midtown
City's commercial center
Midtown designates the central section of a city, typically between the downtown business district and the residential uptown areas.
In American cities, midtown often contains a mix of commercial, entertainment, and office spaces.
The term is most strongly associated with Manhattan, where Midtown is a specific district known for landmarks like Times Square and the Empire State Building.
We're meeting for lunch somewhere in midtown.
As an adjective, it describes things located in this area: a midtown apartment.
Famous Manhattan intersection
- Empire State BuildingTall NYC landmark structure
- Rockefeller CenterManhattan office and entertainment complex
- Grand CentralMajor Manhattan rail station
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
Fifth Avenue · Madison Avenue · Park Avenue · Carnegie Hall · Radio City · MoMA · Chrysler Building · Penn Station
Filled beyond comfort
- trafficMovement along routes
- pedestriansPeople traveling on foot
- commutersDaily work travelers
- hustleEnergetic, aggressive action
bustle · sidewalks · crosswalks · noise · activity · energy · fast-paced · chaotic
Residential area nearby
- ManhattanNYC's densest borough
- urbanPertaining to cities
- centralIn the middle, primary
- zoneBounded area designation
area · locale · precinct · sector · blocks · grid · avenues · streets
Structures for professional work
- corporateOf or relating to companies
- business districtUrban area for commerce
- retailSales to end users
- shoppingAcquiring goods at retailers
headquarters · advertising · branding · workplace · commute · suits · lunch rush · happy hour
Extremely tall urban buildings
- towersTall vertical structures
- highriseMultistory urban building
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
silhouette · rooftop · architecture · glass facades · steel · concrete · vertical · iconic
Times Square
Famous Manhattan intersection
- Empire State BuildingTall NYC landmark structure
- Rockefeller CenterManhattan office and entertainment complex
- Grand CentralMajor Manhattan rail station
Broadway · Fifth Avenue · Madison Avenue · Park Avenue · Carnegie Hall · Radio City · MoMA · Chrysler Building · Penn Station · Herald Square
crowded
Filled beyond comfort
- trafficMovement along routes
- pedestriansPeople traveling on foot
- commutersDaily work travelers
hustle · bustle · sidewalks · crosswalks · noise · activity · energy · fast-paced · chaotic · dynamic
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
zone · area · locale · precinct · sector · blocks · grid · avenues · streets · east side
office buildings
Structures for professional work
- corporateOf or relating to companies
- business districtUrban area for commerce
- retailSales to end users
shopping · headquarters · advertising · branding · workplace · commute · suits · lunch rush · happy hour · expense accounts
skyscrapers
Extremely tall urban buildings
panorama · silhouette · rooftop · architecture · glass facades · steel · concrete · vertical · iconic · illuminated
- Citycity, suburb, city center, city block, high street
- placescity, village, hamlet, building, buildings
- areasarea, zone, region, sector, district
- city areasurban core, city center, inner city, business district, financial district
- downtowncity center, central business district, CBD, urban core, business district
- neighborhoodsneighborhood, suburb, subdivision, Greenwich Village, East Village
midtownoutskirts
Outer parts of town
suburbs · periphery · city limits · exurbs · urban fringe
midtowncountry
Sovereign state or territory
countryside · rural area · rural areas · farmland · wilderness
- Midtown ManhattanCentral Manhattan business district
town, middle, downtown, mid, amid, uptown, midpoint, towns, middling