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Major CBDs
- Downtown
- Uptown
- Texas Medical Center (TMC)/Museum District
- Memorial and the Energy Corridor (not quite as developed as the other three but trending that way)
All of which have major skylines, with the TMC also having a high level of density in its core. Other smaller CBDs include:
- Greenway/Upper Kirby
- Woodlands
- Westchase
- Greenspoint
In the 80s it was referred to Money Earnin Mount Vernon!
By this measure Pittsburgh would have three downtown areas. East Liberty is more dynamic than both of those Mt Vernon areas. I assumed Mt. Vernon would have built up similar to New Rochelle by now.
This is something you'll find in very large cities.
New York City has at least three downtowns. Tokyo also does.
European cities also tend to have historical downtowns with preserved old buildings, and then business downtowns with modern skyscrapers that are away from the actual city center. Paris doesn't even really have a downtown - the entire city limits are the downtown.
Not really true. 1st-4th arrondissement of Paris (Collectively "Paris-Centre") is the historical "downtown", with La Defense (I know it's outside city limit...) being the modern "downtown". Although, yeah, there are districts like Front-de-Seine in 15th Arr. along with the infamous Tour Montparnasse.
P.S. Reading through the thread, maybe "central business district" is a better term instead of "downtown"?
Yes, and University Circle has, in the last 10 years (esp the last 5), has become far more residential, dense and vertical. In many ways, driving through/trying to get out of UC during evening rush hour is worse than doing so downtown.
...and the last 4.5 years since this post, University Circle become even more residential, dense, and vertical to become Cleveland's 2nd Downtown.
It seems that no matter how small a city's second most urban place, people will refer to it as a second downtown. (Not calling out anyone in particular.)
Maybe a metric would help. Maybe something about size relative to the main downtown, a mix of uses including offices, feeling like a true downtown in form and activity level...?
It seems that no matter how small a city's second most urban place, people will refer to it as a second downtown. (Not calling out anyone in particular.)
Maybe a metric would help. Maybe something about size relative to the main downtown, a mix of uses including offices, feeling like a true downtown in form and activity level...?
This. There is a massive difference between an urban residential node(s) of city and functional secondary or trinary CBD's.
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