The term “Downtown” might evoke a much stronger image than what actually exists there. Especially given that most of this neighborhood was built at a time when local ordinances forbade the construction of anything over 150ft tall (so roughly 14 to 15 stories). Still, it constitutes the main nexus through which all traffic and commerce (such as it is) flows through the Sixgun City.

• Magdalene Tower - The tallest building in San Arroyo, measuring out at around 17 stories due to the massive radio mast that gives it its distinctive silhouette. The broadcast station of the popular radio show Seven Minutes to Midnight is located on the top two floors.

• The J. Connelly Historical Society - A museum devoted to preserving artifacts and histories of the original 49er-era miners and pioneers that founded the city, almost entirely funded by a historical society of the same name. If you grew up here, you probably went there at least once on a field trip in Middle or High School.

• The San Arroyo Switchyard (“The Yard”) - Originally constructed as an ancillary rail yard to the Southern Pacific Station during a proposed extension of San Arroyo’s train lines. When the commercialization of the automobile dashed those hopes, for a while it remained something of a public eyesore, especially when the Great Depression saw it become an infamous “hooverville”. However, in the 1950s local real estate magnate Frederick Worth saw it rebuilt and refurbished into a unique open-air mall: nearly 700,000 square feet of family-friendly retail. Of course, as with many malls in the modern day, it’s slowly but surely been sliding into decline and foreclosure…

Taking up most of the area directly north along Interstate 14, the Hollywood Entertainment District is a crumbling testament to the city’s glory days. Ironically enough, its dilapidated state has transformed it over the years into the city’s unofficial red light district, even as the city council continues to try and make lemonade out of the dismal situation.

• Palmdale Luxury Resort & Hotel - Built during San Arroyo’s “Golden Age of Tourism”, deliberately aping the architectural styles of famous LA hotels such as the Hollywood Roosevelt and the Chateau Mormont. After being foreclosed in the late 80s, it was later bought out by local real estate group Magyar Realty and reopened, though the term “luxury” is becoming more and more facetious.  

• The Roll of Honor (“The Roll”) - The platonic definition of a dive bar. Originally the chapter clubhouse of the Grim Bastards, it’s still heavily patronized by bikers but no longer quite as “exclusive” to their ranks as it once was.

• Alvarado Industrial Laundromat - Originally catered to the bulk-laundering needs of the many hospitality-related businesses in Little Hollywood. Has been condemned since the 80s, owing to major chemical spillage making it too much of a financial and bureaucratic hassle to demolish.

• Three Flags Truckstop - Named after one of the many nicknames of the historic Route 395 (which connects Canada, the US, and Mexico). One of the largest and busiest truckstops in Yorkshire County.

The oldest part of San Arroyo, though if you’re not from there then you probably would assume it's just a small outreach of Downtown with a public square. These days, the only real testament to the city’s boomtown origins are a few dusty bronze placards that pop up every now and again, providing the odd historical tidbit.

• Provence - An unlikely hidden gem in the form of a 2-Starred Michelin restaurant, built upon the foundations of the original Provence Saloon - the first “fine dining” establishment founded by a Marseillais chef in the late 19th Century. Specializes in mainly French/American haute cuisine - something that a lot of locals really can’t afford.

• St. Francis Garcés Catholic Church - The oldest building in the city, having remarkably weathered centuries with most of the original Spanish-Adobe architecture still intact. Is a registered Historic Landmark, as well as the seat of Yorkshire County’s Catholic diocese.

• Southern Pacific Station - Last stop on the railroad to the Inland Empire region, and your first stop to get literally anywhere else west of the San Gabriel Mountains. Granted, not a lot of people still travel by train…

• Leone Theater - Originally built around the turn of the 20th Century as the Grand Palatine Opera House, only to receive a massive retrofit and redesign in the Golden Age of Hollywood into a proper “movie palace” - named after famous “Spaghetti Western” director Sergio Leone. For twenty years it was also the focal point of the annual Marcus Floyd Film Festival, until the event went defunct in 1987. Currently it's still technically in operation as a movie theater and event space, but it's really only its status as a Historic Landmark that’s keeping the demolition teams at bay. Recently purchased and currently being re-developed by Magyar Realty.

Strieber University - despite being a fairly decent if chronically underfunded institution - is more known for sports than education. The Pronghorns are a big point of local pride, and games at Fitzsimmons Stadium are regularly patronized.

• Mustermann Sculpture Park - Originally a scrap landfill, it was eventually cleared and rezoned into a public park in the late 60s, after mounting pressure caused by multiple environmental protests by Strieber University students. A local artist by the pseudonym “Max Mustermann” even went so far as to contribute several abstract metal sculptures using materials from the former landfill, which decorate the park’s landscape to this day. Over the decades many similar sculptures and works of public art have been added, contributing to its unique appeal. Often frequented by Streiber U students due to the campus directly abutting the park.

• Mira Loma Regional Airport - Was a WW2-era aviation testing ground, later sold to the city and converted into a small regional airport. It barely gets any traffic these days, save for the occasional stopover.

• Fitzsimmons Stadium (“The Fitz”) - Fans rioted when it was bought by Endron International (the conglomerate that currently owns Rio Blanco) and nearly renamed it the “Endron Stadium”. The fact that the new corporate owners quietly rolled back the re-dubbing shows just how important of a landmark it is. They still continue to pour money into ensuring it’s a top-of-the-line facility, making it one of the few buildings in San Arroyo that seems perpetually brand-new.

Located on a low rise overlooking San Arroyo’s central districts and with its back directly to the Tehachapi Mountains, Feldspar Hills is what could charitably be described as the city’s most well-to-do neighborhood. During its original boomtown period a lot of wealthy landowners set up personal residences in the wake of the Great Flood, owing to it being a natural point of high ground. Locals sometimes call it “San Quixote”, both due to its proximity to the Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm and the strange, insular nature of San Arroyo’s precious few “old money” families.

San Arroyo may not look like it, but it's old enough to have “old money”. Locals refer to these dusty Feldspar Hill dynasties as the “Three Cs”: the Castillo, Connelly, and Crawford families. The Castillos are definitely the oldest of the bunch, supposedly descendants of the original Spanish rancheros who owned the land upon which St. Francis Garcéswas originally built. The Connellys are Scots-Irish industrialists responsible for many of the “modernizations” that put San Arroyo on the map in the first place, though their numbers have significantly dwindled in the last two decades. Finally, there are Crawfords, the children and grandchildren of Golden Age actor Josiah Crawford, who retired here in the post WW2-era and for a time was considered a major patron of the arts.

• Altamira Cemetery - After the nearby Spanish mission was sacked by Native tribes at the turn of the 18th Century, the hidalgo ancestors of the Castillo family commissioned this impressive series of tombs to house both the re-graved bodies of their own family and those who had perished in the aforementioned attack. While they lost ownership in the Mexican War of Independence, the Castillos and many other well-to-do families of Yorkshire County continued to lay relatives to rest here among the baroquely-ornamented mausoleums. Indeed, the unique churrigueresque designs of Altamira make it a somewhat morbid draw for tourists.

The more fertile region directly abutting the northwestern outskirts of the city, marking the official border between Yorkshire and LA County. Was originally the site of a Spanish Viceroyalty-era rancho during the city’s early history.

• Rancho Rojo Distillery - Rancho Rojo is the sole source of the infamous Vermillo liquor. Part of its facilities also include deliberately cultivated acres of datura rubedo plants, hence “rojo” being the other part of the name. The Castillo family has partial stake in its business due to them technically owning the land that the distillery is built on, but the actual facility is owned and operated by the King Brewing & Distilling Company.

• The Hothouse - Officially called the Raymond Castillo Botanical Conservatory, this greenhouse was originally built on a small plot of land near the Rancho Rojo Distillery in an initial attempt to artificially cultivate the datura rubedo flower. When those attempts failed, the distillery sold it to the city to transform it into a public park and botanical reserve, but as the years wore on the sheer expenses of artificial irrigation saw the conservatory slowly slide into decrepitude. The polyethylene skeleton and the surrounding park are often visited by local high schoolers to “hotbox” in relative privacy, hence it eventually acquiring the nickname of “The Hothouse”. 

• Berrendos Valley High School - Located just outside of Downtown, originally built when most of the city’s populace was concentrated around that area. It's the oldest public school in San Arroyo, originally being established in 1912.

• Red Roof Motel - Mostly caters to those traveling via the interstate from or to the Golden Coast. Looks exactly as shifty as you’d imagine. Also a popular nightspot for local escorts.

A furtive ethnic enclave nestled in a thin strip of land right between Downtown and Angel Acres. You won’t find it marked on any official map, but you’ll know you’re there when you notice the street signs and storefront banners written in Tagalog. The name’s a little erroneous because most of the initial Filipino settlers were from all over the Philippines, not just Manilla itself - but the name’s stuck nonetheless. 

• Sultan Kudarat Mosque - While most of the original Filipino immigrants were Catholic, a small portion hailed from the Sunni Muslim enclaves of Mindanao. These same immigrants eventually established this mosque in the wake of the Great Depression, and while San Arroyo’s Muslim population is still fairly low, it's considered a local landmark nonetheless.

A mostly residential district sandwiched between the San Gabriel mountains to the south and the Rio Blanco Mining Complex to the north. Originally farmland, it was converted to suburbs in the post-WW2 housing boom.

• Rio Blanco Mining Complex - A massive open-pit borax mine that at one point or another has employed most of San Arroyo’s working population. Recently acquired by the mining & excavation branch of Endron International.

• Yorkshire State Penitentiary - A privately-owned, maximum-security prison located just outside the city limits.

• San Gabriel High School - The only other public high school within the city limits, though of the two San Gabriel is considered the nicer and more well-funded, owing to its origins during the suburban development boom. It and Berrendos Valley have a less-than-friendly rivalry.

• Sunset Hills Mobile Park - Lower-income housing recently put up nearby Rio Blanco due to the increasing layoffs of former mining staff, themselves a result of Yorkshire State Pen’s controversial “convict work programs”.

• Gil’s Gym - A 24-hour boxing gym, named for one Gilberto Rey - former heavyweight contender. His son Diego runs the place nowadays due to his old man’s health issues.