1.   All over town, bridges were closed, ferry service interrupted and downtown streets cordoned off.

2.   On downtown streets, broken glass covered many sidewalks and fallen bricks and mortar dented cars.

3.   People conglomerated in the downtown streets for an impromptu victory celebration.

4.   Although the pedestrian scene is certainly greatly improved, many downtown L.A. streets are still not fully walkable.

5.   And several downtown streets will be blocked off during some of the busiest shopping days of the year.

6.   And suburban police officials say it makes sense to send officers to malls, which have become the equivalent of downtown shopping streets.

7.   Anticipating thousands of demonstrators, Los Angeles police said they plan to surrender downtown streets to Democratic National Convention protesters as long as they obey laws.

8.   As a result, dozens of downtown streets will be closed to all but Olympic traffic.

9.   As a result, the US embassy hugged a downtown street clogged with trucks and vendors.

10.   As a partial result, the downtown streets of Atlanta are a bewildering array of fences, booths, carts, haphazard security and unhappy shopkeepers.