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Downtown

In many US and Canadian cities, the central business district, often so called because it was sited on lower ground (for example, along a river) than surrounding residential neighbourhoods (see Uptown).

Famous examples of historic downtown areas are those in New Orleans, which was settled in the 18th century by the French and Spanish, and in Manhattan, New York City, which is home to Wall Street and whose haphazard street layout predates the strict grid pattern seen in the rest of Manhattan.
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I was glad, when I came home from school at noon, to see a farm-wagon standing in the back yard, and I was always ready to run downtown to get beefsteak or baker's bread for unexpected company.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
So he entertained Wilson with some airs and graces and attitudes for a while, then stepped out of sight and resumed the other disguise, and by and by went down and out the back way and started downtown to reconnoiter the scene of his intended labors.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
"I'll be here," promised Ned; and then he went downtown to attend to some matters con- nected with his new duties, which were much less irksome than those he had had when he had been in the bank.
Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context
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