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The Narrows ≠ Crime Alley = Park Row
"Crime Alley" is a nickname for the Park Row neighborhood.
Crime Alley (officially known as Park Row) is not the same neighborhood as the Narrows.
Crime Alley was introduced as a distinct area in Detective Comics #457 (1976).
The Narrows area was introduced in the 2005 movie Batman Begins. After the New 52 reboot, in about 2013, the Narrows popped up in the comics.
Doctor Leslie Thompkins has worked in Park Row (later known as Crime Alley) since Bruce was a young child.
Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered in Park Row. Their deaths caused Park Row to become known as Crime Alley. After Park Row became Crime Alley, businesses left, and the neighborhood deteriorated into the worst slum in Gotham.
Jason Todd is from Crime Alley.
Duke Thomas is from the Narrows.
#Duke Thomas#Gotham City#Jason Todd#The Narrows#Crime Alley#Park Row#Batkids#Batman comics#DC Outsiders#DC Robin#Leslie Thompkins#Bruce Wayne#Batman#Thomas Wayne#Martha Wayne
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The parallelism of Park Row becoming Crime Alley and Jason going from Robin to Red Hood.
#dc#dc comics#comics#comic books#gotham city#park row#crime alley#jason todd#red hood#jason peter todd#the red hood#robin jason todd#symbolism#parallels#media analysis#character analysis#media commentary#comic analysis#story setting#batboys#batkids#batfam#batfamily#gotham#character appreciation#batman characters#batman comics
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Rubinstein's Wholesale & Retail, on the west side of Park Row under the El, 1944. Below, its catalog.
Both photos: eBay/NY in the 1970s Instagram
#vintage New York#1940s#novelty stores#Rubinstein's Wholesale & Retail#Park Row#party stores#party merchandise#vintage NYC
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I have this headcanon that Jason (as Red Hood ) will always take a kid he finds sleeping on a street in his territory back to a safe house for the night. The next day (after giving the kids a safe place to sleep and eat), he would bring them to one of the Wayne owned shelters or to Leslie or something along the sort, but about once a week he gives an alley kid a safe night.
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So I was watching panda redd and I came across a video on legacy characters and whether or not average citizens know legacy characters are legacy characters. It got me thinking about an AU idea I've had for a while. In this AU gothamites know there are different Robins and each Robin is known for something different. Like Jason Todd would be called the Robin of Crime Alley because in this AU Jason would patrol around crime alley a lot and would befriend the street kids and protect them (sorta like in that ao3 fic Jason Todd: The Not-So-Outlaw). So here's some headcanons:
(Jason's 12 years old when he's picked up by Bruce)
On school nights Jason wasn't allowed to patrol, but Jason would sneak out anyways and have a secret patrol of his own
At first, he just ventured where ever, but after while, he started hanging around crime alley more and more until he just stopped going anywhere else
Jason would play basketball with the street kids and all of them would want him on their team and get really competitive about it.
He'd get to know everyone on the block pretty well (including the street kids, the sex workers, bodega owners, etc)
He'd tell street kids the best places to sleep to avoid the rain and all the warmest places to go during the winter
When he catches one of them stealing instead of stopping them he'd whisper "hey, if you keep that up your going to get caught" and they'd spin around to face Jason who was perching on the fire escape and Jason would then procede to school them on the ways to steal without getting caught
He'd never turn street kids over to the cops, knowing how bad the foster system was, so he'd always try to find them safe places to sleep, protect them as much as he can, and keep them out of gangs and gang violence
Whenever he'd encounter a kid caught up in a gang during patrol, during his secret patrol, or on a mission he'd would always try to talk them out of it and share some of his own experiences.
Bruce found that Jason, having been a street kid, was great on missions with gangs that mostly recruited street kids or human trafficking rings that take street kids, because he understood them and could gain there trust easily
Jason, while he was living on the streets fending for himself always felt like no one cared if he lived or died, if he was safe or not, or if he was healthy or happy. He saw as adults who were supposed to help him (like cops, social workers, foster parents, etc) instead beat him up, ignored him, and just got him out of the way as soon as possible.
Jason found the most rewarding part of being Robin, was being able to assure kids once like himself that they are seen and cared for, like no one did for him (until Bruce)
Jason would dramatically recite stories from patrol to the kids
He Definitely brags about how he stole the tires off the Batmobile
"I would have gotten away with it if I hadn't come back for the last one" - Jason
Jason is also known by the sex workers which all think is the cutest kid ever and have practically adopted him
He makes sure that nobody disrespects them and beats up any perv that tries to hurt them
During Jason's run, crime alley became a sort of safe haven for street kids after word got out on the streets that the new Robin was protecting street kids there
One night, Jason catches a bunch of no-good cops beating the crap of a street kid he knew and he loses his crap on the cops and beats them into the ground. After a few events similar to this one, Jason starts to gain a bad reputation around the GCPD (mostly just around the corrupt ones)
Each of the Robins have a style to them that sets them a part from the rest, they wear more or less of one color, they rely more heavily on one weapon, and have different hair types/styles. This is what cues gothamites into the fact that there are different Robins.
Jason's suit was red and black with a touch of gold. He would rely more on his fists and a batarang he used more like a switch blade since he got used to having to fight with one when he lived on the streets, and he had very curly hair he'd keep medium/short and messily parted in the middle
He was also a pretty dirty fighter, as slick as a alley cat (also got that from his time on the streets)
While Dick Grayson's was known for making puns and witty remarks to make fun of the rogues during fights, Jason was just a straight up asshole.
He had a ✨talent✨ for pissing the rogues off
Bruce supposed it was useful because it tends to throw them off their game
Dick and Barbara found it hilarious
Gothamites found it hilarious
Few videos of Jason's time as Robin existed on the web, but the ones that did were comedy gold.
Batman catches Jason on his "secret" patrol one night and they have a huge fight about it. Bruce doesn't want Jason out on patrol by himself because it's dangerous (and he has school in the morning which he needs to be awake for) and Jason argues his grades are fine (more than fine actually) and he's been out on his own enough times and can take care of himself.
But Jason is still grounded and benched for two weeks.
Incidentally, after Jason got caught, a post starts to circulate online with images of Jason playing basketball with street kids, talking and hanging out with them, and even of Jason casually leaning on a counter while making small talk with a cashier at a bodega. The post is captioned "Robin in crime alley" it goes viral and the Gotham Gazette even writes a story about it. The article calls Jason "The Robin of Crime Alley" Soon media outlets start to refer to Jason as "The Robin of Crime Alley" whenever there's a story on Batman and Robin
Part two:
#dc comics#batfam#jason todd#batman#robin#dick n jason#robin!jason#batfam headcanons#headcanons#jason todd headcanon#bruce wayne#bruce and jason#batman and robin#dick grayson#barbara gordon#red hood#Robin of Crime Alley AU#park row#crime alley
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Park Row | 1952 | dir. Sam Fuller
Rusty: "Mr. Davenport, when you write a story, why do you always put 'thirty' at the bottom?"
Davenport: "Thirty's a symbol to all printers, and it means it's the end of the story, there isn't any more."
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Lockwood and Co as Tumblr shitposts because I cant sleep part one
George:
Flo:
The origin of Lockwood and Co:
George:
Barnes watching the squad fuck up another case:
Lockwood casually bringing up that he had been shot:
Lucy:
George:
Lucy:
#lockwood and co netflix#lockwood and george#lockwood netflix#lockwood and lucy#lockwood and co#anthony bloody lockwood#anthony lockwood#george karim#Karim and co#park row#lucy carlyle#detective Barnes#Barnes#montague Barnes#the fact he doesnt have a tag yet is criminal#netflix#george cubbins
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#batman#batman unburied#park row#bruce wayne#I’ve been listening to Batman Unburied and the way Strange said this line got to me
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London
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Park Row CRIME ALLEY
#Martha Wayne#Thomas Wayne#Crime Alley#Park Row#Jason Todd#Gotham City#Batman comics#Leslie Thompkins#Bruce Wayne#undescribed#panels
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Park Row London: a batman inspired bar/restaurant in London
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Broadway & Park Row, once known as Newspaper Row due to the buildings housing the city's newspapers, ca. 1920. This seems to be an autochrome, although the library doesn't identify it as such. Enlarge this by clicking or tapping; it's a big image with a lot of detail.
Photo: NYPL
#vintage New York#1920s#autochrome#Park Row#Newspaper Row#Lower Manhattan#1920s in color#early color photography
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guys if ur in London and a dc fan???? park row
live music
literally the iceberg lounge
presentation
the entrance is a door behind a bookcase
everything on the menu is Gotham themed
no costumes, it feels in-universe
cons:
it’s in London so it’s lowkey pricey but like,, standard for London and pricey everywhere else
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Robin of Crime Alley AU headcanons pt.2 (sorta)
My original idea for The Robin of Crime Alley was actually a Titans AU. I don't like what they did to my boy Jason, I couldn't even finish season 3 I hated it so bad. But there was some things they did that had potential so here is some headcanons on a rewrite for Jason's origin in Titans, they are based around my The Robin of Crime Alley AU with a few new changes:
(In the last post Jason wasn't allowed to patrol on school nights in my Titans AU Jason is allowed to patrol on school nights and on his own)
Before Jason meets Dick, he's been with Bruce for a year, the reason Bruce sends Jason to Join the Titans (after Dick and Jay have already met) is because Jason and Bruce are having problems (even before Jason met Dick)
They're arguing a lot and while Bruce has a strict moral code Jason has more moral ambiguity
Jason focuses more on the victims and getting justice for them even if it's outside the law. He gets this from his time on the streets where he often saw authority (cops) abusing their power, taking bribes, arresting people who are innocent, and ignoring people who truly need help. He believes he most operate in gray areas in order to protect everyone
He has also seen how the system doesn't care about the poor, the criminals, the street kids, or any one who has no say or power. This causes him to start to patrol around crime alley and be the hero that he never thought would exist
He wanted to show the gothamites like him that heroes help everyone not just the rich
He grows quite the attachment to crime alley (the place he grew up) and doesn't just protect the people there he grows relationships with them as well
He plays basketball (and other games that are special to park row that he knows from when he lived there) with the street kids, makes small talk with the sex workers (who all think he is a sweet kid), and hangs out in the bodegas
Soon everyone that hangs around, lives, or works in park row (crime alley) know and trust Robin.
So he earns the nickname Robin of Crime Alley
He turns crime alley into a safe haven for street kids and sex workers. While it's still a crime infested area, street kids know they won't be trafficked or arrested in crime alley and sex workers know that when trouble comes the police will ignore most of what they have to say because they consider them to be "untrustworthy low-lifes" but Robin will always listen and protect them
The only people who are not safe there are cops, specifically corrupt ones (which Gotham has a lot of) after enough beatings from Robin, Robin starts to gain a bad reputation around the GCPD mostly from rumors spread by the for-mentioned corrupt cops
While patrolling one night, Robin comes across someone he knew from his past. Molly Jensen a fellow street kid he knew before he became Robin, who is now a college student volunteering at a shelter in park row. She doesn't recognize him (because he's in his Robin costume and only briefly saw him) but the brief interaction pushes Jason to reunite with Molly and get Bruce to donate to the shelter she volunteers at
As Robin, Jason slowing starts to form a partnership with Molly by bringing her street kids to house at the shelter. She's skeptical at first and doesn't know if she should trust him. She's hear a lot of stories from the people at the shelter that makes him seem trustworthy, but she isn't sure about trusting someone who wears a mask. Historically, masked vigilantes have never been friends to the poorer people and "only protect the rich" (her words) but after Jason reveals his identity to her, Molly begins to trust him.
One night, a photographer wanting to take photos depicting poverty in Gotham heads to crime alley to snap some photos but while there he sees Robin, not wanting to lose his golden opportunity, he snaps some candid photos of him
Later, he titles his photo collection "Robin in Crime Alley" it depicts photos of Robin playing basketball with street kids, talking and laughing with them, and even of Robin casually leaning on a counter while making small talk with a cashier at a bodega
He sells his pictures to a newspaper and the pictures appear in the front page of a small and not very well known newspaper
(The article and it's contents are mostly forgotten, until years after Jason's death, when the article resurfaces on social media in a Batfamily subreddit devoted to solve the mystery of how many robins actually are there?!)
But tension between Bruce and Jason come to a head when Bruce catches Jason on a balcony while a man falls to his death, that man being a diplomat's son that got away with r*pe and his victim committed s*icide after she finds out he was let off (read Batman #424 for more context) Jason claims he accidently spooked the guy causing him to fall, but Bruce doesn't believe him. They get into a huge fight and Bruce decides to give him a ultimatum.
Around this time, Dick is forming a new Titans. He only met Jason once (Alfred gives hawk and dove Dick's location in this AU instead of Jason) Jason was very excited to meet him (but thanks to other events in Dick's life and him finding out Bruce got a new Robin) him and Dick didn't hit it off
So when Bruce gives Jason an ultimatum: either Bruce benches him or he joins the new Titans. Jason reluctantly agrees to join the new Titans. He thinks hey maybe I can take this as a chance to make up for freaking out on him last time, but he still is worried about leaving Gotham and leaving crime alley unprotected
And that's all I got for now, think I should do a part three?
#dc comics#batfam#batman#jason todd#bruce wayne#robin!jason#robin#dc titans#Robin of Crime Alley AU#jason todd headcanon#headcanons#batfam headcanons#park row#crime alley#dick grayson#batman and robin#batfamily
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Lisa Unger | The New Couple in 5B
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The New Couple in 5B by Lisa UngerPublished March 5, 2024 by Park RowDate read: February 28, 2024
The Characters:
Rosie and Chad
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