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|name= Star City
 
|name= Star City
 
|image= Star City.png
 
|image= Star City.png
|location= [[United States (Earth-1)|United States]]; [[North America (Earth-1)|North America]]
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|location= [[Washington]]; [[United States (Earth-1)|United States]]
 
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{{Quote|I know that this city has been through tough times before, and we have pulled through. We survived [[The Undertaking (event)|the Undertaking]]. We survived [[the Siege]]. We survived [[the Outbreak]], and somehow, someway, we will survive this. [[Curtis Holt|A friend of mine]] told me that living in Star City, it takes a special kind of tenacity, but we do live here, because this is our home. This is our home! It is our friend, our family, our lives, and we will not throw those precious gifts away by descending into chaos. We will look to each other for hope.|[[Oliver Queen]] to the people of the city|Schism}}
 
{{Quote|I know that this city has been through tough times before, and we have pulled through. We survived [[The Undertaking (event)|the Undertaking]]. We survived [[the Siege]]. We survived [[the Outbreak]], and somehow, someway, we will survive this. [[Curtis Holt|A friend of mine]] told me that living in Star City, it takes a special kind of tenacity, but we do live here, because this is our home. This is our home! It is our friend, our family, our lives, and we will not throw those precious gifts away by descending into chaos. We will look to each other for hope.|[[Oliver Queen]] to the people of the city|Schism}}
'''Star City''', formerly '''Starling City''', is a major city in the [[United States (Earth-1)|United States]]. It was founded 140 years before 2017, in approximately 1877.<ref name="Fighting Fire With Fire">{{Ep|Fighting Fire With Fire}}</ref> It is home to several important businesses and corporations such as [[Queen Consolidated]], [[Palmer Technologies]], and [[Merlyn Global Group]]. Despite being a thriving metropolis, Star City is rife with poverty, crime, and corruption. It is mentioned to have a population of 576,000 people, though this number has presumably fluctuated following several terrorist attacks on the city. It is located approximately 600 miles from [[Central City (Earth-1)|Central City]].<ref name="Pilot (The Flash (The CW))">{{Ep|Pilot (The Flash (The CW))}}</ref> Although the exact location of the city is unknown, a map with Star City indicated it's located near San Francisco, CA, USA.<ref name="Missing">{{Ep|Missing}}</ref>
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'''Star City''', formerly '''Starling City''', is a major city in [[Washington]],<ref>{{Bk|Arrow - Oliver Queen's Dossier}}</ref> [[United States (Earth-1)|United States]]. It was founded 140 years before 2017, in approximately 1877.<ref name="Fighting Fire With Fire">{{Ep|Fighting Fire With Fire}}</ref> It is home to several important businesses and corporations such as [[Queen Consolidated]], [[Palmer Technologies]], and [[Merlyn Global Group]]. Despite being a thriving metropolis, Star City is rife with poverty, crime, and corruption. It is mentioned to have a population of 576,000 people, though this number has presumably fluctuated following several terrorist attacks on the city. It is located approximately 600 miles from [[Central City (Earth-1)|Central City]].<ref name="Pilot (The Flash (The CW))">{{Ep|Pilot (The Flash (The CW))}}</ref>
   
 
Initially, the city was named Starling City. However, following his takeover of Queen Consolidated, [[Ray Palmer]] wished to have the city rebranded as "Star City" in an attempt to rejuvenate its populace after the events of the [[The Undertaking (event)|Glades Earthquake]] and the subsequent invasion of [[Slade Wilson's army]].<ref name="The Calm">{{Ep|The Calm}}</ref> After [[Ray Palmer]]'s apparent death following a further terrorist attack by [[Ra's al Ghul]], the city was rechristened as Star City in his honor.<ref name="Green Arrow">{{Ep|Green Arrow}}</ref>
 
Initially, the city was named Starling City. However, following his takeover of Queen Consolidated, [[Ray Palmer]] wished to have the city rebranded as "Star City" in an attempt to rejuvenate its populace after the events of the [[The Undertaking (event)|Glades Earthquake]] and the subsequent invasion of [[Slade Wilson's army]].<ref name="The Calm">{{Ep|The Calm}}</ref> After [[Ray Palmer]]'s apparent death following a further terrorist attack by [[Ra's al Ghul]], the city was rechristened as Star City in his honor.<ref name="Green Arrow">{{Ep|Green Arrow}}</ref>
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*'''[[Kord Industries]]''': One of the branches of Kord Industries is located in Star City. It has been the target of numerous criminals hoping to steal some of its devices.
 
*'''[[Kord Industries]]''': One of the branches of Kord Industries is located in Star City. It has been the target of numerous criminals hoping to steal some of its devices.
 
*'''[[Table Salt]]:''' A high-profile restaurant in Star City that opened in late 2012.
 
*'''[[Table Salt]]:''' A high-profile restaurant in Star City that opened in late 2012.
*'''[[Lord Mesa Bakery]]:''' A the bakery in Star City which sells superhero-themed cakes. Felicity once bought a Green Arrow 6th birthday cake from Lord Mesa Bakery for Oliver's 32nd birthday.<ref name="Missing" />
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*'''[[Lord Mesa Bakery]]:''' A the bakery in Star City which sells superhero-themed cakes. Felicity once bought a Green Arrow 6th birthday cake from Lord Mesa Bakery for Oliver's 32nd birthday.<ref name="Missing">{{Ep|Missing}}</ref>
 
*'''[[S.T.A.R. Labs (Earth-1)|S.T.A.R. Labs]] storage facility:''' During the Mirakuru attack on Starling City, it is revealed that S.T.A.R. Labs has a storage facility in Star City, which [[Slade Wilson|Deathstroke]] targeted to steal a piece of machinery he needed in order to synthesize the Mirakuru serum. When he went to the facility, [[Caitlin Snow]] and [[Cisco Ramon]] were there cataloging old S.T.A.R. Labs projects and machinery, they run to the secure wing and distract Deathstroke with a light cannon that was developed by Dr. Arthur Light before his apparent termination. Deathstroke still got what he needed from the facility. It is unknown if the facility is still in operation after the death of "Harrison Wells" a.k.a The Reverse Flash (Eobard Thawne).
 
*'''[[S.T.A.R. Labs (Earth-1)|S.T.A.R. Labs]] storage facility:''' During the Mirakuru attack on Starling City, it is revealed that S.T.A.R. Labs has a storage facility in Star City, which [[Slade Wilson|Deathstroke]] targeted to steal a piece of machinery he needed in order to synthesize the Mirakuru serum. When he went to the facility, [[Caitlin Snow]] and [[Cisco Ramon]] were there cataloging old S.T.A.R. Labs projects and machinery, they run to the secure wing and distract Deathstroke with a light cannon that was developed by Dr. Arthur Light before his apparent termination. Deathstroke still got what he needed from the facility. It is unknown if the facility is still in operation after the death of "Harrison Wells" a.k.a The Reverse Flash (Eobard Thawne).
 
*'''[[SC Jitters]]:''' A café located in Star City.
 
*'''[[SC Jitters]]:''' A café located in Star City.
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*'''[[Big Belly Burger]]: ''' A chain of burger restaurants which a lot of characters eat at and order food from.
 
*'''[[Big Belly Burger]]: ''' A chain of burger restaurants which a lot of characters eat at and order food from.
 
*'''[[Jade Dragon Restaurant|Jade Dragon]]:''' A Chinese restaurant that is also a front for the [[Chinese Triad]].
 
*'''[[Jade Dragon Restaurant|Jade Dragon]]:''' A Chinese restaurant that is also a front for the [[Chinese Triad]].
 
*'''[[Starling General Hospital]]'''
 
===Nightlife===
 
===Nightlife===
 
*'''[[Verdant]]:''' This nightclub was built in an abandoned Queen Consolidated factory and is used as a cover for Oliver Queen's vigilante activities. Underneath Verdant was the "[[Arrowcave]]", where [[Team Arrow]] had their primary HQ. After The Undertaking, Oliver transferred ownership of Verdant to [[Thea Queen]]. After Oliver lost the company to [[Isabel Rochev]], she approached Thea and informed her that the club was still under the ownership of Queen Consolidated and she had 72 hours to vacate the premises. Following Isabel's death and the takeover of Queen Consolidated by [[Ray Palmer]], Thea used [[Malcolm Merlyn]]'s estate money to buy the deeds of the club. Thea once again reopened Verdant as a nightclub and is still currently the owner.
 
*'''[[Verdant]]:''' This nightclub was built in an abandoned Queen Consolidated factory and is used as a cover for Oliver Queen's vigilante activities. Underneath Verdant was the "[[Arrowcave]]", where [[Team Arrow]] had their primary HQ. After The Undertaking, Oliver transferred ownership of Verdant to [[Thea Queen]]. After Oliver lost the company to [[Isabel Rochev]], she approached Thea and informed her that the club was still under the ownership of Queen Consolidated and she had 72 hours to vacate the premises. Following Isabel's death and the takeover of Queen Consolidated by [[Ray Palmer]], Thea used [[Malcolm Merlyn]]'s estate money to buy the deeds of the club. Thea once again reopened Verdant as a nightclub and is still currently the owner.
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====Vigilantism====
 
====Vigilantism====
{{Section stub}}In 2008, boxer [[Ted Grant]] began operating as a vigilante patrolling the [[Glades]]. He took on [[Isaac Stanzler]] as his protege and gained some small media attention. Their vigilante activities ended when Isaac beat a criminal he and Ted were pursuing to death.
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In 2008, boxer [[Ted Grant]] began operating as a vigilante patrolling the [[Glades]]. He took on [[Isaac Stanzler]] as his protege and gained some small media attention. Their vigilante activities ended when Isaac beat a criminal he and Ted were pursuing to death.
   
 
In 2012, shipwrecked billionaire Oliver Queen returned to civilization with the purpose of saving Star City from the people poisoning it. Acting as the vigilante The Hood, Oliver dealt major blows to the criminal underworld throughout his first months causing crime rates to lower. A mentally unstable crime lord's daughter, [[Helena Bertinelli]], also acted as a vigilante to exact revenge on her own father, destroying his criminal empire and aiming to murder him. She failed to murder him, however, and he managed to escape from her.
 
In 2012, shipwrecked billionaire Oliver Queen returned to civilization with the purpose of saving Star City from the people poisoning it. Acting as the vigilante The Hood, Oliver dealt major blows to the criminal underworld throughout his first months causing crime rates to lower. A mentally unstable crime lord's daughter, [[Helena Bertinelli]], also acted as a vigilante to exact revenge on her own father, destroying his criminal empire and aiming to murder him. She failed to murder him, however, and he managed to escape from her.
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In May 2016 after Green Arrow publicly defeated [[Damien Darhk]] many vigilantes fought to clean up the streets of their city, inspired by the acts of the Green Arrow. This included a hockey mask wearing vigilante named [[Rene Ramirez]] who was later given the name Wild Dog once he joined Team Arrow in the fall of the same year. Also, [[Evelyn Sharp]] became a vigilante again after acting as a Black Canary copycat and was given the name Artemis once joining Team Arrow. A mysterious man in rags named [[Rory Regan]] also became a vigilante, killing people he thought were responsible for Genesis Day, as he was the last survivor of [[Havenrock]]. Regan along with the others joined Team Arrow and was given the name Ragman. A mysterious vigilante who wore ski goggles also appeared as well.
 
In May 2016 after Green Arrow publicly defeated [[Damien Darhk]] many vigilantes fought to clean up the streets of their city, inspired by the acts of the Green Arrow. This included a hockey mask wearing vigilante named [[Rene Ramirez]] who was later given the name Wild Dog once he joined Team Arrow in the fall of the same year. Also, [[Evelyn Sharp]] became a vigilante again after acting as a Black Canary copycat and was given the name Artemis once joining Team Arrow. A mysterious man in rags named [[Rory Regan]] also became a vigilante, killing people he thought were responsible for Genesis Day, as he was the last survivor of [[Havenrock]]. Regan along with the others joined Team Arrow and was given the name Ragman. A mysterious vigilante who wore ski goggles also appeared as well.
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[[File:Team Arrow overlook the panic at an outdoor shopping mall.png|thumb|220px|Team Arrow overlook the panic at an outdoor shopping mall.]]
 
 
In October 2016 [[Curtis Holt]], member of Team Arrow as tech support, turned to vigilantism after being beaten up and feeling helpless. He became the vigilante known as Mr. Terrific and provided field support for Team Arrow. Later on, the mysterious "Mr. Ski Goggles" was revealed to be a murderous avenger known simply as the [[Vincent Sobel|Vigilante]], who opposed Green Arrow's methods as ineffective.
 
In October 2016 [[Curtis Holt]], member of Team Arrow as tech support, turned to vigilantism after being beaten up and feeling helpless. He became the vigilante known as Mr. Terrific and provided field support for Team Arrow. Later on, the mysterious "Mr. Ski Goggles" was revealed to be a murderous avenger known simply as the [[Vincent Sobel|Vigilante]], who opposed Green Arrow's methods as ineffective.
   
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Five months after [[Ricardo Diaz]]'s downfall, due to the citizens of Star City being aware that Diaz had corrupted most members of the SCPD; as a result, they have lost complete faith in the police department, as they have come to have more faith in vigilantes such as the new [[Emiko Adachi|Green Arrow]].
 
Five months after [[Ricardo Diaz]]'s downfall, due to the citizens of Star City being aware that Diaz had corrupted most members of the SCPD; as a result, they have lost complete faith in the police department, as they have come to have more faith in vigilantes such as the new [[Emiko Adachi|Green Arrow]].
   
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Team Arrow was deputized by the SCPD and later was turned into their special unit for the SCPD. Star City's faith in the police was eventually restored thanks to this collaboration.
===Buildings===
 
{{Scroll|
 
*[[City Hall (Star City)|City Hall]]
 
*[[Exchange Building]]
 
*Fairmount Hotel
 
*[[Hochman Hotel]]
 
*[[Latin Building]]
 
*[[Magnuson Plaza]]
 
*[[Nodell Towers]]
 
*[[Star City Plaza Hotel]]
 
*[[Winnick Building]]
 
*[[Winick Tower]]
 
}}
 
 
===Neighborhoods===
 
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*Iron Heights
 
*Castlefall
 
*[[The Glades]]
 
*Lamb Valley
 
*Orchid Bay
 
*South End
 
*[[South Boulevard]]
 
*The Triangle
 
*[[North District]]
 
*Pennytown
 
*Warehouse District
 
}}
 
 
===Landmarks===
 
*[[Bisque Museum]]
 
*Grell Museum
 
*Star Bridge
 
*[[Starling City Aquarium]]
 
 
===Public spaces===
 
*[[Nelson Plaza]]
 
*[[Botanical garden (Star City)|Botanical garden]]
 
 
===Residences===
 
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*[[Al-Owal's hideout]]
 
*[[Bertinelli Mansion]]
 
*Carly Diggle's apartment
 
*[[Cyrus Gold's apartment]]
 
*[[Carrie Cutter's apartment]]
 
*Daily's apartment
 
*[[Dinah Drake's house]]
 
*[[Felicity Smoak's house]]
 
*[[George Wolfman's mansion]]
 
*[[Helena Bertinelli's apartment]]
 
*[[James Holder's penthouse]]
 
*John Nickel's penthouse
 
*[[John Diggle's apartment]]
 
*[[Ken Zhi Jansen's monastery]]
 
*[[Laurel Lance's apartment]]
 
*[[Lance House]]
 
*[[Merlyn Mansion]]
 
*[[McKenna Hall's apartment]]
 
*[[Max Stanton's flat]]
 
*[[Michael Staton's apartment]]
 
*[[Malcolm Merlyn's apartment]]
 
*[[Nyssa al Ghul's hideout]]
 
*[[Oliver and Felicity's apartment]]
 
*[[Oliver Queen's apartment]]
 
*[[Queen Mansion]]
 
*[[Quentin Lance's apartment]]
 
*[[Roy Harper's house]]
 
*[[Sara Lance's hideout]]
 
*[[Sara Lance's safe house]]
 
*[[Stonehaven]]
 
*[[Tommy Merlyn's apartment]]
 
*[[Ted Grant's hideout]]
 
*[[Thea Queen's loft]]
 
*[[Xavier Reed's hideout]]
 
}}
 
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
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Not long after, Ray was presumed dead. The city was subsequently re-branded as Star City in honor of him saving the city from the Alpha-Omega virus.<ref name="Green Arrow">{{Ep|Green Arrow}}</ref>
 
Not long after, Ray was presumed dead. The city was subsequently re-branded as Star City in honor of him saving the city from the Alpha-Omega virus.<ref name="Green Arrow">{{Ep|Green Arrow}}</ref>
   
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Soon after being renamed, Star City fell under attack by [[H.I.V.E.]], and their leader, [[Damien Darhk]]. H.I.V.E. enacted their [[Genesis (event)|Genesis]]-plan on the city, in which they constructed Ark underneath Glades, where they would survive the nuclear destruction. However, thanks to the efforts of Oliver Queen and his team, Darhk's plan was ruined and Oliver personally killed him as revenge, as Darhk had killed Oliver's friend and former lover, Laurel Lance. Afterwards, Oliver became the new mayor of Star City.
===Possible futures===
 
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{{Section stub}}
 
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Oliver had to balance of being the mayor of Star City and Green Arrow at the same time. He got into a conflict with then district attorney of Star City, [[Adrian Chase]], aka Prometheus. Ultimately, Chase was defeated.
In a possible future, by the year 2040, the city was divided into the newly [[Glades]] and the rest of Star City. No one individual from Star City was allowed to pass the wall to go to the Glades.
 
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As Chase killed Samantha Clayton, mother of Oliver's son, William, Oliver had to be a parent for him. In this time, a new conflict arose, when Cayden James and his cabal declared war against Oliver and the city. James threatened to destroy Star City with a thermobaric bomb as revenge against Oliver, as he believed Oliver had killed his son. However, James was defeated, but he was merely a puppet for the real culprit, Ricardo Diaz, who used James for his own scheme to take over the city. He killed James and he bribed nearly all the cops and city officials, and leaked false (yet also real) evidence, that Oliver Queen is the Green Arrow. In order to defeat Diaz, Oliver made a deal with FBI, and Diaz's corruption of the city was exposed, but it also meant Oliver would be arrested for his crimes as the Green Arrow.
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Star City was ultimately destroyed in the [[Anti-Monitor Crisis]], when Anti-Monitor's wave of antimatter destroyed the multiverse. However, due to Oliver's noble sacrifice, he created a new multiverse, and a new [[Star City (Earth-Prime)|Star City]] was created on [[Earth-Prime]].<ref>{{Ep|Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five}}</ref>
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===Erased futures===
 
In an erased future, by the year 2040, the city was divided into the new [[The Glades|Glades]] and the rest of Star City. No one individual from Star City was allowed to pass the wall to go to the Glades.<ref>{{Ep|Star City 2040}}</ref>
   
==Lists==
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==Known residents==
===Known residents===
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===Current residents===
====Current residents====
 
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
 
*[[Albie]]
 
*[[Albie]]
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*[[Bethany Snow]]
 
*[[Bethany Snow]]
 
*[[Carl Ballard]]
 
*[[Carl Ballard]]
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*[[Carmen Golden]]
 
*[[Carter Bowen]]
 
*[[Carter Bowen]]
 
*[[Cindy Simone]]
 
*[[Cindy Simone]]
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*[[Cronan]]
 
*[[Cronan]]
 
*[[Carl Rasmussen's wife]]
 
*[[Carl Rasmussen's wife]]
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*[[Carl Rasmussen's children]]
 
*[[Downey]]
 
*[[Downey]]
 
*[[Dinah Drake]]
 
*[[Dinah Drake]]
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*[[Zoe Ramirez]]}}
 
*[[Zoe Ramirez]]}}
   
 
===Incarcerated residents===
 
====Incarcerated residents====
 
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
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*[[Claire Abbott]]
 
*[[Aglin]]
 
*[[Aglin]]
 
*[[Ankov]]
 
*[[Ankov]]
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}}
 
}}
   
====Former residents====
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===Former residents===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
 
*[[Altman]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Altman]] <small>(deceased)</small>
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*[[C. McGarvey]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[C. McGarvey]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Daily]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Daily]] <small>(deceased)</small>
*[[Damien Darhk]] <small>(time travelled; deceased)</small>
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*[[Damien Darhk]] <small>(time-traveled; deceased)</small>
 
*[[Danny Brickwell]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Danny Brickwell]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Danny de la Vega]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Danny de la Vega]] <small>(deceased)</small>
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*[[Guillermo Barrera]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Guillermo Barrera]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Gavin Carnahan]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Gavin Carnahan]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Gay Eked]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Garfield Lynns]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Garfield Lynns]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Gus Sabatoni]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Gus Sabatoni]] <small>(deceased)</small>
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*[[Zhishan]] <small>(deceased)</small>}}
 
*[[Zhishan]] <small>(deceased)</small>}}
   
===Businesses===
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===Known mayors===
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*[[Emily Pollard]]
 
*[[Quentin Lance]] <small>(formerly)</small>
 
*[[Oliver Queen]] <small>(impeached)</small>
 
*[[Ruvé Adams]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Celia Castle]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Sebastian Blood]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Altman]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
*[[Prescott]] <small>(impeached; deceased)</small>
 
*[[Damien Darhk]] <small>(altered reality; formerly; deceased)</small>
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===First spouses===
 
*[[Felicity Smoak]] <small>(formerly)</small>
 
*[[Damien Darhk]] <small>(in secret; formerly; deceased)</small>
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===Known deputy mayors===
 
*[[Quentin Lance]] <small>(formerly; became mayor after Oliver was impeached;)</small>
 
*[[Remz]] <small>(formerly)</small>
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==Businesses==
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
 
*[[Alley Cat's]]
 
*[[Alley Cat's]]
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*[[Palmer Technologies]]
 
*[[Palmer Technologies]]
 
*[[Papp Motel]]
 
*[[Papp Motel]]
*Patel Industries<ref>{{Com|Test Drive}}</ref>
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*[[Patel Industries]]<ref>{{Com|Test Drive}}</ref>
 
*[[Poison]]
 
*[[Poison]]
 
*[[Queen Consolidated]]
 
*[[Queen Consolidated]]
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*[[Starling National Bank]]
 
*[[Starling National Bank]]
 
*[[Starling Municipal Records Department]]
 
*[[Starling Municipal Records Department]]
*Starling City Mobile Care
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*[[Starling City Mobile Care]]
 
*[[Starling City Archives]]
 
*[[Starling City Archives]]
 
*[[Starling Cannery]]
 
*[[Starling Cannery]]
 
*[[Starling City Rail]]
 
*[[Starling City Rail]]
 
*[[Starling City Airport]]
 
*[[Starling City Airport]]
*Starling City Elementary<ref>{{Ep|The Curse of the Earth Totem}}</ref>
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*[[Starling City Elementary]]<ref>{{Ep|The Curse of the Earth Totem}}</ref>
 
*[[Starling City University]]
 
*[[Starling City University]]
 
*[[Starry Nights]]
 
*[[Starry Nights]]
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*[[Zanzibar Deliveries]]}}
 
*[[Zanzibar Deliveries]]}}
   
===Known mayors===
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==Known locations==
 
===Buildings===
*[[Emily Pollard]] <small>(incumbent)</small>
 
 
{{Scroll|
*[[Quentin Lance]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
 
*[[City Hall (Star City)|City Hall]]
*[[Oliver Queen]] <small>(impeached)</small>
 
 
*[[Exchange Building]]
*[[Ruvé Adams]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
 
*[[Fairmount Hotel]]
*[[Sebastian Blood]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
 
*[[Hochman Hotel]]
*[[Celia Castle]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
 
*[[Latin Building]]
*[[Altman]] <small>(deceased)</small>
 
 
*[[Magnuson Plaza]]
*[[Prescott]] <small>(impeached; deceased)</small>
 
 
*[[Nodell Towers]]
*[[Damien Darhk]] <small>(altered reality; formerly; deceased)</small>
 
 
*[[Star City Plaza Hotel]]
 
*[[Winnick Building]]
 
*[[Winick Tower]]
 
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===First spouses===
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===Neighborhoods===
 
{{Scroll|
*[[Felicity Smoak]] <small>(formerly)</small>
 
 
*[[Iron Heights]]
*[[Damien Darhk]] <small>(in secret; formerly; deceased)</small>
 
 
*[[Castlefall]]
 
*[[The Glades]]
 
*[[Lamb Valley]]
 
*[[Orchid Bay]]
 
*[[South End]]
 
*[[South Boulevard]]
 
*[[The Triangle]]
 
*[[North District]]
 
*[[Pennytown]]
 
*[[Warehouse District]]
 
}}
   
===Known deputy mayors===
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===Landmarks===
 
*[[Bisque Museum]]
*[[Remz]] <small>(formerly)</small>
 
 
*[[Grell Museum]]
*[[Quentin Lance]] <small>(formerly; became mayor after Oliver was impeached; deceased)</small>
 
 
*[[Star Bridge]]
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*[[Starling City Aquarium]]
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===Public spaces===
 
*[[Nelson Plaza]]
 
*[[Botanical garden (Star City)|Botanical garden]]
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===Residences===
 
{{Scroll|
 
*[[Al-Owal's hideout]]
 
*[[Bertinelli Mansion]]
 
*[[Carly Diggle's apartment]]
 
*[[Cyrus Gold's apartment]]
 
*[[Carrie Cutter's apartment]]
 
*[[Daily's apartment]]
 
*[[Dinah Drake's house]]
 
*[[Felicity Smoak's house]]
 
*[[George Wolfman's mansion]]
 
*[[Helena Bertinelli's apartment]]
 
*[[James Holder's penthouse]]
 
*[[John Nickel's penthouse]]
 
*[[John Diggle's apartment]]
 
*[[Ken Zhi Jansen's monastery]]
 
*[[Laurel Lance's apartment]]
 
*[[Lance House]]
 
*[[Merlyn Mansion]]
 
*[[McKenna Hall's apartment]]
 
*[[Max Stanton's flat]]
 
*[[Michael Staton's apartment]]
 
*[[Malcolm Merlyn's apartment]]
 
*[[Nyssa al Ghul's hideout]]
 
*[[Oliver and Felicity's apartment]]
 
*[[Oliver Queen's apartment]]
 
*[[Queen Mansion]]
 
*[[Quentin Lance's apartment]]
 
*[[Roy Harper's house]]
 
*[[Sara Lance's hideout]]
 
*[[Sara Lance's safe house]]
 
*[[Stonehaven]]
 
*[[Tommy Merlyn's apartment]]
 
*[[Ted Grant's hideout]]
 
*[[Thea Queen's loft]]
 
*[[Xavier Reed's hideout]]
 
}}
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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*{{Ep|The Promise}}
 
*{{Ep|The Promise}}
 
*{{Ep|Suicide Squad}}
 
*{{Ep|Suicide Squad}}
*{{Ep|Birds of Prey}}
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*{{Ep|Birds of Prey (Arrow)}}
 
*{{Ep|Deathstroke}}
 
*{{Ep|Deathstroke}}
 
*{{Ep|The Man Under the Hood}}
 
*{{Ep|The Man Under the Hood}}
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*{{Ep|Reset|(dream)}}
 
*{{Ep|Reset|(dream)}}
 
*{{Ep|Purgatory|m}}
 
*{{Ep|Purgatory|m}}
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*{{Ep|Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four|(in the [[Speed Force]])}}
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*{{Ep|Green Arrow & The Canaries|(vision)}}
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*{{Ep|Fadeout|(flashback)}}
 
}}
 
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====Season 1====
 
====Season 1====
 
*{{Ep|Pilot, Part 1}}
 
*{{Ep|Pilot, Part 1}}
*{{Ep|Fail-Safe}}
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*{{Ep|Fail-Safe|m}}
 
*{{Ep|Marooned|m}}
 
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*{{Ep|Last Refuge}}
 
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*Despite being renamed "Star City" in 2015, a newspaper article from 2024 in [[S.T.A.R. Labs (Earth-1)|S.T.A.R. Labs]]'s [[Time Vault (Earth-1)|Time Vault]] still called it "Starling City" until the timeline is changed in 2019.<ref>{{Ep|Legacy (The Flash)}}</ref>
*A rundown neighborhood in Starling City is seen to be located at the coordinates (47.6097N 122.3331W). In real-life Earth, these coordinates are near the Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District known for the Seattle Underground. The Underground was built after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889 and forgotten decades later, much like the subway system abandoned in Starling City.<ref name="Unfinished Business">{{Ep|Unfinished Business}}</ref>
 
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**In the book {{Bk|Arrow - Oliver Queen's Dossier}}, [[Felicity Smoak]]'s home address' ZIP code is 98112. As mentioned above, 981xx is the main ZIP Code for Seattle on our Earth. The address further proves that Star City is located in the state Washington.
 
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*In the {{Seas|5|Arrow}} episode {{Ep|Missing}}​​​ when Oliver showed his progress in tracking [[Adrian Chase]]'s plane, a map of the west coast of the [[United States (Earth-1)|United States]] appeared, placing Star City in the approximate location of the real-world [[wikipedia:San Francisco|San Francisco]]. This is in contradiction with the evidence pointing towards Washington being Star City's location.
 
   
 
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*A rundown neighborhood in Starling City is seen to be located at the coordinates (47.6097N 122.3331W). In real-life Earth, these coordinates are near the Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District known for the Seattle Underground. The Underground was built after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889 and forgotten decades later, much like the subway system abandoned in Starling City.<ref name="Unfinished Business">{{Ep|Unfinished Business}}</ref>
 
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*In the {{Seas|5|Arrow}} episode {{Ep|Missing}}​​​ when Oliver showed his progress in tracking [[Adrian Chase]]'s plane, a map of the west coast of the [[United States (Earth-1)|United States]] appeared, placing Star City in the approximate location of the real-world [[wikipedia:San Francisco|San Francisco]]. This is in contradiction with {{Bk|Arrow - Oliver Queen's Dossier}}, which places Washington as the city's state.
   
 
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"I know that this city has been through tough times before, and we have pulled through. We survived the Undertaking. We survived the Siege. We survived the Outbreak, and somehow, someway, we will survive this. A friend of mine told me that living in Star City, it takes a special kind of tenacity, but we do live here, because this is our home. This is our home! It is our friend, our family, our lives, and we will not throw those precious gifts away by descending into chaos. We will look to each other for hope."
Oliver Queen to the people of the city[src]

Star City, formerly Starling City, is a major city in Washington,[1] United States. It was founded 140 years before 2017, in approximately 1877.[2] It is home to several important businesses and corporations such as Queen Consolidated, Palmer Technologies, and Merlyn Global Group. Despite being a thriving metropolis, Star City is rife with poverty, crime, and corruption. It is mentioned to have a population of 576,000 people, though this number has presumably fluctuated following several terrorist attacks on the city. It is located approximately 600 miles from Central City.[3]

Initially, the city was named Starling City. However, following his takeover of Queen Consolidated, Ray Palmer wished to have the city rebranded as "Star City" in an attempt to rejuvenate its populace after the events of the Glades Earthquake and the subsequent invasion of Slade Wilson's army.[4] After Ray Palmer's apparent death following a further terrorist attack by Ra's al Ghul, the city was rechristened as Star City in his honor.[5]

Overview

Business

  • Queen Consolidated: The head business of Star City, Queen Consolidated was founded and led by Robert Queen until his death in 2007. The company was then led by Moira Queen's new husband and friend of Robert, Walter Steele, until his kidnapping by Malcolm Merlyn in 2012. The company was then taken over by Moira until the fulfillment of the Undertaking when she was arrested. In the following months, Queen Consolidated suffered from backlash, losing much of its influence and interest until it was at the point of potentially facing bankruptcy. Stellmoor International's vice president of acquisitions, Isabel Rochev, sought to buyout Queen Consolidated, which would result in the firing of all its employees, but the company was saved with Walter's help. Eventually, Isabel was able to manipulate Oliver Queen into signing over control of the company to her, allowing her to secure and render it bankrupt. Following Isabel's death, Ray Palmer bought the company and rebranded it as Palmer Technologies.
  • Helix Dynamics: This was a company founded by Felicity Smoak and Curtis Holt in late 2017,[6] but mainly run by Felicity. When Curtis left Star City February 2019, he transferred full ownership of the company to Felicity.[7] A short time later, Felicity changed the name of the company to Smoak Technologies.[8]
  • Kord Industries: One of the branches of Kord Industries is located in Star City. It has been the target of numerous criminals hoping to steal some of its devices.
  • Table Salt: A high-profile restaurant in Star City that opened in late 2012.
  • Lord Mesa Bakery: A the bakery in Star City which sells superhero-themed cakes. Felicity once bought a Green Arrow 6th birthday cake from Lord Mesa Bakery for Oliver's 32nd birthday.[9]
  • S.T.A.R. Labs storage facility: During the Mirakuru attack on Starling City, it is revealed that S.T.A.R. Labs has a storage facility in Star City, which Deathstroke targeted to steal a piece of machinery he needed in order to synthesize the Mirakuru serum. When he went to the facility, Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon were there cataloging old S.T.A.R. Labs projects and machinery, they run to the secure wing and distract Deathstroke with a light cannon that was developed by Dr. Arthur Light before his apparent termination. Deathstroke still got what he needed from the facility. It is unknown if the facility is still in operation after the death of "Harrison Wells" a.k.a The Reverse Flash (Eobard Thawne).
  • SC Jitters: A café located in Star City.
  • Russo's: An upscale Italian restaurant. Oliver and Helena Bertinelli went to dinner there one night in late 2012.
  • Toro's Sushi: A sushi bar in Star City.
  • Mario's Pizza: A pizzeria in Star City.
  • Big Belly Burger: A chain of burger restaurants which a lot of characters eat at and order food from.
  • Jade Dragon: A Chinese restaurant that is also a front for the Chinese Triad.
  • Starling General Hospital

Nightlife

  • Verdant: This nightclub was built in an abandoned Queen Consolidated factory and is used as a cover for Oliver Queen's vigilante activities. Underneath Verdant was the "Arrowcave", where Team Arrow had their primary HQ. After The Undertaking, Oliver transferred ownership of Verdant to Thea Queen. After Oliver lost the company to Isabel Rochev, she approached Thea and informed her that the club was still under the ownership of Queen Consolidated and she had 72 hours to vacate the premises. Following Isabel's death and the takeover of Queen Consolidated by Ray Palmer, Thea used Malcolm Merlyn's estate money to buy the deeds of the club. Thea once again reopened Verdant as a nightclub and is still currently the owner.
  • Poison: A club opened by Max Fuller.
  • Deville: A club that Oliver Queen and McKenna Hall once attended, but were banned from when Mckenna took her clothes off.[10]
  • Starry Nights: A club Oliver and Tommy Merlyn attended for a "Boys Night".[11]

Sports teams

Crime

Star City is plagued by crime and corruption at all levels of society, from gangs and drug dealers in the streets to corrupt corporate executives such as Adam Hunt.

Gangs and drug dealing

The most prominent gangs in Star City are the Chinese Triad and the Solntsevskaya Bratva (the Russian mafia), and formerly the Bertinelli crime family before its demise. Drug dealing has been a major concern for the police department for many years, but they have been unsuccessful in effectively dealing with the issue. The city has suffered from dangerous drug dealing from Cecil Adams, Dr. Webb, and Werner Zytle by spreading Vertigo throughout the city.

At one point, the Church of Blood gained considerable influence and power in Star City. They simultaneously managed to get Sebastian Blood elected mayor of Star City and gained control of Queen Consolidated through Isabel Rochev, and then unleashed an army of Mirakuru-enhanced soldiers on the city. However, the Church of Blood was stopped by the efforts of Team Arrow, and its leaders were imprisoned or killed.

Although the League of Assassins is not based in Star City, several of its members have operated there, including Malcolm Merlyn, Nyssa al Ghul, and Sara Lance.

The emergence of Tobias Church into the city sees the rise of crime in his quest to control the criminal element and the entire city.

Vigilantism

In 2008, boxer Ted Grant began operating as a vigilante patrolling the Glades. He took on Isaac Stanzler as his protege and gained some small media attention. Their vigilante activities ended when Isaac beat a criminal he and Ted were pursuing to death.

In 2012, shipwrecked billionaire Oliver Queen returned to civilization with the purpose of saving Star City from the people poisoning it. Acting as the vigilante The Hood, Oliver dealt major blows to the criminal underworld throughout his first months causing crime rates to lower. A mentally unstable crime lord's daughter, Helena Bertinelli, also acted as a vigilante to exact revenge on her own father, destroying his criminal empire and aiming to murder him. She failed to murder him, however, and he managed to escape from her.

After the earthquake that devastated the city and the Hood's self-imposed retirement, embittered survivors formed a copycat group called the Hoods to exact vigilante vengeance on those they considered guilty of helping in the Glade's destruction. At the same time that the Hoods appeared, Starling saw the arrival of a mysterious vigilante called The Canary, who fought crimes related to misogyny. She turned out to be Sara Lance, who had long been presumed dead.

After the Undertaking, Roy Harper took to vigilantism to protect the innocent people of the Glades. Later he became an informant for The Arrow, and ultimately a member of his team, known as Arsenal.

After Sara died, Laurel Lance turned to vigilantism as well and took up the mantle of the Black Canary in place of her sister.

In May 2016 after Green Arrow publicly defeated Damien Darhk many vigilantes fought to clean up the streets of their city, inspired by the acts of the Green Arrow. This included a hockey mask wearing vigilante named Rene Ramirez who was later given the name Wild Dog once he joined Team Arrow in the fall of the same year. Also, Evelyn Sharp became a vigilante again after acting as a Black Canary copycat and was given the name Artemis once joining Team Arrow. A mysterious man in rags named Rory Regan also became a vigilante, killing people he thought were responsible for Genesis Day, as he was the last survivor of Havenrock. Regan along with the others joined Team Arrow and was given the name Ragman. A mysterious vigilante who wore ski goggles also appeared as well.

Team Arrow overlook the panic at an outdoor shopping mall

Team Arrow overlook the panic at an outdoor shopping mall.

In October 2016 Curtis Holt, member of Team Arrow as tech support, turned to vigilantism after being beaten up and feeling helpless. He became the vigilante known as Mr. Terrific and provided field support for Team Arrow. Later on, the mysterious "Mr. Ski Goggles" was revealed to be a murderous avenger known simply as the Vigilante, who opposed Green Arrow's methods as ineffective.

In 2017, Councilwoman Emily Pollard issued an anti-vigilante legislation to put restrictions on vigilante activities. However, Oliver Queen the mayor of Star City (secretly the vigilante known as Green Arrow) invoke chapter 9 of the city charter to put the vote out to the citizens. So far, 70% of Star City have voted against the anti-vigilante legislation.

After Cayden James released a video to the press, displaying that Team Arrow was apparently attacking police officers (however, it was actually Cayden's men disguised as Star City police officers) this causes more citizens to vote in favor of the anti-vigilante legislation, enough for the legislation to pass.

However, despite this the anti-vigilante has proven to be ineffective in putting limitations on the Outsiders and Team Arrow's vigilante activities.

Five months after Ricardo Diaz's downfall, due to the citizens of Star City being aware that Diaz had corrupted most members of the SCPD; as a result, they have lost complete faith in the police department, as they have come to have more faith in vigilantes such as the new Green Arrow.

Team Arrow was deputized by the SCPD and later was turned into their special unit for the SCPD. Star City's faith in the police was eventually restored thanks to this collaboration.

History

Starling City was founded in 1910.[citation needed]

In 2013, the city was shaken by a corporate conspiracy known as the Undertaking, during which a Markov Device caused an earthquake in an impoverished section of the city named the Glades.[13]

In 2014, the city was under a siege lead by a Mirakuru-infected Slade Wilson and his army. They were beaten back by who was then known as The Arrow, his allies, and The League of Assassins, lead by Nyssa.[14]

In 2015, Ra's al Ghul attempted to unleash an outbreak of the Alpha-Omega virus on Starling City. However, Team Arrow stopped various assassins from exposing the virus airborne, preventing massive casualties. Ray Palmer had Palmer Technologies synthesize a cure for the virus.[15]

Not long after, Ray was presumed dead. The city was subsequently re-branded as Star City in honor of him saving the city from the Alpha-Omega virus.[5]

Soon after being renamed, Star City fell under attack by H.I.V.E., and their leader, Damien Darhk. H.I.V.E. enacted their Genesis-plan on the city, in which they constructed Ark underneath Glades, where they would survive the nuclear destruction. However, thanks to the efforts of Oliver Queen and his team, Darhk's plan was ruined and Oliver personally killed him as revenge, as Darhk had killed Oliver's friend and former lover, Laurel Lance. Afterwards, Oliver became the new mayor of Star City.

Oliver had to balance of being the mayor of Star City and Green Arrow at the same time. He got into a conflict with then district attorney of Star City, Adrian Chase, aka Prometheus. Ultimately, Chase was defeated.

As Chase killed Samantha Clayton, mother of Oliver's son, William, Oliver had to be a parent for him. In this time, a new conflict arose, when Cayden James and his cabal declared war against Oliver and the city. James threatened to destroy Star City with a thermobaric bomb as revenge against Oliver, as he believed Oliver had killed his son. However, James was defeated, but he was merely a puppet for the real culprit, Ricardo Diaz, who used James for his own scheme to take over the city. He killed James and he bribed nearly all the cops and city officials, and leaked false (yet also real) evidence, that Oliver Queen is the Green Arrow. In order to defeat Diaz, Oliver made a deal with FBI, and Diaz's corruption of the city was exposed, but it also meant Oliver would be arrested for his crimes as the Green Arrow.

Star City was ultimately destroyed in the Anti-Monitor Crisis, when Anti-Monitor's wave of antimatter destroyed the multiverse. However, due to Oliver's noble sacrifice, he created a new multiverse, and a new Star City was created on Earth-Prime.[16]

Erased futures

In an erased future, by the year 2040, the city was divided into the new Glades and the rest of Star City. No one individual from Star City was allowed to pass the wall to go to the Glades.[17]

Known residents

Current residents


Incarcerated residents


Former residents


Known mayors

First spouses

Known deputy mayors

  • Quentin Lance (formerly; became mayor after Oliver was impeached;)
  • Remz (formerly)

Businesses


Known locations

Buildings


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Appearances

Arrow

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8


Blood Rush

The Flash

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Season 3

Season 4

Season 5


DC's Legends of Tomorrow

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Season 3

Season 4


Vixen

Season 2

Supergirl

Season 3

Season 5

Comics

Arrow


Arrow: Season 2.5


The Flash: Season Zero

Arrow: The Dark Archer

  • "Sacrifice(mentioned)
  • "Vengeance(mentioned)
  • "Reckoning(mentioned)
  • "Justice(flashbacks)

Novels

The Chronicles of Cisco

Trivia

  • Despite being renamed "Star City" in 2015, a newspaper article from 2024 in S.T.A.R. Labs's Time Vault still called it "Starling City" until the timeline is changed in 2019.[20]

Behind the scenes

  • In the original Green Arrow comics, the city is named "Star City". It was changed to Starling City to match with the grounded atmosphere the show was introducing. However, it was later renamed in-universe to Star City in an attempt to re-brand the city.
  • While the majority of filming takes place in Vancouver, other cities including Boston, Philadelphia, Frankfurt, and Houston have been featured in various flyover scenes.
  • In the first season Arrow​​​​​​​ episode "Dead to Rights"​​​ at around 12 minutes and 10 seconds in, the Chinatown scene that flashes briefly is actually of Chinatown in San Francisco, CA.
  • In the third season Arrow​​​​​​​ episode "The Climb"​​​​ the Starling City Airport is located on Lake Superior in Northern Wisconsin.
  • In the third season episode "Guilty"​​ Felicity Smoak said there were about 86,000 people named Paco in the city. This would mean that 17.2% of the population of Star City are named Paco.
  • The license plates in Star City read "Land of Mist".
  • In the original pitch, Star City was short for Starkton City.[21]

Location

  • A rundown neighborhood in Starling City is seen to be located at the coordinates (47.6097N 122.3331W). In real-life Earth, these coordinates are near the Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District known for the Seattle Underground. The Underground was built after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889 and forgotten decades later, much like the subway system abandoned in Starling City.[22]
  • A letter addressed to Sebastian Blood was labeled with the ZIP code 98114. 981xx is the main ZIP Code for Seattle on our Earth.[23]
  • Star City is located approximately 600 miles from Central City.[3]
  • In the Season 5 episode "Missing"​​​ when Oliver showed his progress in tracking Adrian Chase's plane, a map of the west coast of the United States appeared, placing Star City in the approximate location of the real-world San Francisco. This is in contradiction with Arrow - Oliver Queen's Dossier, which places Washington as the city's state.

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