financial district
Where banks cluster
A financial district is the area of a city where banks, stock exchanges, and other major financial institutions concentrate.
Most large cities have one: Wall Street in New York, the City of London, Tokyo's Marunouchi.
The term often appears in directions or real estate contexts: Our office is downtown in the financial district.
- Wall StreetAmerican finance hub
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- glass towersTransparent-walled tall buildings
- bankingFinancial institution transactions
- trade hubCommercial activity center
trading · capitalism · money talks · office buildings · corner office · power suits · hedge funds · stock exchanges · bull market · bear market · investing · asset management · Frankfurt · economic inequality · mergers · regulatory agencies · globalization · acquisitions
- urbancity, metropolis, skyline, skyscraper, cityscape
- city lifecity, urban life, traffic noise, downtown, metropolis
- business districtCBD, office building, office tower, skyscraper, high-rise
- city areasdowntown, urban core, city center, inner city, town center
- city termsmayor, city council, city hall, zoning laws, urban sprawl
- city viewsskyline, cityscape, rooftop view, urban landscape, city lights
financial districtresidential neighborhood
Area zoned for homes
residential district · housing project · bedroom community · industrial district · entertainment district
financial districtslum
Impoverished urban district
ghetto · skid row · shantytown · favela · blighted area
financial districtcountryside
Rural area beyond towns
rural area · wilderness · hinterland · undeveloped land · outskirts