midtown

[Beverly Flanigan]

And did anyone hear the report on NPR this morning about the "Midtown Plaza
in downtown Rochester"?

At 09:46 PM 9/11/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Someone writes:
>
><<Would not the term "midtown" be used most in towns that rejoice in
>the elongated street pattern of Manhattan?  Brooklyn doesn't have a
>"midtown".   The term"the center" is also widely used. >>
>
>One of my students tells me that Atlanta has a midtown, so I guess not. And
>Memphis Midtown also aruges against this sensible suggestion.


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