shopping arcade

Covered market walkway

A shopping arcade is a covered passageway lined with shops, typically connecting two streets or forming a sheltered walkway through a commercial area.

The architecture often features a glass roof and decorative ironwork, associated with 19th-century European urban design: We browsed the boutiques in the old shopping arcade.

In American usage, arcade more often refers to video game venues.

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marketplace · colonnade · rotunda · gallery · skylight · passage · facade · promenade · anchor store · Victorian architecture · atrium · storefront · emporium · pavilion · kiosk · plaza · vendor · awning

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Opposites
commercial venue structure

shopping arcadeopen-air market

Uncovered retail gathering space

street market · farmers market · flea market · bazaar · market square

retail format

shopping arcadebig-box store

Large-format retail establishment

warehouse store · hypermarket · superstore · megastore · department store

urban vs. dispersed retail

shopping arcadestrip mall

Row of adjacent storefronts

shopping plaza · retail park · power center · outlet mall

Family

shop, shopping, shopper, arcade, shops, shoppers, shopped, arcades, arcaded

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G