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• n  a public square with room for pedestrians
• n  mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
  a good plaza should have a movie house

• The trio of long-haired teenagers grasped the plaza wall to shield their bodies as hundreds of youths kicked and punched them while filming the beating on cell phone cameras.
• Through the brooding noonday fog, a navy plane swooped down toward Buenos Aires' spreading Plaza de Mayo.
• The decisive episode of the 20th century is now commemorated by an inert plaza flanked by rows of banal columns, all decked out in an off-the-shelf regalia of wreaths and stars.

• place
• piazza
• mall
• center
• shopping mall
• shopping center
• shopping centre

News & Articles

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• International Plaza unveils tourism campaign to introduce shoppers to wonders of Peru
  A tourism campaign at International Plaza includes painting demonstrations, dancing and a Machu Picchu replica to lure shoppers to the treasures of Peru.
  June 14, 2013 - Tampa Bay Times
• Plaza Talk: Amanda Ross-Ho in conversation with Julie Rodrigues Widholm
  Amanda Ross-Ho and Julie Rodrigues Widholm , Pamela Alper Associate Curator, discuss the new MCA plaza project, THE CHARACTER AND SHAPE OF ILLUMINATED THINGS , including its inspirations, background, and construction.   Amanda Ross-Ho was born in Chicago in 1975. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1998 and her MFA from the University of Southern California in ...
  June 13, 2013 - WBEZ 91.5 Chicago
• Penthouse at the Famed Plaza Hotel Hits The Market With A $59 Million Price Tag
  International real estate mogul Christian Candy is selling the penthouse at the famed Plaza hotel for $59 million. The Monaco-based Christian bought the penthouse for $25.9 million last year, and after some massive upgrades, he flipped the one-of-a-kind property back on the market with a $59 million price tag.
  June 13, 2013 - Forbes