David of Broadway wrote:
PigPOg wrote:

Found this site very interesting. I'm a Londoner yet know nothing of
NYC. I've never been able to find (or have someone explain) the
Uptown/Downtown concept. I mean, where exactly is Uptown New York?

In general, downtown refers to the central business district. In NYC it
refers specifically to lower Manhattan (our /original/ central business
district, which has since grown quite a bit northward). The area called
downtown is alternatively referred to as lower Manhattan.

There is no location called uptown.

There is certainly a downtown and a midtown though. Where does midtown
stop? I would have said 59th Street. That doesn't mean that anyone calls
the Upper East/West Side "Uptown" though.
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Michael Hoffman