civic center
noun
1
US
: a large public building for sports events, concerts, etc.
2
British
: a section of a city or town where the public buildings are
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Los Angeles police officers, as well as officers from other local police agencies and the California Highway Patrol, responded in large numbers and repeatedly moved demonstrators away from National Guard troops pushing the crowds to undulate across downtown’s civic center.
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Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Pompano Beach has a $2 billion plan to create a pedestrian-friendly area at Dixie Highway and Atlantic Boulevard with shops, residences, offices, a hotel, restaurants, a new City Hall, a new civic center and a 600-acre parking garage.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2025
The other lakefront proposal was received from Ramon Gomez, CEO of Azure Hotel Holdings Inc. for the civic center property.
—Laura Kinsler, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2025
There was another location called La Bonita in Santa Monica where multiple other businesses around it and that area was burned and turned into the city civic center.
—Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2025
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Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Pompano Beach has a $2 billion plan to create a pedestrian-friendly area at Dixie Highway and Atlantic Boulevard with shops, residences, offices, a hotel, restaurants, a new City Hall, a new civic center and a 600-acre parking garage.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2025
The other lakefront proposal was received from Ramon Gomez, CEO of Azure Hotel Holdings Inc. for the civic center property.
—Laura Kinsler, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2025
There was another location called La Bonita in Santa Monica where multiple other businesses around it and that area was burned and turned into the city civic center.
—Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Civic center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civic%20center. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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