Downtown is a term primarily used in North American English to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart of the city. It is often synon
Downtown Manhattan in 1893; looking up Broadway from Barclay Street
Center City, Philadelphia, the second-most populous downtown in the United States
Chicago Loop, the fifth-most populous downtown in the United States
Downtown Los Angeles, the third-most populous downtown in the United States
The Loop is Chicago's central business district and one of the 77 municipally-designated community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Located at the center of downtown Chicago on the shores
Downtown
…where the business district lower Manhattan and the newer one in midtown began to grow towards each other, or in Chicago, where downtown expanded from the Loop across the Chicago River to Michigan Avenue. In fact, the instability of downtown was a cause for concern for business and real estate interests, as…
The corner of Dearborn and Randolph Streets, 1900
Willis Tower, formerly Sears Tower, is the third tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
Chicago Loop from the air in 2025.
The Chicago 'L' tracks, 35 East Wacker, and Trump International Hotel and Tower