City Hall

City Hall is one of the oldest and most iconic buildings in Republic City. It houses the offices of the government of Republic City, including the United Republic Council. In addition to its role in government, it is also the venue for public announcements, events, and gatherings.

History
Shortly after arriving in the city, Korra made her maiden official appearance to the citizenry as the new Avatar and announced her stay in front of City Hall. Later, Councilman Tarrlok proposed the creation of a task force in order to fight the Equalists to the Council within the City Hall; the idea was accepted by each Councilor except for Tenzin.

Upon hearing Amon's warning of shutting down the Pro-bending Arena, the Council members met at City Hall and unanimously decided to heed his threat and close the arena lest avoid "severe consequences" to follow. However, Korra, Mako, and Bolin arrived at the City Hall and protested against the Council's decision but without success. However, Lin Beifong soon arrived and also opposed the canceling of the championship final, prompting a majority of the members to vote in favor of keeping the arena open.

At a Council meeting, Tarrlok proposed that a new law be created to outlaw membership or association with the Equalists and create a curfew for all non-benders. Tenzin strongly opposed the proposal, but the other Council members voted in favor, thus creating the law. After Korra's friends were arrested by Tarrlok, she broke into his office at City Hall and confronted him. After a brief conversation, Tarrlok launched an attack at Korra, thus prompting her to fight back. The conflict destroyed a large part of Tarrlok's office, and the battle continued in the main Council room which was also highly damaged. Tarrlok eventually prevailed and kidnapped the Avatar.

The following day, Tarrlok attempted to cover up the evidence of his crime by planting Equalist equipment in the main Council room and claiming that the damage was from an Equalist attack aimed at kidnapping Korra. Later that day, Tenzin, Lin, Mako, Bolin, and Asami arrived at City Hall where they accused Tarrlok of kidnapping Korra. The waterbender Councilman attempted to dismiss the accusations, however, the council page confirmed that he had bloodbent and kidnapped Korra. Before making a quick retreat, the Councilman subdued the the group using bloodbending.

Design
Constructed almost entirely out of stone, City Hall is a large building, and is very ornately decorated. The building has a large, green dome located at the center of the roof, and contains various gold trimmings.

The main Council room is where the members of the United Republic Council discuss issues and vote on laws. The room contains a large u-shaped table for the members of the Council to sit, as well as a number of benches for normal citizens to sit at. There are also numerous balcony's overlooking this room from the upper floors. Located on one of the windows in this room is a large, ten-sided insignia.

There are office spaces incorporated in the building on the fifth floor. Councilman Tarrlok has made his own office in one of these studies. His office contains his personal desk, as well as a large waterfall-wall behind the desk. Behind the waterfall is a large carving of the Moon and Ocean Spirits, Tui and La.

Tenzin has also been shown to have his own office inside City Hall. Tenzin's office is considerably smaller than Tarrlok's, but seems to have many more furnishings. Tenzin has his own desk, and keeps a telephone and a gyroscope-like device on it. Behind his desk there is a large, circular bookcase filled with various texts and scrolls. Tenzins' office is also decorated with a large rug, as well as a number of paintings of yin-yang symbols.

Council room
The Council room is one of the oldest rooms in City Hall. It holds many precious memories in Republic City. The room is the place of meeting for the United Republic Council, where Council meetings are held along with occasional criminal trials. Inside the Council room are large doors located behind the Council members' desks which sport a 10-sided insignia which is also the emblem of the United Republic of Nations.

Trivia

 * When Korra was knocked out by Amon on Aang Memorial Island, she had a vision of an older Aang in City Hall.
 * The insignia on one of the building's interior windows is in the same shape as the badge that every member of the Council wears.
 * The interior of the room where the Council meets looks much like the old meeting hall of the League of Nations which was created in 1919 as an international organization to prevent world wars.