Port Alexander
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Port Alexander is a thriving metropolis on the East coast of the United States
of America. It is a thoroughly modern city with skyscrapers and the
headquarters of many world-class corporations.
It is a port city, with ships arriving and departing regularly to and from
all points of the globe. The harbor is large and well-sheltered from storms.
The James river is large, deep and swift. It is navigable for
some fifty or sixty miles upriver, and barges can often be seen heading
up and down the river.
Midtown (Port Alexander on the map)
Midtown is the business center of Port Alexander. Offices and corporate
headquarters abound, as well as many of the city's major governmental
and cultural institutions.
Points of Interest:
- Port Alexander Convention Center
- Port Alexander Musuem
- The museum is three stories, the lowest being quite high, the
second and third tall but more regular sized. Presumably there
is a basement as well. There is one main entrance, a large
columned gallery, and many windows. The windows are all alarmed
and the lowest floor are also heavily barred.
The second floor is where the travelling
exhibits are usually lodged.
There are many other exits, due to fire codes, and a couple
of employee entrances round the back near the parking area.
Likewise, loading facilities are in the back. Both areas are off-
limits to the public.
- City Hall
- Shar-Chi, Importer, is located along the waterfront in an older
section of Midtown.
Old Town
To the north of the James River (named after the explorer who found the
harbor), is Old Town. The separation between Old Town and new Port Alexander
is substantially more than simply geographical. Old Town is where the rich
and famous of Port Alexander live and play. Skyscrapers give way to stately
mansions, and condos on golf courses.
Points of Interest:
- Home of Ricard Damon aka
Darkspell
- Home of Alex Ladilot
Commerce City
Map
To the south of Port Alexander proper, and extending inland, is the industrial
district -- Commerce City. Many heavy industries are located here, quite a
few of which have their corporate offices in Midtown Port Alexander.
On the point of the harbor, on the south side, in Commerce City is
a ghetto area, the Ramparts, or 'Parts, named after the Revolutionary
War era fort that once stood there guarding access to the harbor.
The docks begin just West of the 'Parts, in the harbor proper. The 'Parts
are often patrolled by Ka-Sador
and Defender, while
The Wanderer seems to concentrate
somewhat on the docks.
Points of Interest:
- The CommerceDome, home to the Port Alexander Dutchmen, the city's
professional football team.
- Reskey Park area, at the western edge of the ramparts, a transitional
neighborhood on its way up. Centered on Reskey Park, a small
park that was the gift of Russian expatriate Ivan Reskey who
had great success in Port Alexander. Still home to a large
Russian immigrant community. The Wander-no-More House is
located here.
- The secret entrance to the tunnel to the Eagle's Nest is located
under a building registed to the Quick Response Alarm Company,
a front for an IPAC vehicle/equipment depot.
- Proust Aerospace
- Office of Starzkee Enhutch, in the 'Parts.
The Portrail
The subway, the "PortRail", runs throughout Port Alexander, extends tentatively
into the reaches of Old Town, races for some distance into Commerce City,
and stretches some nine or ten miles inland (often connecting with "Park and
Ride" stations, with large parking lots, where commuters can leave their
cars and ride into the city proper.
Last Updated 15 April 2002
