A concourse is a place where pathways or roads meet, such as in a hotel, a convention center, a railway station, an airport terminal, a hall, or other space.
The term is not limited to places where there are literally pathways or roadways or train tracks joining. An alternate meaning now is "an open space or hall (as in a railway terminal) where crowds gather."[1] In this meaning as a place where crowds gather, while many persons in any crowd no doubt have followed different paths in their lives to get to the place, there need not be notable specific roadways leading to the place.
Examples
editExamples of concourses include:
- Airport terminals
- Conference centres
- Hotels
- Meeting halls
- Railway stations
- Shopping malls or portions of shopping malls which are often called "shopping concourses"
- Sports arenas and stadiums
- Universities
Gallery
editOutdoor concourses
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Concourse outside City Hall, London.
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Concourse outside Wembley Arena, 2008
Public transport concourses
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Grand Central Terminal's Main Concourse, Manhattan, 2015
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Leeds City bus station concourse, 2007
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Leeds railway station concourse, 2009
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Liverpool Street concourse, 2009
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London Paddington station concourse, The Lawn, 2009
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St Pancras shopping concourse during Christmas, 2011
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St Pancras entrance concourse, 2009
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Waterloo Station former Eurostar check-in concourse, 2009
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Terminal 2 departures area of London Heathrow Airport
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Terminal 5 of the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City
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Gates 1-85 on the lower level of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City
Car park concourses
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Contemporary usage
editMore recently, "concourse" is often used to refer to a situation where people come together in online presence, even if they do not physically come together in reality. An example of such an online community is the IEEE Student Concourse, as well as various online shopping concourses.
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ This local village name for its common land may imply an early usage of the word, concourse.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Definition of Concourse". Merriam-Webster. 18 April 2024.