The Bay City Med and Trauma building was originally located within the 64 city blocks now commanded by Corona Tower and the wide-open space of the Corona Tower mall.

The original facility (now gone) was built in the late 1940s to replace an ageing structure dating from pre-WWI. State of the art at the time, the single building housed a surgical ward, an outpatient clinic, and a three-story block of patient rooms. Doctors’ offices and administration facilities were in a separate building built in the 1950s to allow expansion, creating the new Cancer Treatment Center, vital to the West Coast. Bay City's location allowed for easy access for people arriving for treatment by ship, rail, highway, or via Bay City's new airport.

When the Corona Corporation selected Bay City for its worldwide headquarters (for the same reason the Cancer Treatment Center had experienced phenomenal success), the old Bay City Med and Trauma building and the accessory structures that had sprung up to support the thriving medical center were ripe for conversion to a new use. Corona Corporation offered to buy and donate a large tract in the new Bay City Industrial Park going in on the southeast side.

City Council permission to combine the 64 city blocks around the old medical center into one tract, including rerouting all utilities and other infrastructure, took more convincing. Hence, Corona Corporation's $20m donation for naming rights to the Corona Cancer Center at the new Bay City Medical Complex.

The new medical complex is set off from the industrial park by a tall, masonary wall fronted by elaborate landscaping and flowering trees. Located on First and Industrial, the medical complex is easily accessible to The Parks area via Park Avenue. From The Parks, take Park Avenue south to First, and east 8 blocks to the medical complex's entrance. From Corona Tower, take Sycamore south 12 blocks and turn east on First. 

Bay City Medical maintains several Proximity Care emergency clinics around Bay City, all partially funded by the Corona Corporation as part of the City Council's agreement to replat the 64-block tract where Corona Tower now stands into one city block.

We first learn of Bay City Medical Center in Book 3 of The Human-Hybrid Project, The Mirror Cracks.



Howie's Hoagies food trucks are a regular sight across Bay City, especially near The Martial Arts Center, Bay City High, Central Park, and just about anywhere you might find foot traffic. 

Howie's Hoagies is located at Pansy and Monroe. From Sycamore, take First Street east past Park across the powerline right-of-way. In four blocks, go north on Monroe for a block, and you will see Howie's Hoagies on the right. The building is a multi-story brick art deco pile, but Howie's is glass-fronted and modern with yellow-and-green-striped awnings and tables on the sidewalk. 

Everyone loves Howie's. As their logo says, The Best Sandwiches in Town!

Howie's also caters and does private parties. Just call ahead. They will feed you when and where you need them to be.

We never visit Howie's Hoagies in the story, but we see our first Howie's Hoagies delivery truck in Book 4 of The Human-Hybrid Project, Reflections of the Silverback.


Bay City High School is located in the northeast portion of Bay City with Central Park several blocks to the south and The Marshes several blocks to the north. Corona Tower sits several blocks west of the school.

Bay City High fronts Park Avenue, a feeder street cutting through Old Town East Side along The Parks section of town, and ending at The Marshes where you can see Harbor Shipyards along the waterfront in the distance.

From Corona Tower, take Stamford south to Rock Island, go one block east to Douglas, and left will get you to Bay City High in two blocks. Look for the three flagpoles, one for the Stars and Stripes, a second for the state flag, and the third for Bay City High's distinctive banner.

From Garik Shayk's home in City View Apartments, take Avenue C east past The Flower Shop, across Sycamore, and turn north on Park Avenue. You will pass the Bay City Police Department on the left and Central Park on the right. After 22 blocks along Park, Bay City High School will appear on the right-hand side of the street.

Bay City High designates the northern boundary of the East Side Parks Area of Bay City.

We hear mention of Bay City High early on in the story, but we first visit the school in Book 5 of The Human-Hybrid Project, The Glass Siege.