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The Rotten Apple: Manhattan

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MANHATTAN HISTORY

Southside

Times Past

he Marquee

Life in the City

Corson Place Hotel

MANHATTAN SeCuRITY

The Village

Washington Square Park / NYCU Campus

Getting In and Around

he Cypress Tree

MANHATTAN NeIGHBORHOODS

The Pit

Inwood

Orchard Street

Washington Heights

C-Squat

Newtown

Soho

Riverside/east Riverside

Saints and SINners

Freedom Tunnel

The Towers

Randall’s and Ward’s Islands

City Center

Westside and upper eastside

East Coast Stock Exchange

he Prometheus Spire

Frankfurt Bank Association

MDC Building

Chinatown

FDR Drive

Lucky Star 99

he Sea of Fools

Battery City

Central Park

he Green Building

Belvedere Castle

Obelisk

Castle Clinton

The underground

Midtown

Night Markets

heater District

THe MANHATTAN DeVeLOPMeNT

CONSORTIuM

Museum of Modern Art

Grand Central

Penn Station

Ares Macrotechnology

Some Assembly Required

Aztechnology

Zoé

Citigroup

Lower Westside and eastside

Horizon Corporation

Eleemosynary Children’s Clinic

NeoNeT

Roosevelt Island

NYPD, Incorporated

Pizza Now

Prometheus engineering

Times Square

Renraku Computer Systems

Neon City

SAeDeR-KRuPP

Downtown

S-K North America

he Empire State Building

S-K Prime

Bowling Green

Shiawase

Waldorf-Astoria

Sony Corporation

Stuyvesant

Spinrad Industries

Terminal

Trans-Orbital

Choke Points

he Apple Press

Firesale

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MANHATTAN HISTORY

Posted by: Kay St. Irregular

THe QuAKe AND THe MDC

The historical New York City came to a

screeching halt on April 12, 2005. By most

oficial accounts, the Quake was only mod-

erate. However, several eyewitness accounts

imply a stronger earthquake. Despite nu-

merous warnings that such an earthquake

was possible, it took everyone by surprise.

Worse, most buildings weren’t earthquake

proof, virtually guaranteeing a higher death

toll. The numbers were staggering, two hun-

dred thousand dead, a million more wounded

or dying, and billions of dollars in property

damage. Experts agreed that it could have

been far worse though.

Those businesses and people who could—

including the New York Stock Exchange

and the United Nations—led the City. By all

rights, the US government (back then it was

still the USA) should have stepped in with

disaster relief. Unfortunately, several disas-

trous foreign aid decisions and numerous

legal challenges had all but bankrupted the

nation. Enter the corporations and their re-

construction plan.

Several of the larger corps with ofices

in Manhattan volunteered their own capital

to rebuild. In return, they asked for deregu-

lation. Having little alternative, the govern-

ment agreed. Lawmakers at the time be-

lieved the measures were temporary and

would be revoked once things settled down.

But, as we all know, 2011 brought enough

changes to render the issue moot.

Having extracted their pound of lesh,

the corporations, now under the aegis of

the Manhattan Development Consortium

(MDC) or Manhattan Inc., kept their prom-

ises. Along the way, they lured the Corporate

Court into establishing their terrestrial head-

quarters in the City, bought up all the land

on Manhattan, successfully disassociated it

from the rest of the boroughs, and kept the

name New York City.

New York was once the most amazing city in the world.

While it’s only a shadow of its former glory, it’s still North

America’s premiere city—just ask any native. Home to the

East Coast Stock Exchange (ECSE), the Statue of Liberty,

and the earthbound headquarters of the Corporate Court,

Manhattan is the largest contiguous extraterritorial region

in the UCAS.

A few years ago, I spent some time working New York.

Manhattan, in particular, is a tricky place to work. However,

the opportunities are endless, the compensation excellent,

and the risks are at the right level to keep things interesting.

TIMeS PAST

In the atermath of the Quake, it was simply a struggle to

survive. Just inding shelter was a chore. he buildings that sur-

vived were deathtraps; some continued to fall as long as three

years ater the Quake. Subway tunnels, sewer lines, ventilation,

wiring, and infrastructure tunnels were all weakened or de-

stroyed.. he job became overwhelming and in the end, much

of the island was leveled and paved over rather than repaired.

It took almost a decade of round-the-clock work for

the progress to be even noticeable. In the meantime, all but

the most stubborn and resilient New Yorkers chose to leave.

Commuting was impossible. Construction workers and

refugees lived in temporary shelters and unstable buildings

throughout reconstruction. he Manhattan you see from

behind the security fence today is an average of ive meters

higher and covers over 16 square kilometers more than it did

pre-Quake.

> A few buildings that the MDC wanted to keep were raised up

to the new level through the combined use of great-form spirits

and modern engineering. The only way to tell that the City was

lifted is by going to Central Park and a few other locations which

weren’t picked up.

> Axis Mundi

> Don’t forget about the Underground. In the aftermath of recon-

struction, some of Manhattan’s forgotten tunnels, pipes, streets,

and crumbled buildings remain buried under the modern surface

streets—places the wageslaves never venture. The Underground

would be much smaller if MDC had cleaned up rather than paving

over the City and forgetting that the City once had a past. Not

that I’m complaining, they have some of the best “rat on a stick”

to be found—and no border checkpoints.

> 2XL

To begin, there were more than two hundred thousand

fewer people in the City and boroughs. hen Manhattan Inc.

instituted new rules which served to insulate the haves from

the have-nots. Outside of select neighborhoods illed with

surly refugees, the mass of humanity that typiied NYC was

gone. But there was more to it.

he haves who survived the Quake were afraid to come

to NYC. hey were afraid of further earthquakes, ruined

buildings, scavengers, and other dangers. Telecommuting was

Once things got back to a semblance of normalcy, resi-

dents found something had changed, and not for the better.

It was as if NYC had suddenly been let behind. Industry

ground to a halt as did commerce and trade. World spanning

deals were struck, but they were cemented somewhere else.

he rich and powerful gathered, just not in NYC. he City

used to be the destination. But that all changed. It changed

not just with the City but also with the people.

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