and there it was spread out before her like a carelessly opened jewelry box , this city more populous and more amazing than she had ever imagined : there was the emerald square of central park , where the faerie courts met on midsummer evenings ; there were the lights of the clubs and bars downtown , where the vampires danced the nights away at pandemonium ; there the alleys of chinatown down which the werewolves slunk at night , their coats reflecting the city 's lights .