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Table of contents

1 General Information 2 Landmarks 2.1 Guardian Heights 2.2 8th Street Station 2.3 Century Hollow 2.4 Museum of Superhumanity 2.5 Nowhere Street 2.6 United Nations Building 2.7 Barracks 2.8 Culture Dome 3 Connections

General Information

The borough of Manhattan, as well as New York City in general, appears as a setting multiple times throughout the series.

Compared to other locations in Seven Soldiers, Manhattan seems to be centrally located. Sheeda incursions seem to start at 'in-between' places that can be used as dimesional entry-points and then slowly work their way inward towards the center. Sheeda insect warriors are sighted early in places like Slaughter Swamp, Miracle Mesa, and Castle Revolving, but Manhattan remains unaffected by the weirdness taking place at the outskirts until relatively late in the story. Life in Manhattan seems to be almost mundane by comparison, as if insulated from the early stages of the Sheeda threat by the centrality of its location.

The Seven Soldiers' fictionalized version of Manhattan differs from the real city in several key ways.

• In the DC Universe, New York City is known as the "Cinderella City," since it is often overshadowed by its "two ugly stepsisters," Metropolis and Gotham.

• The architecture of Manhattan in the DCU is generally loftier, bolder, less practical, and more grandiose than that in the real world.

• New York City is home to several superheroes, including The Whip, The Guardian, and Mister Miracle.

• To Klarion the Witch-Boy, Manhattan is the idyllic and wonderous over-realm known only as "Blue Rafters" and the destination of his rebel pilgrimage.

Landmarks

• The skyline of the city includes several buildings and edifices that were never constructed in real life:
  • Hotel Attraction (designed by Antoni Gaudi)
  • The Chase-Manhattan Bank Building (designed by Hans Hollein to resemble the grill of a Rolls Royce)
  • The Mid-Manhattan Expressway (proposed by Robert Moses)
  • Imperial Tower (under construction, origin unknown)
  • Guardian Heights (home to the Manhattan Guardian newspaper)
  • The Ellis Island Key Project (conceived by Frank Lloyd Wright)

Guardian Heights

• The high-tech headquarters of the Manhattan Guardian Newsapaper.
• Appears throughout The Guardian.

8th Street Station

• At the corner of 8th Street and Broadway, the 8th Street - New York University subway station services the R (http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/service/rline.htm) and N (http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/service/nline.htm) lines.
• The setting of Guardian 1 and Guardian 2, in which the station is attacked by Subway Pirates.
• A convenient entry point to the Secret Subways.

Century Hollow

• The city's most unusual science park
• An animatronic scale model of the earth's population designed to demonstrate global demographic dynamics
• Appears in Guardian 3

Museum of Superhumanity

• A museum devoted to the achievements and paraphenalia of the superheroes of yesteryear
• Appears in Klarion 3 and Seven Soldiers 1
• Referenced in Bulleteer 2 and Mister Miracle 3

Nowhere Street

• Home of the Newsboy Army and Mo Colley
• Adjacent to Nowhere Square
• Appears in Guardian 4

United Nations Building

• Site of the founding of the Newsboy Army
• Site of underground headquarters of SHADE
• Appears in Guardian 4
• Referenced in Frankenstein 4

Barracks

• The construction site / shanty town of the homeless New Gods
• Appears in Mister Miracle 2

Culture Dome

• The venue for the opening show of Shilo Norman's U.S. tour
• Appears in Mister Miracle 3

Connections

Manhattan is adjacent to...

• The Secret Subways

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