The City is an unnamed, and presumably well-populated city where the majority of the events in A Series of Unfortunate Events take place.
In the film, it is claimed that the city is Boston, Massachusetts. However, this does not necessarily apply to the books or TV series which keeps the city ambiguous.
In the TV series, it is shown that the City is in the shape of an eye, the insignia of V.F.D. There are also VFD tunnels located beneath the city connecting those involved in the organization.
The city is portrayed as gloomy, polluted, gray and inhabited by bizarre individuals, many connected to V.F.D.[1]
The city is half a day's drive away from Stain'd-by-the-Sea, the setting of All the Wrong Questions. It is possible the series begins there and that The Hemlock Tearoom and Stationery Shop may be located in the City.
The City's name is possibly shown in an illustration for The Penultimate Peril when a man is shown with a fedora holding a letter saying, "J.S, Hotel D______ (presumably Denouemont), New Cara_____ray, Column________."
Locales
The Baudelaire Mansion, 667 Dark Avenue, Count Olaf's house, Café Salmonella, and Hotel Denouement are found in the city. Briny Beach is also near the city.[2]
There are a number of business districts present, including the fish district and stationery district. Café Salmonella is located in the fish district, which looks, smells, feels, sounds, and if you were to lick the streets, probably tastes like fish.[2] Mulctuary Money Management, the bank where Arthur Poe works, is located in the banking district of the city.
In Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography, the Royal Gardens, a public garden, was burned down and only clumps of dirt remained.
Locations
- 667 Dark Avenue, home of Esmé Squalor and Jerome Squalor
- The Anxious Clown, fast food restaurant
- Baudelaire Mansion, former home of the Baudelaire family
- Briny Beach, polluted beach outside the city
- Café Kafka
- Café Salmonella, a seafood diner located in the Fish District
- Count Olaf's house, home of Count Olaf
- Daedalus Dock
- Hemlock Tearoom and Stationary Shop
- Hotel Denouement, a former lodging establishment
- Hotel Preludio
- Justice Strauss' house, home of Justice Strauss
- Mr. Poe's house, home of Mr. Poe and the Poe family
- Mulctuary Money Management, in the Banking district, where Mr. Poe works
- Museum of Bad Breakfast
- Museum of Items
- Orion Observatory
- Rhetorical Building, office of Lemony Snicket and Beatrice Snicket
- The Royal Gardens, a burned down public garden
- Valorous Farms Dairy, where Lemony Snicket believes he was born
- Veblen Hall, where the In Auction took place
- Veritable French Diner, a diner operated by the VFD
- Verne Invention Museum
- Akhmatova Bookstore, a bookstore where Klaus would visit
- Pincus Hospital, where Sunny was born
- St. Carl Cathedral
Residents
People who live, or have lived at some point in the city. The following persons include:
- Bertrand Baudelaire
- Beatrice Baudelaire
- Violet Baudelaire
- Klaus Baudelaire
- Sunny Baudelaire
- Count Olaf
- Esmé Squalor
- Jerome Squalor
- Justice Strauss
- Arthur Poe
- Polly Poe
- Edgar Poe
- Albert Poe
- Eleanora Poe
- Dewey Denouement
- Ernest Denouement
- Frank Denouement
- Fernald
- The Bald Man with the Long Nose
- Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender
- White-Faced Women
- Wart-Faced Man
- Lemony Snicket
- Beatrice Snicket
Districts
- Banking District
- Meat District
- Flower District
- Sculpture District
- Fish District
- Clothing District
- Beverage District
- Stationery District
Appearances
- Who Could That Be at This Hour? (Mentioned only)
- When Did You See Her Last? (Mentioned only)
- Shouldn't You Be in School? (Mentioned only)
- The Bad Beginning
- The Ersatz Elevator
- The Vile Village
- The Grim Grotto
- The Penultimate Peril
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (film)
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (video game)
- Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography
- A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series)
Sources
Gallery
Books
Movie
TV series
