Miles O'Donovan Oriental Gentleman Pat Rafael Rudyard Dean Smegley Tanner Tomas Yuka