- Uptown
The term uptown often refers to a specific portion of a city in contrast with the local
downtown area. The uptown neighborhood or neighborhoods, separated from the city's lower or central business district, may often be residential, sometimes with particularly upscale or fashionable connotation. Such uptown areas may not necessarily be located to the north of or at a higher elevation than the downtown, regardless of designation.In addition, the name Uptown has multiple meanings:
Neighborhoods or regions in several cities:
;United States
*Charlotte center city ("Uptown Charlotte"), North Carolina
*Uptown, Centreville , Mississippi
*Uptown, Chicago , Illinois
*Uptown Dallas , Texas
*Uptown (Harrisburg) , Pennsylvania
*Uptown, Hartford , Connecticut
*Uptown Houston , Texas
*Uptown, Manhattan , New York: Anything south of where the speaker is currently standing, in most places, is said to be "downtown". Anything north of the speaker is "uptown". The term "uptown" is used to refer to the cardinal direction north.
*Uptown, Memphis , Tennessee
*Uptown, Minneapolis , Minnesota
*Uptown New Orleans , Louisiana
*Uptown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (seeBluff (Pittsburgh) )
*Uptown, Seattle , officially known asLower Queen Anne, Seattle, Washington
*Uptown Sacramento , California: Also known as North Sacramento. ;Canada
*Uptown Toronto , Ontario
*Uptown, Montreal, Quebec (seeCôte-des-Neiges )Other uses
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Uptown (group) , a Korean hip hop and R&B group
*Uptown (newspaper) , an alternative weekly in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
*Uptown Records , a former record label
*Uptown (song) , on Prince's 1980 album "Dirty Mind", inspired by the Minneapolis neighborhood of the same nameee also
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Concentric ring model
*Downtown
*Midtown
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