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====Downtown Boise==== {{Main|Downtown Boise}} Downtown Boise is Boise's cultural center and home to many small businesses as well as a growing number of high-rises. While downtown Boise lacks a major retail/dining focus like Seattle and Portland, the area has a variety of shops and growing option for dining choices. Centrally, 8th Street contains a pedestrian zone with sidewalk cafes and restaurants. The neighborhood has many local restaurants, bars, and boutiques and supports a vibrant nightlife. The area contains the Basque Block, which gives visitors a chance to learn about and enjoy Boise's Basque heritage. Downtown Boise's main attractions include the [[Idaho State Capitol]], the classic [[The Egyptian Theatre (Boise, Idaho)|Egyptian Theatre]] on the corner of Capitol Boulevard and Main Street, the [[Boise Art Museum]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boiseartmuseum.org/|title=Welcome to BAM|publisher=Boiseartmuseum.org|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117014828/http://www.boiseartmuseum.org/|archive-date=November 17, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> on Capitol in front of [[Julia Davis Park]], and Zoo Boise on the grounds of Julia Davis Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zooboise.org/|title=Home|publisher=Zooboise.org|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127012350/http://www.zooboise.org/|archive-date=November 27, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Boise's economy was threatened in the late 1990s by commercial development at locations away from the downtown center, such as [[Boise Towne Square Mall]] and at shopping centers near new housing developments.<ref>[http://www.boisetownesquare.com/html/index3.asp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201052425/http://www.boisetownesquare.com/html/index3.asp|date=February 1, 2015}}</ref> Cultural events in Downtown Boise include Alive after Five<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.downtownboise.org/m_events/dba_alive_after_5.cfm/|title=Downtown Boise Association|publisher=Downtownboise.org|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411080402/http://www.downtownboise.org/m_events/dba_alive_after_5.cfm|archive-date=April 11, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and First Thursday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.downtownboise.org/m_events/dba_first_thursday.cfm/|title=Downtown Boise Association|publisher=Downtownboise.org|date=November 1, 2012|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211190108/http://www.downtownboise.org/m_events/dba_first_thursday.cfm|archive-date=February 11, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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