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Los Angeles was a major city in the state of California, United States.
History[]
By 2019, the city was host to the Tyrell Corporation and was a booming metropolis heavily concentrated with structures and skyscrapers, so much so that often natural sunlight was barely visible.[1] By 2037, the city's borders had grown to San Francisco and the ruins of San Diego. With a population of over 30 million, the city housed nineteen sectors.[2] Overcrowding persisted as of 2049, despite the population exodus to the off-world colonies, while large segments of the city dealt with chronic power outages. In addition, climate change had caused significant flooding, necessitating the construction of the Sepulveda Sea Wall to prevent the city from being consumed by the rising sea.[3] Many of the city's buildings were in states of disrepair and decline, one example of such being the Bradbury Apartments.[1]
Government[]
Maurice Kolvig served as the governor of Los Angeles until his death in November 2019.[4] By 2029, Chen was the city's mayor until her death.[5] A group of lawmakers was employed by 2036.[6]
Law enforcement[]
The city's chief law enforcement organization was the Los Angeles Police Department, which notably employed a Blade Runner unit.[1]
Sectors[]
As of 2037, Los Angeles was divided into nineteen sectors:
- Sector 1 – Entertainment District[2]
- La Plume Sauvage[7]
- Sub-sector 1A
- Downtown
- Sub-sector 1B
- Lydia Kine's apartment[8]
- Nightclub Row[2]
- Red Light District[2]
- Beauty Parlors[2]
- Mid-City[2]
- Rag Row
- Magazine Mile
- A & B Sports Arena
- Sector 2 – Arts District[2]
- Sector 3 – Uptown[4]
- Spencer Grigorian's residence[4]
- Sector 4 – Industrial District[2]
- Chinatown[1][2]
- The Snake Pit[1]
- White Dragon[4]
- Ona Bar[2]
- Shanghai Export & Import[2]
- Hutong Alley[2]
- Hysteria Hall[4]
- Hysteria Hall Arcade[4]
- Crazy Legs Larry Used Autos[2]
- Nightclub Row[4]
- DNA Row[2]
- Hawker's Circle[2]
- Animoid Row[2]
- Sub-sector 4A
- Sub-sector 4B
- Slums
- Wallace HQ[2]
- Chinatown[1][2]
- Sector 5 – Central District[2]
- LAPD Headquarters[2]
- City Hall[2]
- Little Tokyo Shopping District[2]
- White Dragon Noodle Bar[2]
- Burger Burger Burger[2]
- Shinjuku Alley[2]
- Vending Mall[2]
- Edo Megastore[2]
- Bar District[2]
- LAPD Housing[2]
- Burt Jackson Block[2]
- Venderton Gardens[2]
- Black'n'Blue Bar[2]
- Sector 6
- Kindred Elementary School[10]
- Sub-sector 6B
- Sector 9 – Commercial District[2]
- Bradbury Apartments[1]
- Enzo's Garage[11]
- Fashion District[2]
- Financial District[2]
- LA Stock Exchange[2]
- Walton Gardens[2]
- Shaw Financial[2]
- Grand Central Market[2]
- LA Central Library[2]
- Retirement Row[2]
- Sub-sector 9AB
- Sector 12 – LAX Spaceport[2]
- Los Angeles Interstellar Spaceport[2]
- Warehouse District[2]
- Sea Wall Docks[2]
- Sector 19
- Sub-sector 19C
- Lydia Kine's apartment building[9]
- Sub-sector 19C
Map[]
The following map was displayed on Ray McCoy's spinner screen during his November 2019 investigations.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
Los Angeles initially appears in Blade Runner. The novel it is adapted from, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, instead takes place in San Francisco. While the novel portrays San Francisco as mostly deserted, the film portrays Los Angeles as overpopulated. The film's original theatrical trailer states the city's population to be 106,000,000.
A draft of Blade Runner's script, dated July 24, 1980, places the film in the fictional San Angeles.
Sector inconsistencies[]
There are several inconsistencies of what is contained within each sector:
- Blade Runner states that The Snake Pit is located in Chinatown in Sector 4, while Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game places it in the Sector 1.
- The 1997 game further places The Snake Pit in Nightclub Row (rather than Chinatown) in Sector 4, but the The Roleplaying Game places Nightclub Row in Sector 1.
- The 1997 game states Hysteria Hall to be in Sector 4, whereas The Roleplaying Game places it in Sector 2.
- Blade Runner Origins has two inconsistencies within itself:
- The fourth issue places La Plume Sauvage in Sector 9-AB while the sixth issue places it in Sector 1.
- The third issue places Lydia Kine's apartment in Sector 1-B while the fourth issue places it in Sector 9-B.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Blade Runner – all versions
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.41 2.42 2.43 2.44 2.45 2.46 2.47 2.48 2.49 2.50 2.51 2.52 2.53 2.54 2.55 2.56 2.57 2.58 2.59 2.60 2.61 2.62 2.63 2.64 2.65 2.66 2.67 2.68 2.69 2.70 2.71 2.72 2.73 2.74 2.75 2.76 2.77 2.78 2.79 2.80 2.81 2.82 2.83 2.84 2.85 Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game – Core Rules
- ↑ Blade Runner 2049
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Blade Runner (1997 game)
- ↑ Blade Runner 2029 #4
- ↑ 2036: Nexus Dawn
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Blade Runner Origins #6
- ↑ Blade Runner Origins #3
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Blade Runner Origins #4
- ↑ Blade Runner Origins #10
- ↑ Blade Runner Origins #7