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The Oxford English Dictionary's first citation for "down town" or "downtown" dates to 1770, in reference to the center of Boston. [6] Some have posited that the term "downtown" was coined in New York City, where it was in use by the 1830s to refer to the original settlement, or town, at the southern tip of the island of Manhattan. [7]
Did you know: Charlotte is the only major city in the U.S. where its central district is referred to as “uptown.” Here’s why.
A map of Upper Manhattan, with Harlem in red. Upper Manhattan is the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan.Its southern boundary has been variously defined, but some of the most common usages are 96th Street, 110th Street (the northern boundary of Central Park), 125th Street, or 155th Street.
Uptown and downtown are not always meaningful on lines in the other boroughs or on the crosstown IRT Flushing and BMT Canarsie Lines or the downtown-only BMT Nassau Street Line, so these are usually described as terminus-bound (with terminus being the name of the terminal station) for "downtown" and Brooklyn-bound or Queens-bound for "uptown."
Uptown, entertainment district east of Downtown and Midtown Albuquerque, New Mexico Uptown, area surrounding the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati , Ohio Uptown, a neighborhood in Youngstown, Ohio
Uptown Charlotte is the largest business district in Charlotte and the Carolinas. [2] Several Fortune 500 companies have their headquarters in the district, including Bank of America, Duke Energy, Honeywell, and the east coast operations of Wells Fargo. [3] [4] Uptown contains over 33 million square feet of office space. [1]
One passage of the revealing new memoir looks back at how Diana decided to surprise her husband by dancing to Billy Joel’s "Uptown Girl" on stage at a charity event at the Royal Opera House in ...
Uptown Residence "Uptown" has traditionally been a name given to the area north of Downtown Toronto. As the portion of the city that could be considered to be downtown or midtown has grown, the region has pushed further north along Yonge Street. The first area known as Uptown was centered on Bloor Street around the University of Toronto. In the ...