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Definition of Civic center

1. Noun. A center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Civic Center

Literary usage of Civic center

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern City Planning and Maintenance by Frank Koester (1914)
"CHAPTER III THE civic center Federal, Municipal, Traffic, Social, Amusement, Educational and Shipping Centers THE civic center is the heart of a city's ..."

2. American Municipal Progress by Charles Zueblin (1916)
"Cleveland's County Court House stands upon the improved lake front; the post office is at the other end of the civic center; the city hall is rising, ..."

3. Replanning Small Cities: Six Typical Studies by John Nolen (1912)
"Although they overlap somewhat, they may be conveniently considered under the following heads: A Public Plaza and civic center; The Great Bay Front; ..."

4. Wacker's Manual of the Plan of Chicago by Walter Dwight Moody, Charles Henry Wacker, Chicago Plan Commission (1916)
"What is the principal aim to be achieved by creating a civic center in Chicago.' 2. ... If a proper area for the civic center were to be taken now, ..."

5. Annual Report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society to by American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society (1912)
"... civic center. The Defence of City Hall Park. During the past year there have heen interesting developments in connection with the public parks of New ..."

6. Guide to the County Archives of California by California Historical Survey Commission, John Francis Davis (1919)
"Most of the archives are housed in the new city hall located at the civic center. This is a beautiful fireproof building and well adapted to the present ..."

7. Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District: Improvements by Frederick Law Olmsted, Pittsburgh (Pa.). Civic commission (1911)
"The location of a civic center, where the city offices can be grouped in a ... All these A civic center Diagram showing the distribution of automobiles ..."

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