Middle Park is a neighborhood and public park in Grand Theft Auto IV, Episodes from Liberty City and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, located in the northern region of Algonquin, Liberty City.
History[]
Middle Park was built in the mid-19th century by Frederico Fitzpatrick in a bid to provide a "great democratic meeting ground" for all classes to deal drugs[1], though it was prohibited to African-Americans[2]. The park banned picnics, blowjobs, walking on grass, "fruity exercises", and sports[3]. Masturbation was permitted between 5 PM and 7 AM.
Description[]
An eastern "Middle Park" entrance.
Middle park is bounded to the west by Frankfort Avenue (bordering Middle Park West and Varsity Heights), to the north by Topaz Street (bordering North Holland and East Holland), to the east by Columbus Avenue (bordering Lancaster and Middle Park East), and to the south by Nickel Street (bordering Star Junction). Quartz Street cuts across Middle Park, above which is found the Middle Park Arch on its western extremity in front of Frankfort Avenue.
Large groups of fitness enthusiasts may be found in specific points of Middle Park.
A haven of peace and tranquility at the heart of a tumultuous metropolis, Middle Park is the second largest park of Liberty City and by far the most popular. The terrain is hilly and wooded and strewn with glades, where people can be seen practicing Tai Chi, and a sizeable lake stretches on either side of Quartz Street. The lake is fringed by a walkway, and a restaurant can be found on its northwestern shore. On the southern shore of the lake lies Middle Park Terrace which precedes a large underground lavatory enclosed by a charming arcade. Middle Park abounds with architectural gems such as The Libertonian, the Middle Park Monument and the Middle Park Obelisk. Regarded as "The Lungs of Liberty City", Middle Park is the meeting ground of predilection for local residents, businessmen and tourists.
Crime[]
Middle Park is notoriously unsafe. There were 83 murders in the park in 2007[4]. Furthermore, many prostitutes and vagrants can be seen loitering throughout the park.
Influence[]
Middle Park is a rendition of Central Park[5] located in Manhattan, New York City.
Prominent Appearances in Gameplay[]
Grand Theft Auto IV[]
The Lost and Damned[]
The Ballad of Gay Tony[]
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]
Collectibles[]
Grand Theft Auto IV[]
Items & Weapons[]
- First aid kit on the North Park Station platform, at the intersection between two metro tunnels located beneath the intersection between Frankfort Avenue and Silicon Street, on the West Park Station platform, and on the East Park Station platform.
- Knife on the ground near the toilets.
- Pistol on the island of the lake.
- Pump Shotgun on the westbound platform of North Park Station.
Flying Rats[]
- On a dormer window of the restaurant facing the lake.
- On a pillar at the intersection between Columbus Avenue and Quartz Street.
- On the awning of a hotel abutting Opium Nights.
- On a pillar near the fountain.
Places of Interest[]
The Libertonian.
- Le Knobeliske
- Middle Park Arch
- Middle Park Lakeside Restaurant
- Middle Park Lavatory
- Middle Park Monument
- Middle Park Obelisk, an ancient Egyptian obelisk.
- Middle Park Terrace
- The Libertonian, a Beaux-Arts art and history museum.
Businesses[]
- Pizza Restaurant
- Wilberts' Coffee and Tea
Transportation[]
Public transportation[]
Middle Park is served by the Algonquin Inner Line of the Liberty City Subway which passes by North Park Station, East Park Station and West Park Station.
Gallery[]
Grand Theft Auto IV[]
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]
Oversights[]
- A rare glitch on the PS3 version will cause all the land, including the bridge, to disappear, leaving only the trees floating in mid air. This will cause pedestrians and vehicles to fall through the map. Cars will continue to pass over the bridge even though it has disappeared.
Trivia[]
A screenshot of Middle Park running on GTA V's version of RAGE Engine, found on Adrian Page's portfolio (No longer available).
- The hourglass-like shape of Middle Park's massive lake in GTA IV has led some observers to point out that the lake is shaped similarly to an alien when viewed overhead or viewed through the map, the lake's northern island filling in as the "alien's eye".
- A former website of Rockstar employee's Adrian Page featured a screenshot of a section of Middle Park running on Grand Theft Auto V's updated RAGE Engine.
- In The Ballad of Gay Tony, if Luis Lopez gets too drunk and blacks out, he may wake up on the island in the middle of the lake.
- Boats like the Squalo were originally in Middle Park, but were removed for unknown reasons, most likely because the size of the lake is too small for driving boats.
See Also[]
- Park district, a similarly designed park in the first Grand Theft Auto rendition of Liberty City.
- Belleville Park, a similarly designed park in the Grand Theft Auto III — Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories rendition of Liberty City.
References[]
- ↑ “...and civil war on the horizon, Frederico Fitzpatrick planned to head off and teach the south a lesson, but before doing so, continued his great project to bring calm and civilization to all. A central repository for the most hopeless specimens of degraded humanity to get high in...a park, in the middle of Liberty City, that would become the great democratic meeting ground, where no matter how rich or how poor, you could get dragged into the bushes...and raped.”
- ↑ “The builders of Middle Park hoped that the classes could now mingle and buy drugs from each other. However, African-Americans were excluded from the park entirely.”
- ↑ “The park had a list of rules a mile long. No picnics, blowjobs, walking on the grass, camp exercise, no baseball by schoolboys, and creepy old men were given an entire section where they could roll their balls around.”
- ↑ “A peaceful haven for so many LC residents, and only eighty-six murders last year, that's a record!”— Higgins Helitours pilot flying over Middle Park.
- ↑ Central Park