downtown
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Businesses and residents in the area would like to see a bigger police presence, but there have been protests against that by people who are not from downtown, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
“I think nightlife will thrive downtown, since bars attract people that don’t mind a little grittier atmosphere,” said Moses.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
In a sultry basement bar on a Wednesday night in downtown Manhattan, some serious trash talking was going on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Characters drift about downtown fundraisers, Italian villas and second homes on the North Fork.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The quake had wrecked parts of downtown Anchorage and towns and villages across Alaska.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
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