MAP DESCRIPTION
The abandoned village of Stara Huta originally was a small rural community of 100 to 200 people but has been deserted for several months. Its streets are overgrown, and all the wood frame buildings have burned or fallen down.
Only brick and stone buildings are left, and all these are very heavily damaged. No glass remains in the windows; most roofs have fallen in or at least have large holes in them; and there are numerous signs of battle damage, particularly shell holes.
A. Town Square: This central square is covered with paving stones. In the centre is a raised statue of a historical figure, unrecognisable now that the head has been knocked off.
B. City Hall: This is a large stone and mortar building, solidly build and still in passable repair. It is two stories tall, but there are several holes in the roof, and the upper floor has suffered a good deal of damage from the elements. The lower floor is much better.
C. National Bank Building: This is an imposing, three-story, marble-fronted building. The interior is badly damaged as someone has apparently dynamited the vault and in the process brought down much of the first floor ceiling. Part of the first floor has collapsed into the basement as well, and the stairway from the first to the second floor has collapsed.
D. Police Station: The police station is a two-story, reinforced concrete building that was apparently used as some sort of defensive position at one time. The front of the building has collapsed into the street, and the roof has fallen into the upper floor, causing about half of it to fall into the lower floor. There are several very large shell holes through the remaining walls, and much of the building is blackened by fire.
E. Church: The entire roof of the church has collapsed, although the stone walls are still solid, and the steeple still overlooks the town. The rectory is a burnt-out brick shell .
F. School: This is a sprawling, one story brick building which was also the scene of some fighting, although it is not as badly damaged as the police station. The north-west corner has collapsed, and there are several shell holes through the walls, but the roof is almost completely intact.
G. Apartment Building: These are four story brick buildings which are mostly intact. There are occasional shell holes, and internal explosions have brought down parts of one floor into another, but the building is still basically structurally sound. Each floor has from four to six apartments on it, each with three to five rooms.
H. Partially Demolished Apartment Building: As entry G above, but the building has suffered enough damage to have lost one or two floors worth of height. There are still occasional jagged wall remnants that reach perhaps one floor higher than the current upper floor. The upper floor is choked with rubble and has partially collapsed into the next lower floor. Most of the internal walls have been damaged, and several of these buildings are burnt-out shells.
I. Store Building: This is about the same size as an apartment building, but there are only two or three stories as the ceiling tends to be much higher. The main part of the first floor is mostly open, with shattered display cases and fixtures littering the floor. The upper floors are divided into off ices and conference rooms.
J. Partially Demolished Store Building: As entry I above, but very heavily damaged. In some cases the entire roof and upper floors have caved in, leaving the shell looking like an open box half-full of rubble. In most cases at least part of one of the interior ceilings is intact, but one or two walls are partially demolished.
K. Small Building: A number of small, one-story brick or stone buildings are in the village. Some of these were shops, while others were private residences. Most of the roofs are collapsed or in poor repair, but the walls are still sturdy.
L. Small Decrepit Building: These are as entry K above, but are in very poor condition. None have a roof, and most are missing part or all of one or two walls. There are also many shell holes through their standing walls. The main function of these buildings is to block visibility; some of them are little more than tall, irregular points in the rubble.
M. Warehouse: This building is two stories tall but has no interior second floor. Instead it has large front doors and loading docks for trucks. Several rusted derelict trucks still sit at the loading docks, and stacks of rotting cartons lie inside the warehouse, filled with upholstered furniture, plumbing fixtures, magazines, or any number of other products.
N. Enclosed Courtyard
