The phrase "adjoining downtown" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a location that is next to or very close to the downtown area of a city.
Example: "The new apartment complex is located in a neighborhood adjoining downtown, making it convenient for residents to access shops and restaurants."
Alternatives: "next to downtown" or "bordering downtown".
G.M.'s chief executive, Daniel F. Akerson, announced the jobs in a ceremony for the start of production of the Volt at a plant in the city of Hamtramck, which adjoins downtown Detroit.
The area along Las Vegas Boulevard and its adjoining near-downtown streets the famous "Strip"—is the "City Without Clocks," whose multibillion-dollar economy is devoted to servicing a wide array of impulses and addictions of many kinds.
There followed a nerve-wracking hour in which people and vehicles associated with the Ryder truck were spotted several times around downtown and adjoining neighborhoods.
Most notably, a proper convention center for ancillary events was needed, along with a four-star hotel, which was completed in 2009 with the new Raleigh Convention Center and adjoining Raleigh Marriott City Center in downtown Raleigh.
A similar problem arose here in San Dimas, about 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, and adjoining towns, where the huge forest was obscured by so much smoke that, without potent winds to move it aloft, helicopters and fixed-wing water tankers were unable to carry out as many water drops as were wanted.
During two snowstorms that knocked out power in Washington, the lawsuit says, Dr. Huntington and his three children and Mrs. Newmyer and her two checked into a downtown Embassy Suites, asking for adjoining rooms so they could "fool around".
Despite encroaching development and dwindling attendance, the White House of the Confederacy will stay at its site in downtown Richmond, and the collections of the adjoining museum will be moved, officials said.
The 150-room Umstead Hotel and Spa (100 Woodland Pond, Cary; 866-877-4141; www.theumstead.com), about 15 minutes from downtown Raleigh, has a pool, an elegant adjoining restaurant called Herons and an on-premises spa that offers massages and facial treatments.
The National D-Day Museum will open next month in a 19th-century former brewery and an adjoining four-story glass-fronted pavilion in the Warehouse District of downtown New Orleans.
But last month, Goldman , Sachsproposed demolishing the 15-story North Tower at 55 Water Street and adding to its substantial holdings downtown by building a 13-story trading complex on the adjoining plaza, which could replace trading done in other buildings.
