High Street
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High Street is a common street name for the primary business street of a city, town, or village, especially in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. It implies that it is the focal point for business,
High Street in Oxford, England
High Street sign in English and French, St Peter Port, Guernsey
Lyons' teashop in Reading, 1945, serving tea/coffee with a choice of snacks (including cake). With over 200 branches, the chain was a staple of the High Street in the UK.
The Peacock Inn, High Street, Islington, c. 1800
Downtown
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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
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…Main street Downtown Central business district…
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