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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The project includes construction on LaSalle Road from Ellsworth Road to Farmington Avenue and from Farmington Avenue to North Main Street, according to the project’s master plan.
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Celia Gruber, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
The parking garage will be accessible through the hotel entrance on North Main Street, and will be branded with images of cowboys and other Western motifs, according to renderings submitted to the city.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2026
Downtown centers on Route 23, better known as Main Street, where cafés, galleries, and mom-and-pop shops give Windham its hometown warmth.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2026
The Colored Masonic Temple was built between 1902 and 1904, a block off Main Street at Fourth Avenue and State Street.
—Arkansas Online, 28 May 2026
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Celia Gruber, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
The parking garage will be accessible through the hotel entrance on North Main Street, and will be branded with images of cowboys and other Western motifs, according to renderings submitted to the city.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2026
Downtown centers on Route 23, better known as Main Street, where cafés, galleries, and mom-and-pop shops give Windham its hometown warmth.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2026
The Colored Masonic Temple was built between 1902 and 1904, a block off Main Street at Fourth Avenue and State Street.
—Arkansas Online, 28 May 2026
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“Main Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Main%20Street. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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