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39-425: The first phase opened in fall 2007, which included the construction of a small strip mall . The second phase is built on what were parking lots for Gillette Stadium, which in turn were previously the site of the now-demolished Foxboro Stadium . Phase two of Patriot Place is also home to one of the first locations for Showcase Cinemas ' Cinema de Lux brand. Bass Pro Shops built their first New England location at

78-440: A Piggly Wiggly supermarket. It was built in an L shape with dedicated parking space for shoppers in the front, a novelty at the time. The center still exists as of 2020, anchored by a Target store and measuring 50,400 square feet (4,680 m ). The smaller variety is more common and often located at the intersection of major streets in residential areas; it caters to a small residential area. This type of strip mall or plaza

117-593: A community appear more attractive for tourism or to stem a flow of commerce out of the city into suburbs with shopping malls and cookie-cutter big box stores . In the United States federal funds are allocated specifically for restoration of historic properties on the former U.S. Route 66 , the main street of many roadside towns; this funding is administered by the US National Park Service . Main Street

156-462: A feature of main streets, and for example are beneficial in terms of tourism and 'Tidy Towns' efforts. TV celebrity gardener and presenter Diarmuid Gavin hosted two series of programmes called 'Dirty Old Towns' from 2011-13 on the national broadcaster RTE1 that often highlighted the poor physical state of main streets in some well known towns in Ireland and showcased improvements to buildings or gardens in

195-436: A few of this type of strip malls in a city, compared to the smaller types. Retailers vary from center to center, ranging from three or four large retailers to a dozen or more. Some strip malls are hybrids of these types. Main street Main Street is a metonym used to denote a primary retail street of a village , town or small city in many parts of the world. It is usually a focal point for shops and retailers in

234-605: A symbol of stifling conformity. Sherwood Anderson , for example, wrote Winesburg, Ohio : A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life in 1919. The best-selling 1920 novel Main Street was a critique of small-town life by the American writer Sinclair Lewis . The locale was "Gopher Prairie," presented as an 'ideal type' of the Midwestern town, and the heroine, Carol Kennicott, was a more urbane, 'ideal-typical' Progressive. In North American media of later decades, "Main Street" represents

273-680: Is a community revitalization program begun by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the late 1970s. The core of the Main Street Approach is the revitalization of commercial districts via economic development and historic preservation . The Main Street Approach is a holistic approach to downtown and neighborhood commercial district revitalization based on the 4-point approach of design, promotion, economic vitality, and organization. Originally targeted at small, traditional downtowns,

312-565: Is also a bar and restaurant inside. The Brigham and Women's/Mass General Health Care Center is a four-story outpatient health care center and a joint venture between Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital , both located in Boston. Renaissance Hotel is a four-star hotel. Opened in September 2008, the Patriots Hall of Fame presented by RTX is a museum that includes

351-606: Is also used to refer to a town's main street. Two Walt Disney Company theme parks , Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and the Magic Kingdom in the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida, both have " Main Street, U.S.A. " sections immediately at their front. These areas, which are designed to look like the main street of a small town, house gift shops, restaurants and various services, along with park offices on

390-422: Is commonplace in some parts. In Jamaica the term is Front Street. In the 1950s awareness about the 'main street' as a concept of its own importance emerged in the urban studies field, attaining the attention in the theoretical discussions of postmodern urban design, neo-traditional planning and meta-urbanism. In many places, the street name for such a street is actually "Main Street", though even where it isn't

429-496: Is found in nearly every city or town in the United States and Canada; it is service-oriented and may contain a grocery store , hair salon , dry cleaner , laundromat , small restaurant , discount stores , variety stores , and similar stores such as a general store , toy store , pet store , jewelry store , mattress store, convenience store , thrift shop , or pawn shop . In the past, pharmacies were often located next to

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468-572: Is part of the iconography of American life. For example, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service , the outfit that operates the PX and BX stores on military bases, chose the name "Main Street USA" for its food courts. Main Street was a popular term during the economic crises in 2008 and 2009: the proposed bailout of U.S. financial system , the 2008 US presidential campaign , and debates . One widely reviewed book

507-691: Is the place/road name used in many suburbs, towns, and villages in Ireland . For example, the OSI North Leinster Town Maps book lists sixteen Main Streets and only two High Streets in its thirty-town index of street names. Similarly, the OSI Dublin Street Guide, which covers all of Dublin City and County Dublin , lists twenty Main Streets and only two High Streets. Killarney and Galway are two of

546-551: The New England Patriots Hall of Fame and displays the history of the New England Patriots – including historical wins and losses, memorabilia, the game-worn uniforms and equipment of famous players such as Tom Brady , Rob Gronkowski , Wes Welker , Julian Edelman , Ty Law , Randy Moss , John Hannah , Mike Haynes , and Andre Tippett , the six Super Bowl trophies among other trophies and awards, such as

585-509: The central business district , and is most often used in reference to retailing, socializing, and the place to go to find "common" concerns. The term is commonly used in Ireland, Scotland, the United States, and Canada, and less often in Australia and New Zealand. In the non-Scottish regions of the United Kingdom, the common description is High Street , though "Fore Street" or "Front Street"

624-483: The high street in the UK or main street in Ireland. Retail parks have become popular due to the widespread use of cars and the ability to park close to the shops as opposed to restricted parking on high streets, many of which are pedestrianised . In Australia "strip shops" or "shopping centre" describes a line of independent shops and buildings along the principal streets of a city or suburban area, which are not set back from

663-585: The "Shopfront Design Guide, 2001" and "Shopfront Design Guidelines for the O'Connell Street Area, 2003" of Dublin City Council, and the "Guide to Good Shopfronts." There are also for further examples; the "Guidelines for Shopfront Design in Bray, 2007" (and its earlier, shorter iteration of c.2000) of Bray Town Council, and the 2014 "Shopfront Design Guide" of South Dublin County Council. Kerry County Council also issued

702-645: The LDA (Land Development Agency), and local Architects/ County Councils, or Heritage Council/ OPW (Office of Public Works), etc. The Urban Institute of Ireland (based in UCD), and the School of Environment and Planning (in DIT) could also help in terms of academic basis, research and development. A similar voluntary 'townscape' society or similar (like the Georgian Society and Tidy Towns), for

741-457: The Patriot Place; it was among the first stores to be announced and opened in the complex. It includes an animatronic shooting range and overlooks a small swamp that was once part of a larger one that the store was built over with land reclamation . Many events are held there as well. Patriot Place has various restaurants, such as CBS Sporting Club, which features American cuisine . Around

780-435: The United States had 65,840 strip malls. In 2020, The Wall Street Journal wrote that in the United States, despite the continuing retail apocalypse that started in around 2010, investments and visitor numbers were increasing to strip malls. In the United Kingdom and Ireland such malls are called retail parks or retail outlets. They are usually located on the outskirts of towns and cities, and serve as an alternative to

819-539: The United States is usually anchored on one end by a big box retailer, such as Walmart, Kohl's , or Target, and/or by a large supermarket like Kroger , Publix or Winn-Dixie on the other. They are usually referred to as power centers in the real estate development industry because they attract and cater to residents of an expanded population area. The categories of retailers may vary widely, from electronics stores to bookstores to home improvement stores , dollar stores , and boutiques . There are typically only

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858-399: The actual name, "Main street" is still used to describe the main thoroughfare of the central business district. The "Main Street of America" branding was used to promote U.S. Route 66 in its heyday. In the general sense, the term "Main Street" refers to a place of small-town traditional values, usually in contrast to big-city modernity. Social realists from 1870 to 1930 used the name as

897-578: The area in the 1920s. The 1973 oil crisis bankrupted many gas stations, freeing up their corner lots for redevelopment. La Mancha developers built the first modern-style mini-mall – a few stores with parking in front – in Panorama City, Los Angeles in 1973, with over 600 to follow in the metropolitan area. The proliferation of mini-malls from that time into the 1980s led to a 1988 anti-mini-mall ordinance in Los Angeles. The other variety of strip mall in

936-471: The area is named "Mickey Ave," but also has the same style as Main Street. Disney's design copied visual elements of small-town America seen in films by Frank Capra and others, in a deliberate attempt to capture the iconic symbolism of small-town America. Disney wanted to embed the values and memories associated with life in small towns into an entertainment experience for tourists. Main Street America

975-463: The complex are over 125 HDTVs showing games by the Patriots, as well as classic programs once shown on CBS . The restaurant shut down after the 2022-23 New England Patriots season. Cinema de Lux was launched by Showcase Cinemas with a location at the complex. It is aimed more upmarket with an American-style restaurant and a live music venture known as Showcase Live. The theater has 14 screens. There

1014-492: The few Irish towns in which the term High Street is used instead of Main Street. Recent and upcoming tranches of funding for Local Authority-led projects seek to help regenerate Main Streets, and town and city centres around Ireland under the URDF (Urban Regeneration Development Fund) and RRDF (Rural Regeneration Development Fund). There were also earlier, 1990s to early 2000s, tax-incentive based initiatives, for private interests, for

1053-606: The general public in returning to town and village centre living in the modern era. These efforts specifically included the 'Town and Village Renewal Schemes' (financial grants of up to €100,000) and previous Town Renewal Scheme, 1999 and Urban Renewal Scheme. There is also a recent pilot project(s) of funding for town centre improvements in (six) different rural Irish towns dispersed around the country, and for example, noting including various town/village rejuvenation projects in County Monaghan. The Town Renewal scheme, for example,

1092-455: The grocery stores, but are now often free-standing or contained within the anchor tenant (e.g. Walmart , Target) or grocery store. Gas stations , banks , and other businesses also may have their own free-standing buildings in the parking lot of the strip center. The mini-mall in Los Angeles is seen as the descendant of the drive-in markets with multiple independent vendors that appeared in

1131-725: The interests of everyday people and small business owners, in contrast with " Wall Street " (in the United States) or " Bay Street " (in Canada), symbolizing the interests of large national corporations. Thus, in the 1949 movie adaptation of On The Town , the song "When You Walk Down Main Street With Me" refers to small-town values and social life. Main Street Republicans , for example, see themselves as supporting those values as against urbane or "Wall Street" tendencies. "Main Street"

1170-704: The numerous Lamar Hunt trophies . Strip mall A strip mall , strip center , strip plaza or simply plaza is a type of shopping center common in North America and Australia where the stores are arranged in a row, with a footpath in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front. Many of them face major traffic arterials and tend to be self-contained with few pedestrian connections to surrounding neighborhoods. Smaller strip malls may be called mini-malls , while larger ones may be called power centers or big box centers . In 2013, The New York Times reported that

1209-649: The pavement (footpath) and do not have dedicated car parking spaces. Strip malls and retail parks often range in size from 5,000 square feet (460 m ) to over 100,000 square feet (9,300 m ). In the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) classification of shopping centers , U.S. and Canadian strip malls may fit the definition of: Note that ICSC classifications vary slightly for Europe as well as for Asia Pacific. The Park and Shop in Cleveland Park, Washington, D.C. opened in 1930, anchored by

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1248-426: The program has expanded to include towns of various sizes, including neighborhood districts in several large urban centers. In many communities, a merchants' association or business improvement district serves a promotional role on behalf of the merchants of a downtown Main Street. Individual city governments also may engage in revitalization or historic preservation efforts to support a downtown core, either to make

1287-621: The promotion and restoration of town and village centres, could also have similar potential for project initiating/ leading benefits, to also help link the National Planning Framework (National Spatial Strategy replacement), and National Development Plans aims, in a similar fashion to the aim promulgated by the URDF and RRDF rationale. This is noting for example, that a report (2016 Pobal HP Deprivation Index) published in November 2007 by Pobal (an intermediary organisation for funding from

1326-498: The quite comprehensive "Shopfront Design Guidelines and Policy" document in 2010, and for Kilkenny City the "Shopfronts and Advertising Signs Kilkenny Planning Information Booklet." There have been previous concerns sometimes raised that tax incentives, or the more recent planning 'exemptions' have, or may lead to confusion regarding permissible, or recommended interventions in shopfronts, such as removal of shopfront elements or otherwise good quality, traditional shopfronts that are often

1365-592: The refurbishments of buildings, and 'Living over the Shop' (LOTS) schemes, based along specified lengths of urban streets, under Village and Urban Renewal Schemes and that overall, sought the regeneration of main street Ireland. Some of these schemes may have suffered from sufficient lack of interest or impact due to for example, business owners insurance and security issues regarding separate occupiers above for LOTS projects, and general lack of finance and familiarity with residential projects and landlordism, and depressed interest of

1404-476: The second floors. While the architecture of these "streets" appears to be turn-of-the-20th-century, in fact these are decorative false-fronts on industrial-style buildings. Main Street, U.S.A. is also present at Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland . At Tokyo Disneyland the area is named "World Bazaar," but has the same look as Main Street, albeit housed under a decorative glass roof for protection from Japan's unpredictable weather. At Shanghai Disneyland ,

1443-883: The town centres on or near their main street. In a similar stream, it has been noted in the past, e.g. in the UK by its national print media, that '24/7' full Pedestrianisation of town centres and main streets can lead to passive security issues and fear of use in night time hours. Noting likely economic impacts of the Covid-19 emergency (as of April 2020) on funds and economy, some refinement and redirection of URDF, and RRDF monies also towards more generalised, and labour-intensive refurbishments of main street's buildings may also have visible tangible impacts. This could be in cooperation with Local Authorities, state agencies, and private owners (e.g. subsidised external fabric refurbishments of derelict/ semi-derelict terraced buildings), and potentially project-led led by in-house expertise from for example,

1482-476: Was Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street (2012) by Neil Barofsky . In small towns across the United States, Main Street is not only the major road running through town but the site of all street life, a place where townspeople hang out and watch the annual parades go by. A slang term popularized in the early 20th century, " main drag ",

1521-499: Was a 10-year tax relief incentive scheme for renovations or new builds that was to improve the 'Townscape' and 'Streetscape' of smaller Irish towns, through the physical improvements of buildings e.g. views building façades on 'main streets'. The efforts of local governments (county councils, city councils, and the former town councils, until 2017) to improve 'main streets' centered around their Planning Departments and County Development Plans. These included shopfront design guides such as

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