For compared with central Oslo, which is dominated by staid 19th-century neo-Classical buildings that give it an air of solid respectability, downtown Bergen, dotted with wooden structures a century or so older, felt like a leap back to a more colorful, adventurous time.
He's got his own style, a very solid following downtown.
I remember, downtown, whole sidewalk areas of solid grasshoppers".
The neighbourhood has a lot of natural advantages: it is 10 minutes from downtown, with solid housing stock.
Its strongest suit is certain types of sculpture that have flourished lately — the same assembled, shaggy varieties that dominate "Unmonumental," the inaugural, solid show of the New Museum, downtown.
"This is a solid eastern bookend to the downtown area that was not there before," said Frank Zuckerbrot, a partner at Sholom & Zuckerbrot Realty in Long Island City.
Where to Stay Hotels throughout the city, in addition to these downtown establishments, are booked solid for the convention week.
This gave him a powerful coalition — the backing of downtown business, plus a solid bloc of minority votes — that enabled him to push through several big bond issues, which formed the heart of what he called his "grand vision".
The Detroit News is reporting that the city's downtown hotels are booked solid for football, and bars and restaurants are expecting big business from baseball and "Monday Night Football".
"I-5 southbound is absolutely rock solid from Northgate all the way through downtown to the I-90 exit," a woman using the name of Dana Sage tells listeners to a country-music station's "Armadillo Traffic".
