User blog comment:Jcobsplicer/Is Rapture based on Rylech ./@comment-67.243.191.185-20100826214203/@comment-1330314-20100826230840

^Wat.

I haven't read Lovecraft's works, but if Rylech is as you describe it, it may have influenced the city's design. Most of it is based on Art Deco and the philosophy of Ayn Rand, though.