The downtowns of all cities were lighted for Christmas.

所有城市的闹市区都为圣诞张灯结彩。

Dozens of midsize Chinese cities are building new business districts to replace cramped downtowns.

中国的一些中型城市目前也正打造商业区，以代替原有的闹市区。

Levy, Paul. "making downtowns competitive." journal of the American planning association. 4 (2001) : 16-19.

让城市更具竞争力，刊于《美国空间规划协会期刊》2001年第4期：第16 ~ 19页。

This is true in dense downtowns, where it's generally considered unwise to knock down office buildings to pave new roads.

在密集的商业区是如此，人们通常认为推倒办公楼建新路是不明智的。

It is surrounded by other shops and restaurants in a sort of town centre, or, as Brandon Palanker of Renaissance Downtowns, a developer, describes it, “a boutique city”.

这家书店没有专用的停车场，它周围是其他商店和餐馆，有几分像市中心的感觉，或者如商业中心复兴公司（Renaissance Downtowns，一家房地产开发公司）的布兰敦•帕兰克（Brandon Palanker）描述的那样，是一座“精品城市”。