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Manifest City

Tap an area to open it. North is up: from the pier, Downtown lies north across the water.

Map of Manifest City North is up. Downtown and the Central Loop sit on the lakeshore to the north; Neo-Navy Pier faces them across the water from the south-west; the South Shore runs along the lake to the south; Echo Gate stands on its waterfront island, reached by the Resonance Lift from the Concourse. THE LAKE↑ NORTH SIDE BAND, BEYOND THE CENTRAL LOOP DOWNTOWNTHE CENTRAL LOOP EAST BAND NEAR-NORTH BANDR.S.'s residential suite SECTOR FOURthe pilot district NEAR WEST BAND WEST BANDJulian's band LINCOLN BIOPARKSimone, Chapter 1 NEAR-SOUTH BANDMekhi's workspace, a sublevel SOUTH SHOREseawall and breakwalls Coherence Park ECHO GATE THE SPIRE CARBON VOID THE CONCOURSE DIRECTORATE RESONANCE LIFT NEO-NAVY PIER STORY DEN
Landmark Resonance Lift route (Chapter 1)

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Manifest City at dusk: the Spire, Carbon Void towers with teal ring-portals, and the lake.
Manifest CityThe whole city, on the lake.
Downtown at night: the Spire rising over teal transit ribbons and Carbon Void towers.
Downtown · The Central LoopThe city's heart and constant backdrop; Digital_One lives here.
The diamond-lattice Spire with its violet core, seen past a teal ring-portal.
The SpireThe diamond-lattice tower with the violet core.
Renee walks the dark, teal-lit Concourse among the crowd.
The ConcourseThe plaza at the Spire's base, where Chapter 1 begins.
A near-black Carbon Void tower with a glowing teal ring-portal.
Carbon Void towerNear-black monolith at the plaza's edge; the crack Renee watched.
R.S. and Dr. Mills in the Spire's tower room, looking out over the city.
Optimization DirectorateDr. Mills's office, in the Spire.
Renee and Patrice run through the ringed teal corridor.
Resonance LiftGlass maglev pod and teal ring corridor, the Concourse to Echo Gate.
Echo Gate at night: the mirrored bean-form monument reflected in the wet plaza, teal lines across its skin.
Echo GateThe mirrored monument on its waterfront island.
Book concept art: a reflecting pool and fountain beneath elevated transit ribbons in Coherence Park.
Coherence ParkBook concept artThe transit plaza and park around the monument (Part 2).
Neo-Navy Pier at night: a lakefront promenade with teal light-lines and white pavilions.
Neo-Navy PierLakefront promenade that looks back at Downtown across the water.
Book concept art: the South Shore seawall, breakwalls and lower maintenance ledge beside dark lake water.
South ShoreBook concept artAlong the lake, where the city's guidance thins.
Grace in the firelit Story Den, the circle gathered around her.
Story DenGrace's testimony room beneath the South Shore.
Lincoln Biopark: white organic walkways, glass domes and greenery.
Lincoln BioparkDaylight park of white walkways and glass domes.
Book concept art: a bio-ceramic fountain, glass pedestrian bridge and dark tower in Sector Four.
Sector FourBook concept artThe pilot district.
Book concept art: high residential windows wrapped in layered dark civic skins in the Near-North band.
Near-North bandBook concept artR.S.'s residential suite sits high here.
Book concept art: a worn lower promenade and service stairwell beneath the Near-South transit ribbons.
Near-South bandBook concept artMekhi's workspace, deep in a sublevel.
Book concept art: distant North Side towers with teal and amber traces in the haze.
North Side bandBook concept artBeyond the Central Loop.
Book concept art: an empty West band pedestrian bridge above a transit ribbon before dawn.
West band · Near West bandBook concept artJulian is a tuner from the West band.
Book concept art: the East band fountain wall beside a long concourse and service stairwell.
East bandBook concept artA long concourse with a fountain wall.
Dark lake water reflecting the teal-lit skyline and violet Spire at night.
The lakeThe water the whole city sits on.

Beneath the city

Book concept art: an old service lift and concrete maintenance junction ending at a sealed slab.
Sublevels and 'the bones'Book concept artMaintenance spines down to Level Nine.
Book concept art: server stacks descend into the Archive shaft beside a service landing and sterile lab doorway.
The Archive and ANCHOR-0Book concept artThe engine beneath the city.

Named in the books, not yet placed

Book concept impression: dark wind-driven water at an indistinct shore, with small points of light in the air.
Quantum ShorelineBook concept impressionNamed once, in Patrice's memory (Part 2).
Book concept art: the transparent wall of Simone's empty upper-band loft overlooking the city.
Smaller placesBook concept art: Simone's loftSimone's loft, the Bronzeville corridor, Duke's barbershop, 79th, Sixty-Third Street, the South Concourse.