The Goldstone Building

The Goldstone Building is a minor location in The Last of Us."The Outskirts"
== History ==
The Goldstone Building was a skyscraper within the city of Boston, notably in the downtown area. After the outbreak, FEDRA gave the order to have the Air Force carpet bomb the downtown area to kill the hordes of infected that had taken over the area. Before doing so, FEDRA issued an notice for residents to flee the area and reach the quarantine zone for safety.Evacuation leaflet The bombing successfully killed thousands of infected, but made the area uninhabitable afterward. Like many other skyscrapers in the area, the Goldstone Building was heavily damaged, falling into another building, but still managed to stay upright. Years later, the military abandoned efforts to control the area, allowing infected to once again migrate into the area. 
By 2033, the military occasionally sent patrols into the building to search for supplies. The most recent patrol was sent out that July and included Private Waters, Private Atwater, Private Shah, Private Coolidge, and several other soldiers. Atwater encountered a stalker and led the patrol into the Goldstone Building. The patrol was soon killed by multiple infected, with Waters taking refuge on one of the building's staircases before writing a final report. Infected then found and mauled him to death.Field ops log
=== Events of The Last of Us ===
In the Summer of 2033, Joel, Tess, and Ellie traverse through the building on their way to Massachusetts State House. They find a clicker corpse attached to a wall, and Joel and Tess pry it off to enter another room. Once inside, a clicker jumps out and tackles Joel to the ground. Tess kicks it off him and shoots it dead with her pistol. Later, the trio encounters Waters' corpse, with Joel collecting his field ops log. They find the corpses of FEDRA soldiers strewn around the building, along with some that were still alive, but had turned into runners.
They fight their way through the numerous infected before traversing to the lower levels to access the shopping area. There, they find several would-be escorts for Ellie; dead Fireflies that had been trying to rendezvous at the Capitol building but were killed by infected. The trio then sneak through the clickers living in the area, finally exiting the building and getting closer to the state house.
== References ==
Category:Locations