downtown core

collocation in English

meaningsofdowntownandcore

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downtown
adjective[before noun]
adverb
uk
/ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/us
/ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/
in or to the central part of ...
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core
noun
uk
/kɔːr/us
/kɔːr/
the basic and most important part ...
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(Definition ofdowntownandcorefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Today many of the buildings still exist and make up thedowntowncore.
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The journey to thedowntowncoreof the city takes 1725 minutes.
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Thedowntowncorewas the city's original neighbourhood, which was filled with early settler log cabins, none of which currently exist.
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During its heyday it was a popular late-night dining fixture in thedowntowncoreand a favourite eatery of many celebrities.
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The city has adowntowncoreof 19th century neoclassical architecture and winding side-streets, dotted by art deco, neo-gothic, and other styles.
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Some businesses in thedowntowncoresuffered financially as a result.
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New proposals and renovations are numerous, especially in thedowntowncore.
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Thedowntowncoreis built to a fine grain, human scale, mostly consisting of four-lane arterial and collector roads.
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This would relieve transit congestion in thedowntowncore.
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With the garage now being built, now parking opportunity have allowed city code to continue with the re-development of thedowntowncore.
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Thedowntowncorebegan to lose its residential vocation and became a space increasingly devoted to commerce, industry and to a lesser extent, public life.
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The municipality comprises a smalldowntowncore, several rural town centres, and hundreds of rural villages.
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Thedowntowncoreand financial district has a wide array of hotels.
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About three and a half hours later, towards 6:30 in the morning, the firestorm reached its peak in thedowntowncore.
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The medical clinic is located in the town'sdowntowncore.
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There would have been a reduction in the number of buses passing through thedowntowncoreto accommodate the train lanes.
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Roughly 20 restaurants, a number of them award-winning, take part in the event from thedowntowncore.
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Most of the 11 streetcar routes are concentrated in thedowntowncore, and all connect to the subway.
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Outside thedowntowncore, most arterial roads have two or three lanes of traffic in each direction.
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It is one of the few surviving pieces of the former grand estates which once existed in thedowntowncore.
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