Midtown

Midtown

Midtown is a relatively well-to-do area, home to the professional businesses: the lawyers, bankers, financiers, and accounting firms; the marketing and publicity experts; the agents and brokers who make the money work. As one of the more affluent areas, Midtown is also a thriving retail area where the latest fashions from Back East are on sale, and where fine dining and elegant nightclubs offer a glamorous night out where the stars come to be seen.

• Angel Detective Agency: This office is home to an important detective firm that operates throughout the city. Angel employs a number of private detectives in all boroughs and the Midtown branch acts as a head office for the firm for billing and legal issues. If trouble is brewing and the police aren't paying attention, or maybe the police don't believe you. Then you should head to the ADA to get the help you need.

• The Blue Dahlia Nightclub: The Dahlia is among the most popular nightclubs in all of Lost Angels. Frequently booking big-name singers and lounge acts, the club is regularly attended by the rich and powerful of Lost Angels. Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and even the great Billie Holiday graced their presence here. Drop by and get one of their famous drinks, "The Bees Knees".

• The Cotton Club: One of the foremost nightclubs in Midtown, the Cotton Club is a place to see and be seen. As with most nightclubs, camera girls and guys roam the floor taking pictures of the couples relaxing in the booths. Prints of the photograph can be delivered to the table within the hour (in an attractive presentation box) or mailed at a later date. 

• The Deadline: This late-night drinking establishment is the favorite hangout of journalists and movie writers. The high-backed booths create a secretive atmosphere, while the dim lighting is gentle on bleary, blood-shot eyes. Drinks are reasonably priced for Midtown but don’t expect good food here. The only dinners served at the Deadline are poured from a bottle.

• The Hearst News Building: Among the other fine buildings in this part of town stands the impressive monument to Hearst’s ambitions. The Hearst News Building is a Mission-Revival design office building that houses most of the journalists writing for Hearst’s many papers, and from the massive printing presses deep in the basements of the building, multiple editions are released daily (with occasional evening editions when the situation warrants). After City Hall, it’s the tallest building outside the Holy City’s walls.

• Frustrum & Lynch: One of the premier legal firms in the movie industry, Frustrum & Lynch handles the corporate and private affairs of a great many movie moguls. Their impressive offices in Midtown boast a substantial number of works of art in the office suites of the senior partners, while the walls of every junior partner’s office is decorated with signed photographs of the biggest players in Movie Town.

City Hall: The tallest, most impressive building in the five boroughs, City Hall is the administrative center of secular Lost Angels. The building is home to the offices of Mayor Stoner, the District Attorney and his deputies, the representatives of the five boroughs, and the Council Chambers, where the Council of Lost Angels meets regularly.