1.  A huge explosion devastated the downtown area last night.

2.  A lot of local residents say the downtown area is losing its soul.

3.  And local officials liked it because it promised to enlarge the tax base and revitalize Declining downtown areas.

4.  Bars of the same kind operated across the downtown area.

5.  Hotels in the downtown area were in direct competition with each other.

6.  I am sickened about the destruction of the downtown area.

7.  Pickpocketing is rampant in the downtown area.

8.  She said her office prosecuted just three panhandling cases last year in the downtown area.

9.  The bustling downtown area of Chicago is dotted with massive new office developments.

10.  The city will be using some of its tax dollars to rehabilitate its downtown area.