Kat wrote:
"The city was built on a tide flat and then it burned down.
When they rebuilt, the city raised the streets so they could
install a sewer that didn't backflush at high tide, but it
took a while for them to finish it up, and the business
owners couldn't wait. So the original first story
(and sometimes more) is below the current street level
because the businesses had to get back to doing business long
before the city was done with the streets. It's pretty
disgusting down there, these days, but, yeah, I agree that
it's a lovely place to set a Mystery of multiple
realities."
I checked and I think it was Richard Hoyt's Fish Story that
started in Seattle's Underground. And I meant to say Green
Arrow, not Green Lantern. I seem to remember Ollie Queen
living in the Underground during one of his "on the road"
periods.
Mark
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