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." 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.
Video Concourse
Examples
Examples of concourses include:
- Meeting halls
- Universities
- Railway stations
- Conference centres
- Hotels
- Airport terminals
- Shopping malls or portions of shopping malls which are often called "shopping concourses"
- Sports arenas and stadiums
- Sixth Form Common rooms
Maps Concourse
Gallery
Outdoor concourses
Public transport concourses
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 don't come together in real physical life. An example of such an online community is the IEEE Student Concourse, as well as various online shopping concourses.
See also
- Concourse Program at MIT
- Concourse on High (Bahá'í Faith)
- Concourse at Landmark Center
References
External links
- IEEE Student Concourse
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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