Gotham City

"*Gotham has always had a reputation as a city plagued by gang violence, drug trafficking, vandalism, and arson. Many years of "the Batman" has curbed that problem, but at what cost? Are the people of Gotham willing to live in a city where fear is a substitute for order?*"
―Vicki Vale[src]
**Gotham City** is a large city located on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, in the federated state of New Jersey, across the bay from its sister city, Metropolis, Delaware in the District of Metropolis. It is also the birthplace of the fearsome vigilante known as the Batman.

Always a literal cesspool filled with criminals, corruption, pollution and vermin infestations, Gotham is considered by some to be the most dangerous and criminally corrupt city in the world, as well as the cheapest housing rate. By day, an attractive and alluring tourist location, while by night, every decent persons' worst nightmare.

## History

### Foundation

Founded centuries ago by a Dutch mercenary, Gotham City grew to become one of the world's leading economic hubs and a center for history, technology and the arts.

### 20th century

#### Gang violence

In the late 1960s, Gotham experienced a period of extreme civil unrest and gang wars. These conflicts forced the businesses in the city's famed Clocktower to exit.

#### Murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne

In 1988, eminent philanthropists Thomas and Martha Wayne were murdered by mugger Joe Chill after watching *The Mask of Zorro* at the Monarch Theatre. The crime left their only son Bruce the last remaining member of the Wayne Family, who witnessed the murder of both of his parents at just 10 years old.

### 21st century

#### Birth of the Batman

"*Every punk in this town is scared stiff. You know what they say? They say he can't be killed. They say he drinks blood.*"
―Edward Elliot[src]
TBA

## Layout

Downtown Gotham City is comprised of many smaller neighborhoods.

### Neighborhoods

* Bowery
* Bristol
* Burnley
* Chelsea
* Chinatown
* Corktree
* Coventry
* East End
* Financial District
* Gotham Heights
* Little Bohemia
* Little Odessa
* Lower Gotham
* Lower East Side
* Lower West Side
* Midtown
* Park Row
* Somerset
* South Gotham
* Upper East Side
* Upper West Side

### Locales

* Ace Chemicals Factory
* Alice's Antiques
* Archie Goodwin International Airport
* Arkham Home for the Emotionally Troubled
* Arkham Island
* Bertinelli mansion
* Big Belly Burger
* Blackgate Penitentiary
* Bryant Chemical Works
* Buford Building
* Castleland Mall
* Hall of Records
* Mayor's Office
* Clocktower
* Club Vesuvius
* Crime Alley
* Crystal Palace
* Courthouse Alley
* Davenport Tower
	+ Davenport Center
* Diamond District
* Doc's Place
* Egyptian
* Ellsworth Building
* Empire International Airport
* Excelsior Motel
* Falcone's
* Fashion District
* Father Knickenbocker Wax Museum
* Founders Pier
* Fox Gardens
* Globe Theater
* Gotham City Cemetery
* Gotham City Arms Hotel
* Gotham City Gas Warehouse
* Gotham City General Hospital
* Gotham City Hall
* Gotham City Imports Office
* Gotham City Museum of Antiquities
* Gotham City Museum of Natural History
* Gotham City Olympus
* Gotham City Opera House
* GCPD Precinct
* Gotham City Public Library
* Gotham City Stock Exchange
* Gotham City Yacht Club
* Gotham City Zoo
* Gotham Heights
* Gotham State University
* Haly's Circus
* Harbor Light Motor Lodge
* Hotel Aventine
* Hyde Towers
* Iceberg Lounge
* International Museum of Financial History
* Janus Cosmetics building
* Kane Art Museum
* Kingston Square
* La Jeste Clown College
* Lake's Bodega
* La Scala Theater
* Maxie's Casino
* Marin Hotel
* Mecha Sushi
* Midtown Arena
* Midtown Mall
* Murray's Exotic Animals
* Neo-Eden
* North Central Hospital
* Official Gotham City Information Center
* Orchard Hotel
* Orpheum Theater
* Pamela's Café
* Paradise Club
* Paz Rudi
* Peregrinator's Club
* Pizza Lorenzano
* Powers Hotel
* Powers Stadium
* Red Lotus
* Richland Mall
* Riverside Lounge
* Robinson Park
	+ Finger Castle
	+ Forum of the Twelve Caesars
	+ Giella Gardens
	+ Johnson Landfill
	+ Nero Pavilion
* Robinson Station
* Rosemont Theater
* Seraphic Donutry
* Sionis Below
* St. Bernadette's Orphanage
* Taco Dirty to Me
* Theater Row
* Tobacconists Club
* Tricorner Park
* Tricorner Yards
* Up All Night
* Ventriloquist Club
* Victorian Parlor
* Von Gruenwald Tower
* Wayne Aerospace Hangar
* Wayne Botanical Garden
* Wayne Manor
	+ Wayne Mausoleum
* Wayne Medical Center
* Wayne Tower
* Zatara's Magic Shop

## Organizations

* Ace Chemicals
* Batman Vigilante Family
* Birds of Prey
* Gotham City Fire Department
* Gotham City Gas
* Gotham City Police Department
* Gotham Free Press
* Gotham Gazette
* Gotham Times
* Janus Corporation
* Wayne Enterprises

### Gotham organized crime

* Court of Owls - dismantled by Batman
* Black Mask's criminal organization - dismantled by Red Hood
* Penguin's criminal organization
* Penitente Cartel - dismantled by Batman

### Gotham crime families

* Falcone Crime Family - inactive
* Bertinelli Crime Family - inactive
* Maroni Crime Family - inactive