Main Street
noun
1
: the principal street of a small town
2
a
: the sections of a country centering about its small towns
b
: a place or environment characterized by materialistic self-complacent provincialism
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Down the street, Main Street Provisions serves steaks and seafood classics like fresh oysters and sea scallops.
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Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2025
Phase 3, from Oak Street to Main Street, a 1.1-mile stretch, is pegged at $21.4 million, with costs running from 2026 through 2030.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
For Disneyland’s 70th celebration, guests can watch it inside the famed Main Street Cinema beginning July 17, to mark when Walt Disney opened the park on July 17, 1955.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 17 May 2025
On the park’s actual anniversary date, July 17, a new show called Walt Disney – A Magical Life will debut at Disneyland’s Main Street Opera House.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 17 May 2025
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Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2025
Phase 3, from Oak Street to Main Street, a 1.1-mile stretch, is pegged at $21.4 million, with costs running from 2026 through 2030.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
For Disneyland’s 70th celebration, guests can watch it inside the famed Main Street Cinema beginning July 17, to mark when Walt Disney opened the park on July 17, 1955.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 17 May 2025
On the park’s actual anniversary date, July 17, a new show called Walt Disney – A Magical Life will debut at Disneyland’s Main Street Opera House.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 17 May 2025
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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Main%20Street. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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