Town square

A town square is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town used for community gatherings. Other names for town square are civic center, city square, urban square, market square, public square, piazza, plaza, and town green.

Most town squares are hardscapes suitable for open markets, music concerts, political rallies, and other events that require firm ground. Being centrally located, town squares are usually surrounded by small shops such as bakeries, meat markets, cheese stores, and clothing stores. At their center is often a fountain, well, monument, or statue. Many of those with fountains are actually called fountain square.

Urban planning

In urban planning, a city square or urban square is a planned open area in a city, usually or originally rectangular in shape.

City square (disambiguation)

A City square is another name for a town square.

City square may also refer to:

See also

Brookfield Place (Perth)

Brookfield Place is a skyscraper within the Brookfield Place office complex in Perth, Western Australia. Located at 125 St Georges Terrace, the major tenant was BHP Billiton. Construction commenced in April 2008 and was completed in 2012. The project is estimated to have cost around A$500 million.

Developers Brookfield lodged a development application for the second stage of Brookfield Place in July 2011, for a 30,000m² 16-storey office tower to be situated to the south of the main tower fronting Mounts Bay Road. In June 2013 the second tower was approved - with tenancy commitments from law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Deloitte. Completion date of the second tower is estimated for 2015.

Retail tenants in the Brookfield Place complex include Montblanc and Daniel Hechter.

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