Downtown Lethbridge is the

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, Canada, hosting most of the city's banks and several accounting and law practices, including national firms.

Boundaries

Strictly speaking, the downtown is defined by the

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valley on the west, Crowsnest Trail and the

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rail line on the north, Stafford Drive (9 Street) on the east and 6 Avenue on the south. It is not very large and contains very little in neighbourhood structure. It is home to

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, a two block area on 2 Avenue, west of Galt Gardens.

Transportation

Downtown Lethbridge serves as a transportation hub. Whoop-up Drive, the busiest roadway in Lethbridge, connects to downtown. Scenic Drive also provides downtown with a connection to the

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via Highway 4 and the Lethbridge County Airport via Highway 5. Downtown has two connections to Highway 3, which provides direct access to

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and indirect access to

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and

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. The city's main

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terminal is downtown; half of the city's bus routes converge on 4 Avenue.

Arts and culture

Arts and culture venues in Lethbridge are located in or near downtown. There are two art galleries ( Southern Alberta Art Gallery and Bowman Arts Centre), two theatres ( Yates Theatre and Sterndale Bennet Theatre), the Galt Museum, two cinemas, the Lethbridge Public Library and several nightclubs.

Shopping

The downtown area has several hundred street-front retail stores interspersed with professional services. Two of the city's largest malls ( Lethbridge Centre and

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) are located downtown.

Housing

Much of the land use in the downtown area is commercial or public use. Residential use is generally of three different types: high density apartments (over a dozen stories), medium-density apartments (two-storey buildings and units above retail establishments) and condominiums for seniors. There are three senior care facilities in or near downtown.

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