Until the 1950s, Los Angeles' downtown core was the city's commercial, financial and entertainment center.
Pontiac's downtown core of about five blocks along Saginaw Street still supports a modest night life.
Anchored by massive new development, the once gritty and forgotten downtown core is coming alive with new hotels, offices, restaurants, entertainment and sports venues.
Just northwest of the downtown core, the affluent Tarrytown neighbourhood attracts government workers and families, drawn to the historic housing stock and parkland on the shores of Lake Austin.
However, a new route opening in 2015 will expand the MAX to Milwaukie, a small city just seven miles south of Portland, connecting the inner Southeast neighbourhoods to the downtown core at the same time.
Then, roll out the red carpet and start your morning in style with luxury one-way transportation to the downtown core in the hotel's Lexus LS460 limousine, available free each day from 7 am to 9 am.
The downtown core got a boost with the 2012 opening of the City Creek Center, a shopping mall and mixed-use development of rentals and condos across the street from the Salt Lake Temple, financed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The old Chess studio is two miles south of downtown's core and easy to reach.
Use that sugar buzz to walk east a mile, under the clackety El train tracks, through downtown's money-spinning core, to the Art Institute of Chicago (111 S Michigan Ave).
Autodesk was attracted to the playground project because of its proximity to the firm's downtown offices, its focus on children and its ecologically sustainable design, which is a core element of Autodesk's business, says Greg Eden, a spokesman for the company.
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