concourse
{{Short description|Place where pathways or roads meet}}
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{{For|concours|Concours (disambiguation)}}
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."{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concourse|title=Definition of Concourse|date=18 April 2024|publisher=Merriam-Webster}} 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
Examples 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
=Outdoor concourses=
Image:Earnley concourse West Sussex.jpg|Earnley Concourse, West Sussex, 2009{{efn|This local village name for its common land may imply an early usage of the word, concourse.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}}}
Image:ASDA concourse Llandudno.jpg|Asda supermarket concourse, Llandudno, 2007
Image:City Hall concourse by Rob Farrow.jpg|Concourse outside City Hall, London.
Image:Wembley Arena concourse by Chris Downer.jpg|Concourse outside Wembley Arena, 2008
=Public transport concourses=
File:Moynihan Train Hall interior, Dec 27 2022.jpg|The interior of the Moynihan Train Hall at Pennsylvania Station in New York City, 2022
File:GCT in Blizzard of 2015.jpg|Grand Central Terminal's Main Concourse, Manhattan, 2015
File:Leeds bus station concourse.jpg|Leeds City bus station concourse, 2007
File:Leeds City railway station concourse.jpg|Leeds railway station concourse, 2009
File:Liverpool Street concourse by Thos Nugent.jpg|Liverpool Street concourse, 2009
File:Paddington Station The Lawn.jpg|London Paddington station concourse, The Lawn, 2009
File:St Pancras shopping concourse.jpg|St Pancras shopping concourse during Christmas, 2011
File:St Pancras concourse by David Lally.jpg|St Pancras entrance concourse, 2009
File:Waterloo International Station concourse.jpg|Waterloo Station former Eurostar check-in concourse, 2009
File:Heathrow Airport Terminal 2, London, England - Diliff.jpg|Terminal 2 departures area of London Heathrow Airport
File:JFK Terminal 5 Ticketing and Check-In.jpg|Terminal 5 of the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City
Image:port-authority-bus.jpg|Gates 1-85 on the lower level of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City
=Car park concourses=
Contemporary usage
More 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
Notes
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References
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External links
{{Commons category|Concourses}}
{{Wiktionary|concourse}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080517124432/http://www.ieee.org/students IEEE Student Concourse]