Editing Gotham City (section)

==Culture==
''Batman'' writer and editor [[Dennis O'Neil]] has said that, figuratively, Batman's Gotham City is akin to "Manhattan below 14th Street at eleven minutes past midnight on the coldest night in November".<ref>O'Neil, Dennis. Afterword. ''Batman: Knightfall, A Novel''. New York: Bantam Books. 1994. 344.</ref> Batman artist [[Neal Adams]] has long believed that Chicago has been the basis for Gotham, stating "one of the things about Chicago is Chicago has alleys (which are virtually nonexistent in New York). Back alleys, that's where Batman fights all the bad guys."<ref name=Today>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/dark-knights-kind-town-gotham-city-1C9412739|title=Dark Knight's kind of town: Gotham City|work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=July 20, 2008|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006122822/http://www.today.com/id/25774413#.UzZCF8d4Q9U}}</ref> The statement "Metropolis is New York by day; Gotham City is New York by night" has been variously attributed to comics creators [[Frank Miller]] and [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]].<ref name="Bopik"/>

[[File:Gotham City Batman Vol 1 615.png|thumbnail|Airships are commonly depicted flying over Gotham City.<ref name="Batman' 2011">''Batman'' (vol. 2) #2, December 2011. DC Comics.</ref> Art by Jim Lee.]]
In designing ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', creators [[Bruce Timm]] and [[Eric Radomski]] emulated the [[Tim Burton]] films' "otherworldly timelessness", incorporating period features such as black-and-white [[title card]]s, police [[airship]]s (although no such thing existed, Timm has stated that he found it to fit the show's style), and a "vintage" color scheme with [[film noir]] flourishes.<ref name="LeatherWingsComm">Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski, audio commentary for "On Leather Wings", ''Batman: The Animated Series'', Warner Bros, Volume One box set DVD.</ref> Police airships have since been incorporated into Batman comic books and are a recurring element in Gotham City.<ref name="Batman' 2011"/>

Concerning the evolution of Gotham throughout the years, former ''Batman'' editor [[Paul Levitz]] has stated, "Each guy adds their own vision. That's the fun of comics, rebuilding a city each time".<ref name=Today/>

===Architecture===
[[File:Helsinki Railway station towe&statues.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.7|[[Art Deco]] and [[Art Nouveau]] buildings, such as [[Helsinki Central Railway Station]], inspired the look of Gotham in the 1989 film ''Batman''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/760478/Helsinki-a-cruisers-guide.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/760478/Helsinki-a-cruisers-guide.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Helsinki: a cruiser's guide |newspaper=The Telegraph |date= February 27, 2008|access-date=May 14, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>]]
In ''[[Batman: Gothic]]'', Gotham Cathedral plays a central role in the story since it is built by Mr. Whisper, the story's antagonist.

In a 1992 storyline, a man obsessed with Pinkney's architecture destroys several Gotham buildings to reveal the Pinkney structures they had hidden; the editorial purpose behind this was to make Gotham resemble its depiction in the 1989 ''Batman'' film.<ref>{{Cite comic | Writer = Grant, Alan | Artist = [[Norm Breyfogle|Breyfogle, Norm]]| Story = The Destroyer Part One: A Tale of Two Cities| Title = [[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]|Issue = 474|date=February 1992| Publisher = DC Comics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic| Writer = Grant, Alan|Penciller = [[Chris Sprouse|Sprouse, Chris]]| Inker = Patterson, Bruce| Copencillers = Anton Furst|Story = The Destroyer Part Two: Solomon|Title = [[Legends of the Dark Knight]]| Issue = 27|date=February 1992| Publisher = DC Comics }}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic| Writer =Grant, Alan| Penciller = [[Jim Aparo|Aparo, Jim]]| Inker = [[Mike DeCarlo|DeCarlo, Mike]]|Story =The Destroyer Part Three| Title = [[Detective Comics]]| Issue = #641|date=February 1992| Publisher = DC Comics}}</ref>

''Batman Begins'' features a CGI-augmented version of Chicago while ''The Dark Knight'' more directly features Chicago infrastructure and architecture such as [[Navy Pier]]. ''The Dark Knight Rises'' forgoes Chicago, instead shooting in Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, New York City, Newark, New Jersey, London, and Glasgow.<ref name=Reelz/><ref name=PittPostGazette/><ref name=MTV/><ref name=NJ.com1/><ref name=NewYorkPost/><ref name=NJ.com2/>