Y.W.C.U. (Comics)

The Y.W.C.A. serves as the command outpost and living residence for the Poverty Pack. while some members still have other places they consider home, they reserve those places for their alter-ego lives. The Y.W.C.A. serves as a "roundtable" of sorts, and features a cafeteria, gym, swimming pool, showers and several rooms intended for sheltering homeless vagrants. The center also features a game room that has been converted to a de-briefing chamber.

Early History
The Youth Welfare Center for the Unfortunate was erected in the late 1960's to accomodate those who belomged to the shunned lower-classof the then-prospering Golden Megalopolis. It served as a shelter and recreational center for most of the inner-city youth.

The 1980's
The center remained open up until the early 80's until hard-times hit Golden Megalopolis, and maintenance became expensive. Dilapitated, the Y.W.C.U. was deemed a condemmed building, but was never demolished (because it would cost money), and it remained a swank hotel for squatters. The only caretaker for the building was a mysterious janitor, with a historic past...

The 90's and beyond: Rise of The Black Pigeon
Briefly in the 90's, it was considered that the center would be restored, until the the idea was to build the "R.E.C." (Recreation Excellence Compound) which served an even shorter life-span. Bryce Byrd sought refuge at the "Y" during his highschool years. There he befriended the janitor, who in reality, was a former member of the afrocentric crime fighting trio Aphro Physt. Over the course of time, bryce recieved training there from all the former members until he was ready to become the Black Pigeon. Once Pigeon flew his coop, the Y.W.C.U. remained abandoned and uninhabited after the death of it's caretaker.

Poverty Pack
Following the formation of heroes known as the Poverty Pack, and a skirmish involving the murder of Chip Napoleon Brown, the team realized they needed a place to live. Most of the crime fighters were evicted or were unable to afford their current living residencies, so it was unanimous that they go to the one place that was originally intent in sheltering the homeless.