Wading Way

Running along the northern side of the downtown area is Freedom's business district, centered on Wading Way. The street is lined with brokerage houses, banks, investment companies, and other businesses, all of which exchange billions of dollars on a daily basis.
Like the rest of the downtown area, the business district benefits from the city’s ultra-modern infrastructure, particularly information and communication networks carrying the tremendous load of calls, faxes, and e-mails going in and out every minute. The district’s buildings are some of the tallest in the city, towers of glass and steel featuring some novel architectural styles and techniques, courtesy of Dr. Metropolis and some of the world’s most famous architects.
The city monorail runs along the outside edge of the business district, carrying many to and from work each day, and most of the office buildings have extensive underground parking garages. Street parking can be difficult to find, and the streets are nearly always lined with cars. The sidewalks bustle with businesspeople, often talking on cell phones, as they make their way between offices, as well as messengers and other people going about their business.
The so-called “Golden Row” of the business district has some of the tallest buildings in Freedom. It includes Rath & Stromberg Plaza, built by the investment corporation; the Eastern Seaboard Bank Building, a towering structure of steel and blue-tinted glass; and the massive Pyramid Plaza—a trio of triangular office towers set at the corners of a triangular plaza. The triple-towers are the tallest buildings in the city. The area also features numerous stores, mostly high-priced national chains like Macy’s and Neiman Marcus.

PLACES OF INTEREST

• Eastern Seaboard Bank Building
• Pyramid Plaza
• Rath & Stromberg Investments