Östersund concentrated to the shopping and pedestrian street Prästgatan where large local shopping malls such as "Kärnan" and "Mittpunkten" along with department stores such as Åhléns are located. Large clothing companies such as H&M, Lindex and smaller like WESC, approximately 50 restaurants, shoe stores, sporting goods retailers like Stadium and Intersport, several supermarkets (Östersund has rather few convenience stores), etc. Storgatan, the street that runs parallel with Prästgatan is also lined with shops, restaurants and coffeehouses. Unlike Prästgatan this street is not a pedestrian street. Östersund is the city in Sweden with the most square metres of window display per capita.
John H. Francis Polytechnic High School Los Angeles on South Beaudry Avenue, the present location of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education headquarters. In 1905, Polytechnic moved to the south side of Washington Boulevard at the corner of Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles, bordering old St. Vincent’s College. After St. Vincent’s moved, Polytechnic High School expanded south into its old campus. Poly was the first school to offer studies in multiple class subjects, which is now modeled by many high schools, as "periods". In 1935, “John H. Francis” was added to its name, honoring the founding principal. In February 1957, Polytechnic