Bellas-Black Avenue

Bellas-Black Avenue, the colorful business district, primarily housing the non-trade end of business in Gavenlow: law offices, meeting halls, domestic services, psychics and palm readers and diviners and the like, guild trade halls, records, architecture firms, art galleries, fine bath parlors, etc.
While the Avenue is not traditionally a place of residency, many business owners in the district reside above their shops and guild halls, typically those with around the clock service, or those still yet unsuccessful enough to afford a place in High Street, Elvenstone District, or around the Palace Wall.
Places of interest:

The Merchant's Council Headquarters.

Odd's Gallery of Art and Memory.

Site of Alberich Stoneheart's former home and business.

History

The Avenue is the only district in Gavenlow who's primary rule is governed by Merchant's Council of Gavenlow rather than differing to The Emerald Forces. This makes their guards watch, their legal proceedings, their municipal transportation concerns, and their borders fuzzier than the rest of the city.

Geography

Much of the Avenue stretches between Southbridge and High Street, with significant roads connected along High Bridge, and a long winding central street--the titular Avenue--that leads all the way to through parts of High Street to the palace gate--the last few miles of which are an extremely steep climb.

Alternative Name(s)

The Avenue

Type

District

Population

1153

Location under

Gavenlow

Owner/Ruler

Master-Merchant and Magistrate Wicks

Owning Organization

Merchant's Council of Gavenlow