civic center

Example Sentences

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Altadena has never organized itself around a traditional civic center, like a city hall plaza or downtown square.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Stout met Kirk for the first time in 2014 when he was speaking to a group of young Texas conservatives huddled in a small room of a civic center in Harris County.

From Slate • Sep. 23, 2025

“Not that it is just a financial center and a civic center and an economic center, but it’s also a neighborhood.”

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024

Kimberly Mata-Rubio, whose daughter Lexi was among the children killed, slammed a podium in the civic center and in between tears demanded that Prado return to the meeting.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2024

When the bond issue to renovate the dilapidated civic center failed not once but twice he could not help but wonder if there could ever be any real progress in a place like that.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger