11.   Before the bombing, downtown Belgrade was quieter than usual, but not deserted.

12.   A mile from the Olympic Stadium, downtown Atlanta was a world party.

13.   After all, downtown Fort Worth is sort of a high-rise trailer park.

14.   After being draped in smog, downtown Salt Lake City was awash in sunshine Friday in the hours before the Opening Ceremonies.

15.   After a decade-long drought in new construction, downtown Chicago is suddenly awash in new luxury apartment towers.

16.   But downtown is a different story.

17.   But our quick tour downtown is representative of the bigger statewide picture.

18.   But sublease space downtown is at an all-time high, and vacancy rates for office space have also risen.

19.   But on a bright day with the sun glinting off the lake, downtown is something else again, whatever the season, a triumph of civic resuscitation.