Encyclopedia > Plaza

  Article Content

Plaza

Plaza is a spanish word that describes an open public space such as a town square. More recently it has been used to describe a shopping complex, similar to a shopping mall. The name is generally applied to a single building, often with a hotel or office tower above, while a mall more often refers to multiple buildings or a street.

Examples: Pantip Plaza, Clinton Plaza, Central Plaza, Hong Kong, Schiphol Plaza.

Fictional example: Nakatomi Plaza



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Islip Terrace, New York

... no husband present, and 16.6% are non-families. 13.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 47.6 ms