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This is where you’ll find sports arenas, live music, rooftop lounges, museums, theaters, art galleries and more than 200 restaurants. Downtown is also home to the Phoenix Convention Center and Arizona State University’s downtown campus.
Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district (CBD). Downtowns typically contain a small percentage of a city's employment.
Downtown Salt Lake. As the heart and soul of Salt Lake City, downtown right up and offers all the delightful foodstuffs, watering holes, urban adventures, art, music, and after-dusk fun you’d expect from a proper city—it’s just set at the base of towering peaks like a good mountain town should be.
- Boat Cruise. By day or night one of the best ways to take in the Loop skyline is from on the water. Board a boat at the Navy Pier and be prepared to be impressed by sights of Downtown Chicago as you sail by.
- The Picasso. Catch an eyeful of The Picasso. An arresting, unnamed sculpture which dominates the Loop’s Daley Plaza. The weighty steel sculpture stands around fifty-foot tall, and is the subject of an ongoing, fifty-year long debate as to what it actually represents.
- Pizza, Popcorn & Pumpkin Pie, There are three things you just have to try when you’re in Downtown Chicago. They’re all iconic foodstuffs which the city claims to have created or has adopted as its own.
- Willis Tower Skydeck. The Willis Tower or the Sears Tower as it’s also known once held the number one position as the tallest building in the world. While it’s now been surpassed by several others, its observation deck is still the highest in the US at one thousand three hundred and fifty-three dizzying feet.
- A museum fit for Ferris Bueller. Anyone who loves the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off will know the Art Institute of Chicago. As you walk along Michigan Avenue, you’ll be greeted by two enormous bronze lions at the museum’s grand entrance.
- A giant bean and enormous rock climbing wall. Take the Nichols Bridgeway from the Modern Wing across to Millennium Park and you’ll find an unprecedented combination of stunning architecture, sculpture, and landscape design all in one place.
- A Tiffany jewel in the crown. On the corner of Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street, you’ll encounter the Chicago Cultural Center, a neoclassical landmark that houses the largest Tiffany stained-glass dome in the world.
- A waterfront landmark. Walking south and east through Grant Park, you’ll find yourself in the heart of a 319-acre green space, anchored by mesmerizing Buckingham Fountain.
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Explore. Seattle’s supremely walkable urban center is filled with sleek skyscrapers, charming buildings, and bustling businesses. Along with visits to celebrated museums and theaters, plan for a stop at Pike Place Market ( 85 Pike St), where buskers entertain and hundreds of vendors have artisan wares, freshly picked fruit, and vibrant ...
Things To Do Downtown. There’s no shortage of activity throughout Downtown Houston. Nestled between the district's towering skyscrapers are opportunities for adventure at every turn — all of which are accessible via the city’s MetroRAIL. A feast of performing arts awaits within the Theater District.
