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

The news comes as Mayor Karen Bass’ 8 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew for the civic center area approaches its third night and arts organizations, restaurants and other businesses across the area report a drop in patrons.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

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

The head was in the midst of about fifty large, artificial earthen mounds—the ruins, Sterling concluded with excitement, of a previously unknown Maya civic center.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann