Left Bank
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The left bank of a river is the side to one's left while facing downstream. May also refer to the west bank of a river on a north-south axis. (ie Philadelphia) As a name, Left Bank may refer to:
- Rive Gauche, the left bank of the Seine in Paris; gauche means "left" in French
- Left Bank (Biscay), the left bank of the Nervión in Biscay, Spain
- Left Bank (Kiev), the left bank of the Dnieper in Kiev
- Left-bank Ukraine, a historical region in Ukraine
- Left Bank (Rhine), the western side of the river Rhine, a region historically contested between France and Germany.
- The Left Banke, a 1960s American pop group
- Rive Gauche Nightclub, a Parisian-themed nightclub in the River West District of Chicago
- Left Bank Residences, a 37-story 451-unit apartment tower in downtown Chicago built in 2006. [1]