Monday, October 17, 2005
Pacific City Neighborhoods
What are the best places to live in Pacific City?
Within the actual city limits (basically, just Crown Island)….
Gold Row
This downtown area centered on 24th Street is the site of five-star hotels, exclusive stores and boutiques, the best restaurants and high-rise luxury condos. It’s the third most expensive address in the US. Most high-end retailers in the US and quite a few international ones have an outlet here. Many corporate headquarters are located here as well. Gold Row is generally considered to start in Township Square with the old Pacific Herald building.
Cicero Park
Old homes around the actual park area combined with a great deal of police presence make this a safe and expensive place to live. Rows of spacious brownstone reconstructions, Victorian corner homes and turreted brick hotels are scattered around this residential neighborhood. Most of the waterfront development is newer and up to modern codes because it was destroyed by Lemurian bio-machines during the invasion of 1995.
Connerton
Formerly ‘Conner’s Town’, Connerton is a 19th-century settlement that was overtaken and incorporated early this century by the rapid urban growth. Conner’s Town was founded by silver magnate Peter Conner in 1834, who built a sprawling mansion atop Pickens Hill overlooking the bay. Even today the ‘Pickens Hill Conners’ are one of the top five wealthiest families in the area. Most of central Connerton is a historical district surrounding the Maritime Museum and Boardwalk (including the whaling ship displays), but away from the tourist areas are quiet narrow streets lined with brick apartment buildings, neighborhood bars, and some of the finest seafood dining in the city (including the Pickens Crab House, the first five-star restaurant in the city).
Witch Hill
A small four-block area adjacent to much more infamous Barrow Hill, Witch Hill nevertheless has a bloody past. In 1870, the five Abbey sisters were dragged from their home (now long since demolished) and hung for practicing witchcraft. Each year for five years, the legend goes, one of the people involved in the hanging disappeared without a trace until a masked gunman confronted the demon-women and killed them again (modern superhero scholars are almost certain this was The Silver Kid, who was said to hunt skinwalkers and other supernatural creatures). Today it’s the site of Pacific City’s largest Halloween celebration, which usually spills over into Conestoga Park. Witch Hill features several nice detatched brick row homes, a close-knit community, numerous shopping, dining and theater amenities, and is the heart of the local non-chain booksellers area.
Within the actual city limits (basically, just Crown Island)….
Gold Row
This downtown area centered on 24th Street is the site of five-star hotels, exclusive stores and boutiques, the best restaurants and high-rise luxury condos. It’s the third most expensive address in the US. Most high-end retailers in the US and quite a few international ones have an outlet here. Many corporate headquarters are located here as well. Gold Row is generally considered to start in Township Square with the old Pacific Herald building.
Cicero Park
Old homes around the actual park area combined with a great deal of police presence make this a safe and expensive place to live. Rows of spacious brownstone reconstructions, Victorian corner homes and turreted brick hotels are scattered around this residential neighborhood. Most of the waterfront development is newer and up to modern codes because it was destroyed by Lemurian bio-machines during the invasion of 1995.
Connerton
Formerly ‘Conner’s Town’, Connerton is a 19th-century settlement that was overtaken and incorporated early this century by the rapid urban growth. Conner’s Town was founded by silver magnate Peter Conner in 1834, who built a sprawling mansion atop Pickens Hill overlooking the bay. Even today the ‘Pickens Hill Conners’ are one of the top five wealthiest families in the area. Most of central Connerton is a historical district surrounding the Maritime Museum and Boardwalk (including the whaling ship displays), but away from the tourist areas are quiet narrow streets lined with brick apartment buildings, neighborhood bars, and some of the finest seafood dining in the city (including the Pickens Crab House, the first five-star restaurant in the city).
Witch Hill
A small four-block area adjacent to much more infamous Barrow Hill, Witch Hill nevertheless has a bloody past. In 1870, the five Abbey sisters were dragged from their home (now long since demolished) and hung for practicing witchcraft. Each year for five years, the legend goes, one of the people involved in the hanging disappeared without a trace until a masked gunman confronted the demon-women and killed them again (modern superhero scholars are almost certain this was The Silver Kid, who was said to hunt skinwalkers and other supernatural creatures). Today it’s the site of Pacific City’s largest Halloween celebration, which usually spills over into Conestoga Park. Witch Hill features several nice detatched brick row homes, a close-knit community, numerous shopping, dining and theater amenities, and is the heart of the local non-chain booksellers area.
# posted by GamerGuy : 2:56 PM
