Spengler Directory: 4B2

Here are the street and location directories for Spengler, a Canton (neighborhood) in the fictional city of Albeit.
spengler-location-directory
spengler-street-directory

Spengler Map

This map (see PDF link below) shows a bird’s eye view of Spengler, the Canton known best for the allegedly cultist group that lives within it. Note the grid-like road pattern and standardized building plan for each of the four outer provinces, just one indicator that Spengler is all about standardization and efficiency.
(This map is [...]

Understanding the Regiment’s government

[This article about the "Regiment" is part of a series on the fictional city of Albeit, a location in which much of my writing is based. The Regiment is a group within a Canton (neighborhood) called "Spengler." It is one of 11 such Cantons in Albeit.]

Understanding the Regiment’s government

11/9/2008
Kenneth Burchfiel fdHG

The Regiment, based in [...]

A Canton on its Own

A Canton on its Own

11/4/08

Kenneth Burchfiel

Spengler, as most would put it, is a city within a city. The Canton might be within Albeit’s borders, but for all intents and purposes, the people living within it are in their own town—or country, even. The “Regiment” is to thank for that.

As one Hauraki resident put [...]

Type Club

“Type Club”:

Albeit’s Most Common Secret Society

9/14/2008

Kenneth Burchfiel

 

 

 
In the summer of 1987, a group of five college students got together with a primitive computer and a beat-up keyboard. Behind closed doors, they gave themselves a name—”Type Club—” and a goal: to type more than they could ever have imagined possible.

Decades later, with hundreds of similar groups [...]

An Acquired Taste

An Acquired Taste:

An Overview of the Albeitian Climate

9/12/08

Kenneth Burchfiel

 
    In most towns—even those that consider themselves a cold-weather location—the winter coats only come out from late fall to early spring. In Albeit, however, parkas, jackets and fleeces can be seen on coat hangers and seatbacks year round. Not that the citizens necessarily wear them.

    There is one [...]

Chiyoda Overview

[The first paragraph of this piece was written in the Canton's namesake, Chiyoda of Tokyo.]
Chiyoda Overview

8/29/08

Kenneth Burchfiel

Mention the name “Chiyoda” to anyone from Denver, and they’ll strike up a glowing conversation about its designer stores and development-rich avenues. Say the same thing to an Albeitian, however, and their response might be less than positive.
“I wish [...]

Noulevac Directory–4E2

Two big files for one dense Canton.
noulevac-directory
noulevac-street-directory1

Noulevac Map–4E1

Noulevac’s long-in-the-making map weighs in at a hefty 27.5 megabytes. If your browser can handle it, click for a look at Albeit’s densest Canton.
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Noulevac: A Canton of Mystery—4E

Noulevac: A Canton of Mystery—4E

7/22/08

Kenneth Burchfiel

Every city has its center. Every metropolis, village and town has a “downtown” to call its own, a place said to embody the very traits that the area is known for. For Albeit, this “center” is not just a geographic dot on the map but the cultural heartbeat of the [...]