Sentence examples for off the downtown from inspiring English sources

The concrete was knocked off the downtown building by a front-end loader on top of the Mercantile National Bank building, which is under renovation.

In a stairwell off the downtown corridor is a glass case that contains a placard: " 'Twas beauty killed the beast," and no fewer than 23 photographs of Fay Wray, starting with her in 1910 at age 3, all the way up until her final year.

While she no longer harbors visions of becoming rich off the downtown L.A. property, things could be a lot worse.

Beijing was locked down to ensure nothing went wrong at the parade, with much of the downtown off-limits, a three-day holiday declared and ordinary people kept well away.

For his memorial service they sealed off the streets of the Downtown Eastside, where he had once lived on the pavements, and enormous crowds gathered.

About 3 years later I got laid off from the downtown bank.

[World Business, Section W.] A Building Boom at Boston Harbor Parts of an elevated highway that walled Boston Harbor off from the downtown area are being demolished and replaced by roads, bridges and tunnels that are reuniting the city and its waterfront.

While the sluggish economy and the challenges of rebuilding near well-entrenched neighborhoods have stalled some big projects, parts of an old elevated highway that walled the water off from the downtown area are being demolished and replaced by a network of new roads, bridges, rapid transit and tunnels that are reuniting the city and its waterfront.

property had elevated train tracks that ran across the city, cutting off the commercial downtown area from the State House and surrounding government offices.

I step off the train downtown near the Chicago River.

As a result of the pioneer planners' prejudice in favour of a squared-off grid, the downtown streets march intrepidly up precipitous slopes, terrifying newly arrived drivers, making the cable cars more than sentimental anachronisms, and providing splendid views of the bay.