noun
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A town's public square.
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An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.
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A strip mall.
Examples of plaza in a Sentence
The elevation of this plaza is 9343 ft.
The city is laid out regularly, with broad streets, a large central plaza and a public garden, or promenade, called the prado.
There's also La Cumbre Plaza on South Hope, it has Sears, Macy's and Vons.
It will be complemented by underground car parking and will provide around 100,000 sq ft of decked landscaped plaza.
This district is known for the huge Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market that is host to over 100 farmers and 30 vendors.
He was hanged at Madrid in the Plaza de la Cebada on the 7th of November 1823.
Its culnunating point, the Plaza de Almanzor, attains the height of 8730 ft., not far short of that of the highest Cantabrian summits.
Rooms can accommodate a maximum of three guests, with Plaza Club rooms accommodating two adults.
The property comprises two double bedrooms, luxury bathroom, integrated kitchen and reception with a terrace overlooking the plaza.
We venture out together in the early evening, firstly visiting the shopping plaza next door.
If that's too pricy the Milford Plaza is less expensive but totally not swanky at all.
You see a stone plaza, in a landscape vaguely reminiscent of Big Sur.
The return flight to the UK will include one night stopover at the Holiday Inn Crown Plaza in Karachi.
The Ramblas are a tree-lined pedestrian thoroughfare running from Plaza Catalunya to Barcelona port district.
The hotel is located at 150 Royal Plaza Drive in Fitchburg, MA.
The demo mission involves you blasting your way through a plaza, trying to reach your teammates on the other side.
Miis are fun to watch, whether the Mii is in a game or Parading through the Plaza.
Many of the companies will also package their tours with visits to Muir Woods, Sonoma Plaza, Sausalito, Monterey and other sights of interest along the wine routes.
Once you are there simply take a right turn to the Civic Center Plaza.
Many families will make a full day for their children to enjoy their costumes, taking them for tea at the Plaza, Alice's Tea Cup or the many other such establishments that create a charming and holiday atmosphere.
The restaurant is located in a large shopping plaza, so you can take a break from shopping or window-browsing and stop in for a nice bite to eat.
On the 31st of August 1901 General Alfaro peacefully handed over the presidency to his elected successor, General Leonidas Plaza.
The final year of Plaza's tenure of office was marked by a still stronger measure, all the property of the church being declared to be national property, and let to the highest bidders.
Two squares north of the Senate officebuilding is the Union Railway Station (1908; 343 by 760 ft.; cost, $4,000,000), designed by Daniel Hudson Burnham, consisting of a main building of white granite (from Bethel, Vermont) and two wings, and facing a beautiful plaza.
Worth carried the forts west of Monterrey, and on the 23rd attacked the western part of the city, the troops slowly working their way toward the central plaza.
Once more the little plaza with flowering acacias, once more the clear fountain telling its tale of love.
All are within walking distance of the central plaza.
Also of interest, the Plaza de Toros Monumental de las Ventas is the worlds biggest bullring.
We continue down to see the exterior mural, then drive around the largest bullring in the world " Plaza Mexico " .
Glazed express lifts rise vertically at the northern end of the plaza to connect the rail services with the arrivals and departures concourses.
For a truly deluxe option, you can't beat the Copley Plaza Hotel.
In 1931, it was decided to discontinue live performances and convert the hippodrome into the Plaza Cinema.
As they sit chatting in the main plaza, as they are walking along, their fingers are active.
The scene for the performance was held in the most beautiful outdoor plaza along the water, under a clear moonlit night.
The largest UK building under single roof is being created alongside a public plaza bigger than Trafalgar Square.
Another neighbor, the Downtown Drop-in Center, debuted in 2000 and holds an open courtyard plaza.
He was also principal second violin in the large orchestra at the magnificent Plaza cinema, the show-piece of Paramount pictures.
A beginner model can get by with good photos, taken by any photographer's studio at the mall or local plaza.
Cybernet Plaza has a collection of affordable prom dresses in a wide variety of styles.
The principal part of the city lies between these two streams, with its great plaza in the centre.
The principal square is the Plaza de Bolivar, the conventional centre of the city, in which stands a bronze equestrian statue of Bolivar, and on which face the cathedral, archbishop's residence, Casa Amarilla, national library, general post office and other public offices.
The most attractive of these is the arcaded Plaza del Castillo, flanked by the hall of the provincial council and by the theatre.
The principal business streets runs westward from the Plaza Mayor toward the Alameda, and is known as the Calle de los Plateros (Silversmiths' Street) for two squares, Calle de San Francisco for three squares, and Avenida Juarez along the south side of the Alameda to its junction with the Paseo.
The national palace, also on the Plaza Mayor, has a frontage of 675 ft.
It has three entrances on the Plaza, and over its main gateway hangs the " liberty bell " of Mexico, first rung by the humble parish priest Hidalgo, on the night of the 16th of September 1810, to call the people of Dolores to arms, and now rung at midnight on each recurring anniversary by the president himself.
Among other institutions are the new post office, begun in 1902 and finished in 1907; the Mineria, occupied by the schools of mining and engineering; the military school, occupying a part of the castle of Chapultepec; the Iturbide palace, now occupied as a hotel; the Iturbide theatre, occupied by the chamber of deputies, for which a new legislative palace to cost 2,500,000 pesos was under construction in 1909; the new palace of justice; the old mint, dating from 1537; the new penitentiary, completed in 190o; the Panteon, with its monuments to the most celebrated Mexicans; the new general hospital; the jockey club on Plaza Guardiola, a new university (1910) and new school edifices of modern design.
In former times Mexico was overrun with mendicants (pordioseros), vagrants and criminals (rateros), and the " Portales de las Flores " on the east of the Plaza Mayor was a favourite " hunting-ground " for them because of its proximity to the cathedral; but modern conditions have largely reduced this evil.
The government palace, which like the cathedral faces upon the plaza mayor, is generally considered one of the finest specimens of Spanish architecture in Mexico.
Around the plaza and elsewhere in the city, however, the Mexican style of architecture has given way to the American.
The plaza itself had been converted from a barren, sandy square into a well-shaded park, through the efforts of the Woman's Board of Trade, an unique institution, which also controls the public library, housed in a brick and stone building (1907) in the Mission style of architecture.