1.   New upscale shops and restaurants are driving some of the older businesses out of the neighborhood.

2.   The commercial streets are filled with upscale shops, art galleries, outdoor cafes and bookstores where poetry readings are held.

3.   A block away, Royal Street indeed is a regal thoroughfare with upscale shops and restaurants.

4.   After years of lobbying for more security and upscale shops, the residents are finally seeing a turnaround in the nearby Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza shopping mall.

5.   City officials also have quietly contracted with Chicago-based Urban Retail Properties Co. to try to add more upscale shops and restaurants downtown.

6.   Exemplifying the trend, Main Street in Westport and Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich have become so-called street malls, lined with upscale shops on both sides.

7.   Its many upscale shops have generally prospered, while the office component has had its problems, said a real estate broker who asked not to be identified.

8.   Massive barges support the gambling halls, which are linked to elaborate buildings housing upscale shops, hotels and some of the best and cheapest restaurants in town.

9.   One is having the federal government designate North Beach a historic district before the tourists and upscale shops obliterate any reminders of the past.

10.   She was tired of traveling to New York and Boston for stylish clothes, so she found a partner and opened this upscale shop.