Sheldrake Road
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Kempsterbank [59, 73]
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Sheldrake Road
Description
A dark abandoned road that serves essentially no purpose, as it leads to the desolate wastelands to the south and west. Along the side of the road, there is a 9-foot tall marble statue of Warren Zevon with both its arms missing.
History
Before World War I, Sheldrake Road was a bustling city square where children would play jacks and stick-ball. To the west was Byewell bank, a known haven for Bolshevik sympathizers, with a secret printing press in the basement that was used for producing pamphlets and counterfeit war bonds. Directly to the south was Boyle Hall, an extravagant opera house that had been built by the early Malton aristocracy. To the east of Boyle Hall was Boyle Arms, a high-class hotel with giant ornate chandeliers and fireplaces, and a 38,000 square-foot ballroom. Directly to the east of Sheldrake Road was a giant fountain where people would socialize. Young children would often walk across the fountain pool with one arm in the air to re-enact the scene in Ghostbusters II when the Statue of Liberty crossed the Hudson River.
As World War I came to a close, the neighborhood experienced a period of unrest. The rabble-rousing Evo Shandor was frequently attracting crowds outside Byewell Bank, and lambasting against the disproportionate number of statues of capitalist heroes along Sheldrake Road (especially the three Abraham Lincolns facing Byewell Bank with what appeared to be a functioning artillery piece containing live shells).
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