Main Street - Definition and Overview

Main Street, Kingstree, South Carolina

Main street is the generic name (and sometimes the official name) of the business street of a small town in the United States and Canada. "Main Street," or the interests of small businessmen, is sometimes contrasted with "Wall Street," the interests of corporate capitalism.

Main street is part of the iconography of American life.

The equivalent in the United Kingdom is High street.

The novel Main Street, a critique of small town life, was penned by Sinclair Lewis.

See also

• Shopping mall
• Disneyland