San Lorenzo Overview - St. Raphael
Idk what happened on the bottom...heheh.
At the top of the mosaic is the St. Raphael Marina and Harborside Shopping Center, which includes the Oahu Nightclub and a building with loads of fashion stores. The subterranean mall across the avenue has assorted shops and a foodcourt with several shops located underneath the nearby SLH Health Building (the blockish office building with the expansive parking garage attached to it)
This part of the city was originally founded as "San Rafael" by Spanish explorers, and when the Americans came in it was renamed St. Raphael. For years this area was just a backwater fishing town, but as the city of San Lorenzo expanded in the late 1800's and many immigrants from Ireland and Italy began to move into the central business district, many xenophobic wealthy people did not want to associate themselves with the immigrants, so they built nice mansions in this area, some of which are still there. They would ban any immigrants from living in the area, as they felt they were inferior and therefore did not want to live anywhere near them. However, in a somewhat satisfying ironic twist of fate, this area would become almost predominatelly filled with expatriate immigrants, most of them from Greece and Balkan countries.
Here, for example you have the Greek Orthodox St. Theodosius church and a nearby Gyros cafe. This area has alot of wonderful Greek cuisine, and if there's one thing that San Lorenzinos appreciate... it's yummy food. Of course alongside the Greek cuisine is different types of food like McDonald's, ChickenTacoLand or McGreasy's.
Of course there is another side to this area... and I'm not talking about the greasy food at ChickenTacoLand. There's some seedy "entertainment" venues located a bit south of the central area of St. Raphael... where desperate men go to excite themselves. Whatever the reason people even go to those places, rest assured most of the joints here aren't affiliated in anyway with the local community.
And to end the update, another nighttime picture:
*Technically. We keep it frozen and heat it up in a microwave... it’s not like you’ll be able to tell anyways since you're probably used to eating TV Dinners. 
Also, it's 9/11, so let's remember those who perished. 
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