Haha, so Gotham is named after the village of Gotham in England. By the way, this place is a tiny village, quite ironic. Anyway...
In the literary work, the "wise tales of Gotham" the village is supposed to be ironically insane which is the reason Irving used it to say that nyc was a crazy place full of foolish people. I am amused most nyers are probably not aware that the nickname is a mocking insult referring to them and their forebears as loons. Lol.
Anyway, I always thought it was something to do with the spires and gothic architecture. That doesn't make much sense though since nyc is largely Art Deco with few neo gothic buildings. If it were a reference to the built form which we now know is false, they Should have named it deco ville, or dec-am, haha.
Anyway, this tower has pseudo gothic elements, so it fits the myth of Gotham well and helps maintain the myth of New York being this massive, noir, crime ridden center of looming spires, evil and wicked greed depicted in the batman movies ( as Gotham, the fictional city) and in many movies focusing on the greed and vices of some New Yorkers based on real events.
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