What is "main street"

main street \main street\ n.

1. A main thoroughfare, usually one in a small town having the largest concentration of retail businesses.

2. Hence: (Fig.) The attitudes, environment, or life style of a small town; -- usually capitalized, and often used attributively; as, Main Street attitudes toward Washington.

"principal street of a (U.S.) town," 1810. Used allusively to indicate "mediocrity, small-town materialism" from late 19c., especially since publication of Sinclair Lewis's novel "Main Street" (1920).

1. n. street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town [syn: high street]

2. any small town (or the people who inhabit it); generally used to represent parochialism and materialism (after a novel by Sinclair Lewis); "Main Street will never vote for a liberal politician"

Main Street is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis, and published in 1920.

Main Street (Ottawa Road #72) is a major road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Despite the name, the street is not Ottawa's "main street", as one would argue that that title would be held by Bank Street. Main Street however is the "main street" for the community of Ottawa East. It was originally the main street of Archville, Ontario, which later amalgamated with Ottawa in 1907. At that time Ottawa had no other street called Main and the name was not changed. Main Street begins at Colonel By Drive near the community of Sandy Hill and runs in a straight line south until it bends near the Rideau River and becomes Smyth Road. Main Street is home to the Cuban embassy, Immaculata High School and Saint Paul University. For most of its length it runs parallel with the Rideau River and the Rideau Canal, being about halfway between them.

Main Street is a station on the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is located on the east side of Main Street a short distance north of Danforth Avenue. Connections to GO Transit's commuter train service on the Lakeshore East line can be made at Danforth GO Station, approximately 300 metres to the south on the east side of Main Street.

This station became wheelchair accessible in 2004. An elevator provides access from the streetcar and bus platforms at street level, where the main entrance and collector's booth are located, to an intermediate mezzanine area and directly to the platform for eastbound trains. A second elevator provides a connection between the mezzanine and the westbound subway platform. To facilitate accessibility automatic sliding doors were added at the street entrance and on the north side of the station building, along with an accessible faregate and improved signage. A space is reserved for Wheel-Trans vehicles.

Main Street, credited to Roy Wood & Wizzard (whereas the group's first two albums had been credited simply to Wizzard), was initially planned to showcase the more jazz- rock, deliberately uncommercial, side of the group as part of a double album, along with the material that became the album Introducing Eddy & The Falcons in 1974.

Main Street is the generic street name (and often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in many parts of the world.

Main Street may refer to:

Main Street is a major north-south thoroughfare bisecting Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It runs from Waterfront Road by Burrard Inlet in the north, to Kent Avenue alongside the north arm of the Fraser River in the south.

Main Street is a street in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Main Street is an album by Australian rock band Epicure. It was released on 17 October 2005.

Main Street is a 2010 drama film about several residents of Durham, North Carolina, a city in the Southern U.S., whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown.

Main Street is a themed land at the Dreamworld amusement park on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The area acts as the main hub for the park catering as a gateway to many other lands including Gold Rush Country, Rivertown, Nickelodeon Central and Ocean Parade.

Main Street is a 1923 silent film drama based on the 1920 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Harry Beaumont. A Broadway play version of the novel was produced in 1921.

Main Street is a major north-south street in the borough of Queens in New York City, extending from Queens Boulevard in Briarwood to Northern Boulevard in Flushing. Created in the 17th century as one of Flushing's main roads, Main Street has been lengthened at various points in its existence.

Main Street (Salt Lake County) can refer to several streets in Salt Lake County, Utah:

• Main Street (Greater Salt Lake City), the longest street with the name in the county, located mainly on the north-south axis of the county's addressing system
• Main Street (Herriman, Utah)
• Main Street (Magna, Utah), also known as 2700 South
• Main Street (Midvale, Utah), also known as 700 West
• Main Street (Sandy, Utah), also known as 8720 South

Main Street is a children's novel series by Ann M. Martin aiming at age group 8–12. The story revolves around two sisters, Ruby and Flora Northrop, who move to the small town Camden Falls to live with their grandmother after the sudden death of their parents. The books tell us about the girls' new journey and adaptation in a new town and new people with old memories, and some with rather dubious ones. There, they make new friends like Olivia and Nikki. Olivia's grandmother owns a store with Ruby's and Flora's grandmother.

After completing the Baby-Sitters Club series, Ann M. Martin began the Main Street series. She has stated in one of her interviews that she always liked writing about small towns and this made writing the Main Street series even more interesting. The books have at one point or another talked about almost everyone and all shops in the town. According to Martin, she had to create a whole new imaginary town which was very enjoyable. Each book has a detailed map of the town.

Main Street or Main is a major north/south main street that runs in Kansas City, Missouri. It most likely starts at the Missouri River as a dead end street not intersecting with 1st Street and most likely ends at Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and Brookside Boulevard as a major main street. The street becomes a neighborhood street going south of the Plaza. It is unknown where the street ends while going farther south.

It divides the city into west and east where everything west of Main is the westside part of the city to State Line Road and everything east of Main is the eastside part of the city to Independence, Missouri based on address and location.

Main Street was renamed "H And R Block Way" from 13th Street to 14th Street. It is named "Carl J. DiCapo Drive" from Pershing Road (24th Street) to 28th Street.

Main Street is a generic phrase used to denote a primary retail street of a village, town or small city in many parts of the world. It is usually a focal point for shops and retailers in the central business district, and is most often used in reference to retailing and socializing.

The term is commonly used in Ireland, Scotland, the United States, Canada, and less often in Australia and New Zealand. In most of the United Kingdom the common description is High Street. However, the term "Main Street" is sometimes used in the UK, for instance, in the village of Sutton Cheney. In Jamaica the term is Front Street. In some parts of the south west of England the equivalent used is Fore Street.

In many places, the street name for such a street is actually "Main Street", though even where it isn't the term "Main street" is still used to describe the main thoroughfare of the central business district. The "Main Street of America" branding was used to promote U.S. Route 66 in its heyday.

Main Street is the most important commercial street in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States though it also extends south into the cities of South Salt Lake and Murray as well as unincorporated Millcreek Township. Its commercial importance is almost totally derived from the few blocks of the street which are immediately south of Temple Square that have attracted banks, major retailers, and heavy foot traffic throughout Salt Lake City's history; the long southern extension of Main Street south of about 500 and 600 South, in contrast, is always in the shadow of State Street (one block to the east), which (due to width, speed limit, and restraint of cross traffic) is more designed for the long-distance automobile traffic that is common away from downtown.

Main Street is a barbershop quartet, which started singing as a group March 20, 2011.

The quartet has won several awards, but has yet to win the International Quartet Championship of the Barbershop Harmony Society. Main Street does shows and competitions all over the United States, and all four members have been or are currently performing at Walt Disney World with the Dapper Dans and/or the Voices of Liberty.