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Until the 1950s, Los Angeles' downtown core was the city's commercial, financial and entertainment center.
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Pontiac's downtown core of about five blocks along Saginaw Street still supports a modest night life.
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Anchored by massive new development, the once gritty and forgotten downtown core is coming alive with new hotels, offices, restaurants, entertainment and sports venues.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The old Chess studio is two miles south of downtown's core and easy to reach.
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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).
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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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