The view is the skyline of San Fransisco. it s weird. I ve never been there and with 2022 eyes I see this city much more different than with 2001-we-have-our-main-roleplaying-setting-there-eyes. My picture of San fransisco is more... 1970 80 like, not the technological, unaffordable behemoth it is today. TwistEd is set in Mavergate, not in San Fransisco - they share landmarks, but probably not culture.
The chair and the setting is kind of based on the place of the general in Akira. I just really liked the feeling of the panels of him, powerful in his skyscraper overseeing the city.