There is not a plush boutique or trendy bar to be seen, and the architecture is down-at-heel. |
A bunch of largely down-at-heel passengers, who had got off with us, searched for a lift that was working. |
Now he lives in Maryland, a teeming, traffic-choked and down-at-heel suburb of Africa's largest city, Lagos. |
Had I gone at 17 I have no doubt I would have been staying in a down-at-heel guest house. |
Like Blackpool or Brighton, Coney Island has that down-at-heel atmosphere of a resort whose time has gone. |
If that conjures up an image of a rather down-at-heel East End hall, then think again. |