midtown
Beverly Flanigan
flanigan at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU
Tue Sep 12 14:55:37 UTC 2000
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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