But for at least one week this month, the Democratic National Convention will put the spotlight back on the city's original downtown, where it began and prospered until its center of gravity started shifting steadily westward more than 70 years ago.
It turns its back on the city, which spreads chaotically, irrationally, toward the east and north.
He turned his back on the City's conventional long hours for a four-day week.
The tagline, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas", has been a big hit.But Lady Luck could again turn her back on the city in the Nevada desert.
The 17 Olympic committee delegates in Beijing this week are supposed merely to report back on the city's "technical ability" to hold the games.
It wasn't until the State Department of Transportation made plans to reconstruct Route 9 here that the firehouse got back on the city's radar.
The David Wright house is the Guggenheim's prodigal son, except that unlike the museum, whose interior creates a vertical streetscape while turning its back on the city, David's house was configured by Wright to look both inward and out.
"It looks like even Barnum has turned his back on the city," said Mr. Garrett, who stood within view of the region's trash-to-energy incinerator, less than a mile from the park.
Yesterday the museum confirmed that the party was back on the city's social roster, with a new show to celebrate and a new sponsor to insure that the celebration is over the top, but not until next April 28.
Perhaps the combined weight of these disappointments is leading him to turn his back on the City, for he is now attempting a management buyout of Signature Restaurants, the new name he gave Belgo.
