The Glades

The Glades
Information
Location	Star City; United States
Use(s)	Neighborhood (destroyed) City (possible future)
Owner(s)	Rene Ramirez (mayor; possible future)

The Glades is a dangerous, crime-ridden area of Star City that appears to predominantly be inhabited by the city's lower-class citizens.

History

In May 15, 2013, the East sector of the Glades was destroyed by the second Markov Device in an event known as the Undertaking. While a second Markov Device was disabled by Quentin Lance and Felicity Smoak before it could be activated, a total of 503 people were killed in the disaster and a majority of the neighborhood was left in ruins.

When the Arrow disappeared from Star City following his defeat at the hands of Ra's al Ghul, the mobster Danny Brickwell attempted a takeover of the Glades. He kidnapped three aldermen, and blackmailed Mayor Celia Castle into withdrawing all police and city units from the area. However, Team Arrow eventually overthrew Brick and his forces' control of the Glades with help from its residents. Brick was almost killed by Malcolm Merlyn, but a newly-returned Arrow convinced him to let Brick go to prison.

What the Undertaking did not destroy, the sabotage of Tevat Noah did; The earthquake caused due to a destruction of the underground H.I.V.E. facility created a sinkhole under what was left of the Glades.

Possible futures

Sometime before 2040, the Glades was rebuilt. But due to unknown reasons, the people in the Glades built a wall, such that no one from Star City was allowed to enter. However, Felicity managed to create a holographic map of the Glades, including underground passages that connected the rest of the city to the area.

In 2040, the holographic map was discovered by William Clayton and Roy Harper in a hidden compartment in Smoak Technologies.

Residents

Known residents

• Ted Grant
• Sin

Former residents

• Roy Harper
• Sara Lance (briefly)
• Laura Ramirez (deceased)
• Rene Ramirez
• Danny Brickwell (incarcerated; deceased)
• Emma Falk (deceased)
• Joseph Falk (deceased)
• Kendric Waller (deceased)

Appearances

Arrow

Season 1 "Pilot" "Lone Gunmen" "An Innocent Man" "Damaged" "Legacies" "Vendetta" "Year's End" "Burned" "Trust but Verify" "Vertigo" "Betrayal" "Dodger" "Dead to Rights" "The Huntress Returns" "Salvation" "Unfinished Business" "The Undertaking" "Darkness on the Edge of Town" "Sacrifice" Season 2 "City of Heroes" "Identity" "Broken Dolls" "Crucible" "Keep Your Enemies Closer" "State v. Queen" "The Scientist" "Blast Radius" "Blind Spot" "Tremors" "Time of Death" "Suicide Squad" "Birds of Prey" "The Man Under the Hood" "Seeing Red" "City of Blood" "Unthinkable" Season 3 "The Calm" "Sara" "The Magician" "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak" "Draw Back Your Bow" "The Brave and the Bold" "The Climb" "Left Behind" "Midnight City" "Uprising" "Canaries" "Nanda Parbat" "The Offer" "Suicidal Tendencies" "Public Enemy" "Broken Arrow" Season 4 "Haunted" "Genesis" "Monument Point" "Lost in the Flood" Season 5 "The Recruits" (mentioned) "Second Chances" (mentioned) "Spectre of the Gun" (mentioned) "Honor Thy Fathers" (mentioned) Season 6 "Promises Kept" (mentioned) "The Dragon" "Shifting Allegiances" Season 7 "Inmate 4587" "Crossing Lines" (mentioned) "Level Two" "Unmasked" (mentioned) "My Name is Emiko Queen"

The Flash

Season 5

• "Elseworlds, Part 1"

Trivia

• Tempest's logo is an outline of the subway lines that run beneath the Glades.
• The area code of the Glades is 503. Ironically, this is the same number of people killed in the Undertaking, which had been a plan to lay waste to that same section of Star City (then known as Starling City).