A Search for a Clearer and More Useful Vocabulary (2021)

Glossary

• Downtown
• Uptown
• Midtown
• Market area
• Trade area
• The city
• Town Central (TC)
• Central Business Districts (CBDs)
• Central Business Functions (CBF)
• Central Social Functions (CSF)
• Central Support Functions (CSUPF)
• Central Social Districts (CSDs)
• District
• City Central (CC)

Sources Cited

Milder, N David. “A Search for a Clearer and More Useful Vocabulary for Talking About and Analyzing Downtowns,” from The Downtown Curmudgeon, New York, NY: Darth, Inc. December 15, 2021.

At time of upload on January 18, 2025:

• 15 duplicative terms of those already existing in the Architecture Dictionary
• 6 original terms
• 21 total terms in source
• 28.6% original terms in source
• 142 sources in dictionary
• 23,590 unique terms in dictionary
• 44,246 total terms all sources in dictionary
• 53.3% unique terms in dictionary