They reached the gates and smashed their way through amid scattered gunfire from the remaining palace guards who had taken refuge inside the downstairs floor of the palace.

The Elite was still doing business on its downstairs floor, even though the gambling casino, one flight up, was closed.

Here's a plan of the downstairs floor.

The downstairs floor is plain, with lower ceilings; the entry to the general-interest book collection is in a cramped area underneath the grand stairway.

But none could be found to utilize both the upstairs and downstairs floors.

He sat in the living room on the downstairs floor of the Belter house and stared through his cigarette smoke at Perry Mason.

She noted that even though the second and third floors were private, they consisted primarily of bedrooms and "cannot be considered a home without reference to the downstairs floor."

The downstairs floor, decorated in pale pinks and beiges, seems almost colorless.

He would wonder what the hell she was doing out on the morning she was supposed to be washing the downstairs floors, wouldn't he?

On the downstairs floor of the museum the "Lerna Room" is dedicated to the archaeological discoveries at Lerna.