The Mad Mile is the northernmost district of the city, meant to mimic the real-life Magnificent Mile, commonly known as the "Mag Mile". Seventh Federal Bank ( Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago).Palin Correctional Center ( Metropolitan Correctional Center).Chicago Commerce Building ( Chicago Board of Trade Building).Chicago Arts & Sciences Center ( Chicago Cultural Center).Carding Center ( Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse).Bram Steffan Pavilion ( Jay Pritzker Pavilion).Abraham Lincoln Statue ( Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State).The Loop provides the player some of the best sites in the entire game, and the most hot-spots to check out. The Loop is adjacent southward from the Mad Mile, and is another one of Chicago's downtown districts, housing the city's various businesses, high-rise residential buildings and tourist attractions. Windy City Shipyards ( Port of Chicago).Cermak Bridge ( Canal Street Railroad Bridge).Brandon Docks is home to various industries and ghettos, and is predominantly inhabited by African-American and Eastern European (such as Czech and Polish) citizens. The Brandon Docks is a largely industrial district of the city, and is based on various neighborhoods of the Lower West Side.
An area roughly corresponding to the city's North Side is shown on a satellite view of the game's map, but is not depicted in actual gameplay. Parker Square roughly coincides with the West Side, and Pawnee is a rural area outside Chicago. Brandon Docks and The Wards are meant to emulate South Side neighborhoods such as Bridgeport and Englewood among others. The city's geography is roughly based on that of its real-life counterpart Mad Mile and The Loop are meant to emulate Chicago's real-life downtown neighborhoods. Aiden Pearce is able to hack the system to control all of these functions.
The operating system software controls transport, the Crime Prediction System technology, telecommunications, blockers, drawbridges, and much more. Beginning in 2011, the city's infrastructure has been controlled by a computer system known as CTOS. After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the city made a concentrated effort to rebuild, and by 1900, Chicago was one of the largest cities in the world.Ĭhicago continued to grow into the 20th century, and the majority of the city has experienced urbanization and has been largely developed to accommodate business and inhabitants. It can be assumed that the history of Watch Dogs rendition of Chicago is largely the same the city was incorporated in 1837 and grew rapidly in the 1800s because of its westward location, favorable geography and mass immigration in the 19th century that shaped the United States and other countries in the Americas. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, Illinois, and is located on the shores of Lake Michigan in the northeastern part of the state.