GOTHAM PROJECT

"[low guttural voice]"
Sends cough sweets.
Using railways to spread the crime, sounds like a plan!!
I love your street labelling. I really am not that familiar with Gotham, but this is still fascinating to me.

5 hours ago, kkffoo said:

"[low guttural voice]"
Sends cough sweets.
Using railways to spread the crime, sounds like a plan!!
I love your street labelling. I really am not that familiar with Gotham, but this is still fascinating to me.

Thank you! Oh, and the sore throat cleared up haha

Fun fact about Gotham: most of the streets, land features, rivers, and bridges are named after real people that had an influence on the creation of Batman like the comic artists, writers, and actors who played characters in all the films. Also, a lot of the towns are named after places in England, like Bristol, Somerset, and Burnley, for some reason.

 

On 17.10.2022 at 9:38 PM, Mr. Jay said:

Fun fact about Gotham: most of the streets, land features, rivers, and bridges are named after real people that had an influence on the creation of Batman like the comic artists, writers, and actors who played characters in all the films. Also, a lot of the towns are named after places in England, like Bristol, Somerset, and Burnley, for some reason.

That's a challenge indeed, because I don't remember that there is any pool of street names used in the actual movies. Perhaps a couple of them. I actually remember the city zoo and that humongous observatory but not a single street name. 

As far as British names go, it must be because of Alfred's British heritage. They fit Gotham well. 

10 hours ago, TheMurderousCricket said:

As far as British names go, it must be because of Alfred's British heritage. They fit Gotham well. 

I didn't think about Alfred, but that makes sense!

I was rewatching my favorite cartoon as a kid "Batman: The Animated Series" and in an episode, someone says at the corner of Broome and Finger (both DC comic writers), and that intersection is actually in the map I'm using as a reference.

   

For the rest of the side streets without names, I'm going to just number like the grid system in New York.

Masive region, Gotham city and all those agracultural  area´s ! Some carefully planned growable lots at least, a lot of work, well done !

On 10/23/2022 at 12:26 PM, kschmidt said:

Masive region, Gotham city and all those agracultural  area´s ! Some carefully planned growable lots at least, a lot of work, well done !

Thanks, kschmidt! It is a really big region, and I'm trying to cover all 3 major islands of Gotham with medium-density buildings and dirty industry for a 19th century look, but it's turning out to be a really long process. There are so many square blocks to fill, but when I finally do I'll post another entry to show my progress. Then, skyscrapers skyscrapers skyscrapers... I'm going to try and hit around 12 million population in the end. Hopefully... We'll see!