City with Two Downtowns? (hotel, houses, employment)

[Rwarky]

Houston has several "downtowns."

[toughguy]

Originally Posted by Billiam

Im pretty sure the op meant A city with more than one downtown. Not downtowns of cities near large cities. Meaning Oakland and Bellevue don't match this thread

Bellevue is just as far away to downtown Seattle as Buckhead is to downtown Atlanta.... it's just a political boundary.

[awecelot]

Dallas

Downtown Dallas


Stemmons Corridor


Park Central (Photo is dated)


Uptown (just across the freeway from downtown; photo is dated)


Turtle Creek area


Central Expressway Corridor


Galleria area


Las Colinas (in Irving)


I think Dallas fits the criteria of having multiple downtowns

[grindin]

If we're talking about multiple business disticts within one city, then no, Oakland and Bellevue would NOT count, because they are different cities. If we are talking about multiple CBD's within a metropolitan area, then yes, Oakland and Bellevue would count. That's why I'm not including Vega$ on this list, because the Las Vegas Strip isn't actually in the city of Vegas itself, but in an unicorporated part of Clark County called "Paradise"

However, if we're talking about within one city as the OP stated, I would say:

Atlanta: Downtown/Midtown/Buckhead

Houston: Downtown/TX Medical Center/Uptown (Galleria)/I-10 Energy Corridor/Greenspoint

Los Angeles: Downtown/Century City/Warner Center/Studio City/Wilshire Corridor (I know I'm missing some areas, so help me out here)

Tampa: Downtown/Westshore

Phoenix: Downtown/Biltmore Corridor

Dallas: Downtown/Uptown/Galleria (although this area straddles the city of Addison too)

San Diego: Downtown/Golden Triangle (UTC)/Sorento Valley/Mission Valley

Virginia Beach: Resort Area ('old' downtown)/VB Town Center (the 'new' Downtown)


These developments seem to occur more in cities with large square mileage and much more recent development

[jessemh431]

Los Angeles wins I believe. There is Downtown LA, Koreatown, Long Beach, Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank, Warner Center, Santa Monica, Century City, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Westwood, Brentwood, Miracle Mile/Fairfax District/Wilshire Blvd, I believe Sherman Oaks or Studio City has something, and Oxnard is far, but does have a CBD, Riverside, San Bernardino, Irvine, Anaheim, Santa Ana are far, but definitely have CBDs. Plenty of others as well.

[radraja]

Originally Posted by Tom Lennox 70;3748655

Las Vegas feels like it has 2 downtowns also....first there the old "downtown around Fremont Street (where that old famous Vegas Vic is still standing....overshadowed by the new Fremont Street Experience), and then there's the Strip. At least these feel like 2 "downtowns" though there's really two tourist areas, most of the regular business and goings on take place spread out all over like most Sunbelt cities.

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Yep. The old downtown and the strip are considered two separate entities entirely.

[Journey2LS]

Originally Posted by jessemh431

Los Angeles wins I believe. There is Downtown LA, Koreatown, Long Beach, Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank, Warner Center, Santa Monica, Century City, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Westwood, Brentwood, Miracle Mile/Fairfax District/Wilshire Blvd, I believe Sherman Oaks or Studio City has something, and Oxnard is far, but does have a CBD, Riverside, San Bernardino, Irvine, Anaheim, Santa Ana are far, but definitely have CBDs. Plenty of others as well.

All you did was name a bunch of cities in the LA metro and not a city with multiple downtowns within the same city limits.

[charygart]

Haha I don't know this counts or not, but Denver has Downton and Lodo (Lower Downtown). they are right next to each other but just different feeling, Downtown is where all the skyscrapers are, and lodo is where the old downtown is, with all the old building (and new buildings but with height restrcitions). They're not like two separate entities though IMO, they kinda blend in together area wise, usage wise, etc. And 16th Mall goes through both of them. i'll let you guys decide

[Nafster]

Chicago could slightly be considered for this catagory.

On the northwest side by O'Hare there are tons of office buidlings and hotels that all very tall and clutterd together that, when viewed from up above, can somewhat seem like a "second downtown"

[jessemh431]

Well, then technically, the LAX area also is a downtown if you consider the O'Hare area to be.