Hepburn Heights
Type
Hepburn Heights
- 2001
- 1998
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- Hepburn Heights
- Liberty City
Location on the map (red) inGrand Theft Auto III.
- Hepburn Heights
- Liberty City
Location on the map (red) inGrand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
- Hepburn Heights
- Liberty City
Location on the map (red) inGrand Theft Auto Advance.
Hepburn Heights is a district inPortland,Liberty City, which appears inGrand Theft Auto III,Grand Theft Auto Advance andGrand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. A small section of the district also appears inThe Introduction inGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The district is bordered byHarwood to the north, theRed Light District to the south,Saint Mark's to the east, and an unnamed body of water to the west.
Description[]
As of the timeline ofGrand Theft Auto III, in 2001, Hepburn Heights is primarily a set of two housing projects containing several apartment towers (two four-pointed towers on the western block, and two four-pointed towers and a five-pointed tower on the eastern block). The district also encompasses a lush ridge to the east, and a waterfront promenade to the west that overlooksStaunton Island. The area has a high-crime rate, as gang members of theDiablos, prostitutes and street-criminal pedestrians commonly spawn. It is not uncommon to see fist-fights and carjackings in the area. InGrand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, set in 1998, the five-pointed tower is under construction, but the district remains largely unchanged otherwise.
Influence[]
Hepburn Heights is based on various working-class residential areas of New York, such asQueensbridge,Brownsville andBrooklyn Heights.
Gang Control[]
InGrand Theft Auto III,Grand Theft Auto Advance andGrand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, it has been under the control of many different gangs. It is implied that inGrand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories that theLeone Family once controlled Hepburn Heights with an iron fist, but due to theSindacco Crime Family wanting to expand their influence in the city, the Leone Family began losing to the Sindacco Family. Once the Sindaccos were kicked off the island, the Diablos street gang, backed by theSicilian Mafia, began anoutright onslaught which was defeated by LeoneCaporegimeToni Cipriani, but he did not believe that the Leone Family would be able to hold on to this part of town for very much longer. In2000, Hepburn Heights is taken over by theYakuza and the Diablos are moved to Harwood. It is possible that the Yakuza took over the district as a revenge for the Diablos not paying theirprotectionmoney. By2001, the setting ofGrand Theft Auto III, Toni was proven to be right, as the Diablos had taken over Hepburn Heights, with the Yakuza having no influence in Portland at all, and the Leone's staying in Saint Mark's. However, near the border between the two districts, it is common place to find the two gangs warring, with the Leone's mainly winning, due to their heavier weaponry, which includespistols, and, after the completion ofSayonara Salvatore,shotguns.
Notable Residents[]
Places of Interest[]
The district is also a the location for a stop along the elevatedPortland El train service, dubbed as the "Rothwell Station" inGrand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. The station is located on the northeastern end of the district.
InGrand Theft Auto III, Claude receives missions given by El Burro by means of a public telephone located in front of Misty's apartment. InGrand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, the phones are present, but inactive.
Pickups[]
Grand Theft Auto III[]
- Shotgun – On the northwest side of the eastern tall apartment building.
- Health – To the east, inside the park, nearEl Burro's contact point.
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Trivia[]
- InGTA III, if the player leaves thePortland safehouse and goes to the housing projects across the north corner, house music can be heard playing from two of the apartments, as well as moans and a man complaining from Misty's apartment block. One of the house music loops seems to be "Took My Love" by Bizzare Inc.