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{{Quote|Look at this place. Used to be the crown jewel... Not any more.|[[Jun-A266]]}}<ref name="new">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[New Alexandria (level)|New Alexandria]]''</ref>

Unlike on [[Earth]], where most cities have grown across the centuries and often feature a mix of architecture from different eras, New Alexandria and Reach's other cities were "planned communities"; the buildings and infrastructure were designed and built into a cohesive urban habitat from the start.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach Official Strategy Guide|Halo: Reach Legendary Edition Guide]]''', ''page 460''</ref> The city's architecture and overall design reflected this; conventional streets were a rarity, and a large part of the city consisted of massive high rises of sleek, modular design. Many of the buildings were lined with multiple levels of walkways and plazas and connected by sky bridges.<ref name="exo">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Exodus]]''</ref> In the city center, a [[MagLev train]] line connected some of the buildings. Closer to the city's spaceport, numerous container transport tracks crisscrossed in the space between the lower levels of the buildings. Three [[space elevator]]s were located on the ocean some distance away from the city.<ref name="new"/>

The city became the target of a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] attack during the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552]], resulting in the five-day [[Siege of New Alexandria]]. Although [[Unnamed civilian transport craft|civilian transports]] successfully evacuated the city thanks to the efforts of [[Noble Six]], the city was ultimately glassed by the Covenant.<ref name="exo"/><ref name="new"/>

At some point after the Human-Covenant War the city was reconstructed to some effort, and a statue to [[Noble Team]] was built at [[Hosok Tere]] as a memorial.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach Legendary Edition]]''' letter "Dear Cousin"</ref>