1.   But downtown is desolate with empty storefronts.

2.   Downtown is a mixed bag of upscale retailers and discount stores.

3.   Also damaged in Fort Worth were the downtown Central Library, the Cowtown Coliseum and the International Center.

4.   An old covered market area downtown is the hub for small restaurants.

5.   And its downtown is clean and safe, with a district of clubs and restaurants that seems reminiscent of Sundance Square.

6.   And the trail is only one of several projects that collectively suggest the downtown is on the verge of becoming alluring and alive.

7.   Animal-rights activists say downtown is no place for elephants, anyway.

8.   As healthy as our downtown is, it would be wonderful to also have the type of night scene in ours that Gainesville has in theirs.

9.   Aside from a few twinkling, colored lights strung through the trees outside of Leadership Square, downtown Oklahoma City is virtually void of spirit.

10.   Because downtown Hollywood is a historic district, there are strict limits on what can be done to its low-rise Art Deco style buildings.