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the downtown clientele of this bistro come to be seen, and the food is only an afterthought
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Wear this studded bucket bag with a black slip dress and extra eyeliner for your own spin on the typical Alexander Wang downtown girl.
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Rei Kawakubo’s Dover Street Market in London, for example, or Opening Ceremony in downtown New York City—the loss of Colette is being hailed as an end of an era.
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Halcro is also the head of a government agency that manages downtown parking lots and meters and spearheads redevelopment projects, both activities linked to property values and generating more customers for downtown businesses.
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Among the changes under review are downtown side street density and zoning that would allow commercial on the 20 acres behind Stater Bros. shopping center.
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As for the new Jimmy John's, in March the council gave final approval to shortening time limits for three downtown street parking spaces on Grove close to the Jimmy John's location.
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Read more: Their tour departed from the company's downtown headquarters, with a group bicycle ride about 1½ miles south to Right Brain, continuing on a bike path along Boardman Lake to the Filling Station Microbrewery.
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That same provision also applies to rates for food and beverage and audio-visual charges for Comic-Con events held at largely downtown hotels.
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Where: Most events downtown Info: parkvillemo.org/event/parkville-july-4th-celebration-2017 Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm What: Independence Day: 1860s style.
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First Known Use of downtown
1836
Definition of downtown
: the lower part of a city; especially : the main business district
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The audience, made up of a number of people who live in Forest Hill, filled to capacity the meeting room in the Harford County administration building in downtown Bel Air.
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The elegant reception was planned at a Downtown Indianapolis venue, and the groom called the nuptials off a week before — too late to get any money back.
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In the meantime, Grand Avenue in downtown Fox Lake had enough water for officials to close it, and about 20 percent of the Lakeland Shopping Center parking lot had water, but businesses were still open.
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One Saturday night last year, Maria M*, 25, was at a dive bar in downtown New York City celebrating a friend’s birthday.
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A conch blown on a summer morning about 1000 years ago at Pueblo Bonito, a village located in the middle of the canyon, would be heard throughout downtown Chaco within a radius of almost 1.5 kilometers, the scientists report.
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Likewise, flooding in Annapolis, Maryland, home to the U.S. Naval Academy, is not expected to reach the 10 percent threshold, although key parts of the city, including the academy campus and downtown, now flood 40 times a year.
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Dwight Avram, owner of the old Nichols Library on Washington Street in downtown Naperville, recently posted photos of the library's current interior on the website oldnicholsinfo.com.
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Now this gourmet kitchen boutique and cooking school has opened a second location in downtown New Orleans.
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First Known Use of downtown
1845
DOWNTOWN Defined for English Language Learners
downtown
playDefinition of downtown for English Language Learners
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: the main or central part of a city or town : the part of a city or town where there are tall buildings, stores, offices, etc.
DOWNTOWN Defined for Kids
Definition of downtown for Students
: the main or central part of a city or town
Definition of downtown for Students
: to or toward the main or central part of a city or town walked downtown
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