Maple Shade Apartments

The Maple Shade complex was funded and as far as anyone knows is still owned by an Indian developer who made a number of investments up and down the American West Coast. It was only finished in 1974, just long enough for it to fill up with residents while retaining a sense of newness to it.

The neighborhood the Maple Shade was constructed in is a relatively poverty-stricken area of the SE Portland Brooklyn neighborhood. It isn't far from Winterhaven Elementary, an area that is steadily improving (unlike some of the more destitute portions of Brooklyn).

Myrtle Connor Manager • Apt A10 Myrtle is a divorcee and a bank manager who took the side gig of managing the apartment complex for the break in rent on her two-bedroom apartment on the third floor (Apt A10). She is rarely in the office; if she's not at work, she's at various singles mixers or attending church (she is a life-long Presbyterian). The easiest way to communicate her is through notes left for her, something facilitated by the corkboard she's hanged on her front door, which has a handful of folded notes pinned to it at any given time.

Roger Milowski Security • Apt A01 Despite the complex's set up, Roger is the only security man on-site. (As such, the front gate is usually unoccupied, with its bar raised.) Roger has worked security most of his life, and even served as a police officer during the late 60s and early 70s, when the Portland PD was desperate for bodies in the absence of so many young men in Vietnam. He has since retired and lives in an apartment on-site (Apt A01) with his wife Emma, widely regarded as the best cake-maker in the complex.

Ground Floor

• Management Office: A sizeable office set aside for the use of the complex's manager, this office goes largely unoccupied.
• Security Office: A much smaller security office is usually manned most days during normal work hours.
• Play Area & Courtyard: A small pleasant green space where the few kids in the complex frequently play, or other residents may take in the infrequent sunshine during brighter parts of the year.
• Sanderberg Tailory (Tailor): Mr. Noah Sanderberg (Apt A07) works in this shop with his wife Esmie, who is also a seamstress of some experience. Between the two of them, they maintain a robust service.
• xxx (Beauty Salon): x
• xxx (Corner Grocery): x
• Vacant Shopfront: A glasswares boutique shop for about six months, the specialty shop closed down suddenly in very early 1976. Since then, it has been vacant. It has been set up to shop to prospective tenants, but no one has leased the space yet.
• Apollo's Athenaeum (Bookstore): An esoteric book shop, of the sort made popular in the "Age of Aquarius." It has a loyal following of hippies and former hippies, as well as a somewhat more academic group called the Daughters of Portlandia.
• Excelsior! Comics (Comics Shop): A small specialty comic shop, something almost unheard of. Still, it has managed to attract enough business to do well for itself.

First Floor

• Apartment A01: The Milowski Family: Roger (security for complex), Emma
• Apartment A02: x
• Apartment A03: x
• Apartment A04: The Forrester Family: Craig, Cassidy, Emily
• Apartment B01: x
• Apartment B02: The Newcastle Family: Dylan, Lisa
• Apartment B03: x
• Apartment B04: x

	Emma Milowski Housewife • Apt A01 For all that she's never had any kids of her own, Emma is everybody's mom. Happy to help her neighbors out by babysitting, Emma seems most pleased when her house has a few little ones in it, and they tend to agree, given Emma's love of feeding them cake. When dealing with other adults, Emma tends to be a little on the sweetly awkward side; she doesn't have any close friends, but has plenty of neighbors with whom she's on good terms.
	Dylan & Lisa Newcastle Hippies • Apt B02 A pair of hippies who quickly snatched up a relatively inexpensive apartment, the Newcastles are neighborly and pleasant, often offering to help out with folks who are moving or otherwise engaged in chores. They drive a small VW Beetle absolutely festooned with stickers and art.
	Craig Forrester & his daughters Cassidy and Emily Construction Worker widower & daughters • Apt A04 Craig is a construction worker whose wife and brother died in a car accident a few years ago. Craig spends a lot of his time working, so his social life is fairly anemic. His daughters Cassidy and Emily love dogs, and are polite, delightful young girls who spend lots of time with babysitters (mostly Emma Milowski, who adores them).

Second Floor

• Apartment A05: x
• Apartment A06: x
• Apartment A07: The Sandberg Family: Noah, Esmie, and son Eli.
• Apartment A08: x
• Apartment B05: x
• Apartment B06: The Denly Family: Tom, Minnie
• Apartment B07: x
• Apartment B08: x

	Noah Sandberg Tailor • Apt A07 Trained by his father in a craft that is largely falling victim to high-volume clothing retail in the modern day, Noah stubbornly refuses to abandon his vocation. In the past, a man of his skill might have been immensely successful; these days, he barely scrapes by. He's a sullen man who works incredibly long hours.
	Esmie Sandberg Seamstress • Apt A07 Noah's wife and business partner, Esmie is easily as skilled as her husband. Esmie worries about her husband's health and her son's distance, but other than continuing to keep everything afloat, there doesn't seem to be anything she can do about it. She is a gregarious woman who gets to know her neighbors; it's an open secret that she would love to host dinners, but she is an awful cook.
	Eli Sandberg High Schooler • Apt A07 A quiet young man, Eli is largely self-sufficient, with his parents working long hours. His grades are high and he never causes trouble, but his mother worries about him: he tends to restrict himself to his room when his parents are home, and can go entire days without actually speaking to his parents.
	Tom & Minnie Denly Janitor, Waitress • Apt B06 Tom and Minnie are a young married couple. He works as a janitor at Winterhaven Elementary, while Minnie is a waitress at an Italian restaurant a couple of blocks away. They are relatively quiet and unassuming, polite without maintaining active friendships with most of their neighbors, although they do seem to welcome Emma Milowski when she pays them a visit.

Third Floor

• Apartment A09: x
• Apartment A10: Myrtle Connor: Manager.
• Apartment A11: Vincent Carlson
• Apartment A12: x
• Apartment B09: The Scott Sisters: Reneesha, Imani
• Apartment B10: x
• Apartment B11: x
• Apartment B12: x

	Vincent Carlson Technical Engineer • Apt A11 An employee out in the Silicon Forest for Electro Scientific Industries, Vincent considers himself a forward thinking man of science. He will happily go on and on about the kinds of wondrous advances the inevitable shrinking of computers will do for society.
	Reneesha & Imani Scott Grocers • Apt B09 Sisters Reneesha and Imani run the corner grocery in the row of shops on the ground floor of the Maple Shade complex. Reneesha is very social and frequently gone, while Imani tends to be more of a homebody, although she is being courted by a handsome man who frequently visits.

Fourth Floor

• Apartment A13: x
• Apartment A14: x
• Apartment A15: x
• Apartment A16: x
• Apartment B13: x
• Apartment B14: The King Family: x
• Apartment B15: x
• Apartment B16: x

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Fifth Floor

• Apartment A17: x
• Apartment A18: Merideth Prichett
• Apartment A19: x
• Apartment B17: The Olson Family: Harry and Carol.
• Apartment B18: Lucas Beloi
• Apartment B19: Matthew Wright

	Merideth Prichett Busybody • Apt A18 An older Christian spinster who makes it her business to know everything she can about everyone. She usually formulates Very Disapproving Opinions in short order, and doesn't hesitate to let people know about them. She's not a gossip - she is simply making sure everyone around her is as well-informed as she is.
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