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Noun: Tin Pan Alley
  1. The American popular music industry, originally referring to West 28th Street in New York City where music publishers and songwriters were concentrated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
    "Many classic American songs originated in Tin Pan Alley"

Type of: business district, downtown [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Tin Pan Alley