Downtown Seattle

Where It’s Happening

Downtown Seattle, also known as Seattle City, is the heart of the metroplex. The main business district is also filled with shops, parks, theaters, museums, hotels, and restaurants, a wide variety of local attractions including the waterfront and market, and popular attractions like the Space Needle. It’s also home to examples of the metroplex’s diverse culture, from the International District to the Elven District, the Ork Underground, and the Capitol Hill neighborhood. You can see the Arcology Commercial and Housing Enclave (formerly the Renraku Arcology), one of the world’s largest buildings, as well as the spectacular Aztechnology Pyramid. In fact, Seattle City has so much to offer, the Guide recommends a subscription to a service like GridGuide’s free Citywalk for AR guidance and directions on the best routes to maximize your visit and make sure you experience all the best sites along the way.

> Downtown is “where it’s happening” in the shadows, too, for the most part; more runs focus on this part of the metroplex than any other. No real surprise, as there’s more high-priced, high-security corporate real estate per square meter here than anywhere else. Although Knight Errant technically has overall responsibility for security and policing the city streets, in reality downtown is an overlapping crazy-quilt of corporate security zones and extraterritorial borders. Some smart runners have even managed to slip pursuit by crossing the right boundaries—like cutting through embassies and no-man’s-lands—but pick the wrong one and you could be out of the frying pan and into the fire.
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