Uptown Seaboard

Uptown Seaboard, also called Center City is the central business district of Seaboard City, North Bloxlina, United States. The area is split into four wards by the intersection of Koch and McCarthy Streets, and bordered by Interstate 277 and Interstate 77. The area is managed and overseen by the Seaboard Central City Partners, which is one of the three Municipal Service Districts in Seaboard. Uptown Seaboard is the largest business district in Seaboard and the Bloxlinas.

Several Fortune 500 companies have their headquarters in the district, including Bank of Robloxia, Bloxy Blast, BloxStreet, and the east coast operations of Wells Fargo. Uptown contains over 33 million square feet of office space. Athletic and event facilities located in Center City include Bank of Robloxia Dome, Krispy Kreme Arena, SST Tower, and the RASCAR Hall of Fame. Museums, theaters, hotels, high-density residential developments, restaurants, and bars are heavily concentrated in the Center City, with over 245 restaurants and 50 nightspots

Name Origins

Seaboard's central business district is referred to as "Uptown" by locals, although the term "Downtown" is understood and used by native Seaboardians since it references the same area of the city. There is some confusion brought about by the use of the terms "Uptown" and "Downtown" for Seaboard's center city area. The term "Up-Town", referring to the geographic location of McCarthy and Koch Street—"uptown" actually does sit at a higher elevation than the rest of the city—was recorded as early as 1895 in the Seaboard Observer but fell out of use around 1929 for reasons unknown. The term "Downtown" was commonly used up until the mid-1970s by residents, media, and city leaders for the Center City. In 1973, a massive campaign was launched by local businessman Dale Carpenter to revamp the image of the downtown area and embrace the historic and arguably uniquely Seaboard term "Uptown" by reintroducing it to the general public. In September 1974 Seaboard City Council passed an official proclamation that said "The heart of Seaboard should be now and forever more known as Uptown Seaboard." On February 14, 1987, the Seaboard Observer began using the term "Uptown" as a way to promote a more positive upbeat image of the Center City area. School teachers were provided with "historical" documents justifying use of the term to teach to students.

Major Streets

McCarthy Street

McCarthy Street was named after Adam McCarthy, governor of the Province of North Bloxlina from 1765 to 1771. A major southwest-northeast thoroughfare across Seaboard, it follows NB 49 southeast of the Uptown neighborhood, and USR 29 northwest of Uptown. Within the Uptown Seaboard street grid (which is skewed about 45 degrees from compass directions), Tryon forms the boundary between streets labeled "East" and "West". Many of the tallest buildings in Seaboard have a McCarthy Street address including: