A stone marker shows the spot where the Santa Fe Trail ended in the city's historic central plaza.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

But visitors are welcome in small stores that are around the large open plaza areas.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

It had about four hundred small rooms built around a central open plaza.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

We turned another corner around the central plaza area and the density of people is even greater over here.

VOA: standard.2010.01.14

Most Olympic cauldrons are high in the air, but the giant steel and glass one in downtown Vancouver sits on a waterfront plaza.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

Some of them have surgical masks or other things to cover their noses. We've just come upon the large plaza near many government buildings downtown.

VOA: standard.2010.01.14

In a speech Tuesday at a central plaza, Mr.Rajoelina thanked the military for its support.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18