The phrase "a model downtown" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an ideal or exemplary version of a downtown area, often in discussions about urban planning or development.
Example: "The city has invested heavily in revitalizing its core, aiming to create a model downtown that attracts both residents and tourists."
Alternatives: "an ideal downtown" or "a benchmark downtown".
After nearly 40 years as a model of downtown cool, it's still possible to find Debbie Harry, the longtime Blondie frontwoman, out at a tiny New York club, looking for some new momentum.
At one end of the space, a combination of models, downtown cool kids and Kardashians were being photographed in various outfits.
This mix master wasn't a model or a downtown doyenne: it was Ruth Flowers, a k a Mamy Rock, a grandmother well into her 70s who has put in appearances at Cannes, Glastonbury and Paris, where her "factotum" is based.
The father sets the strategy, but it is 28-year-old son Jason Hui who works potential buyers in the company's Shanghai headquarters as he stands, laser pointer in hand, in front of a miniature model of downtown Shanghai and highlights the family's properties.
Sundance Square, the revitalized, spirited downtown, is a model of urban planning.
Tiffany Payne, who is five feet tall, was a model featured riding a scooter in downtown Manhattan.
(Chinen) PACHORA (Wednesday) A decade ago this Balkan-improv quartet was a staple of the downtown scene and a model of postmodern cultural fusion.
The Brooklyn campus's recent renaissance, paralleling that of much of the surrounding downtown area, is a model of the ways the borough could put its special, pluralistic stamp on culture by drawing insight and strength from diversity.
To foster new rentals, the coalition proposes tax abatements for developers, using surplus public land for housing, redeveloping downtown areas and a model zoning law enabling higher density and requiring developers to include housing for a range of income levels or, alternatively, to pay fees to a housing trust fund.
And the JAXA visitor center in downtown Tokyo, featuring a model of Itokawa, is enjoying double its usual daily traffic.
