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West Berlin
the part of Berlin under United States and British and French control until 1989
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Bloomsbury
a city district of central London laid out in garden squares
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Soho
a city district of central London now noted for restaurants and nightclubs
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Wembley
a southeastern part of Greater London that is the site of the English national soccer stadium
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West End
the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas
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Hollywood
a district of Los Angeles long associated with the American film industry
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Nob Hill
a fashionable neighborhood in San Francisco
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Beacon Hill
a fashionable section of Boston; site of the Massachusetts capital building
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Coney Island
a section of Brooklyn on the Atlantic; known as an amusement center
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Harlem
a district of Manhattan; now largely a Black ghetto
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Hell's Half Acre
a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice
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South of Houston
a district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts
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off-Broadway
low-budget theaters located outside the Broadway area in Manhattan
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Times Square
the area of Manhattan around the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue; heart of the New York theater district; site of annual celebration of New Year's
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Barbary Coast
a part of a city that is notorious for gambling dens and brothels and saloons and riotous night life (especially the waterfront of San Francisco after the gold rush of 1849)
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precinct
a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
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business district, downtown
the central area or commercial center of a town or city
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ghetto
a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
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red-light district
a district with many brothels
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quarter
a district of a city having some distinguishing character
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waterfront
the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water
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slum, slum area
a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
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combat zone, tenderloin
a city district known for its vice and high crime rate
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turf
the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
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enterprise zone
a city district where development receives special tax advantages
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fringe, outskirt
a part of the city far removed from the center
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police precinct
a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force
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election district, voting precinct
one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place
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Tin Pan Alley
a city district (originally in New York) where composers and publishers of popular music do business
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ghetto
formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
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casbah, kasbah
an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located
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medina
the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa
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seafront
the waterfront of a seaside town
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dockyard
an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired
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shantytown
a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties
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skid road
the district of a town frequented by loggers
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skid row
a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts
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barrio
a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)
