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At midnight it was when i was there. There a few people coming out of restaurants but that was it. Again, i never said all of midtown. Obviously i cant be on every street at midnight.
Then what is your point, exactly? There is no place on earth where every single block in every single neighborhood is equally busy at all hours.
The point is that Midtown easily is the busiest place in North America, morning, noon and night.
Then what is your point, exactly? There is no place on earth where every single block in every single neighborhood is equally busy at all hours.
The point is that Midtown easily is the busiest place in North America, morning, noon and night.
I think his point is that not every street in Midtown is teeming with people and some streets are not as busy as Michigan Avenue. Correct on both accounts. Quite an accomplishment for Chicago.
"Every block in midtown manhattan is busier than the loop and michigan ave all the time". Please. Thats nonsense.
The ones in Uptown are relatively quieter than Midtown and Lower Manhattan and their surrounding environs.
Lower Manhattan, centered by the financial district shuts down like every other financial district in the world, becomes a spot for tourists seeing Wall Street, the Charging Bull, Battery Park, or the World Trade Center memorials. People make their way back into surrounding neighborhood like Battery Park City, Lower East Side, TriBeCa, and such. Meaning, I don't understand that statement you made pages ago about Lower Manhattan feeling more vibrant than Midtown. The financial center is to shut down like all in the world, while Midtown is a more mixed business district, entertainment district, theater district, arts district. It should and is naturally a lot busier than Downtown Manhattan.
In Washington the most active corridors like M Street, Massachusetts Avenue, U Street, and such all feel like they're less lively than even the average streets in Manhattan or Brooklyn. Not to mention Downtown Washington itself feels very "super block" like in comparison to either Downtown or Midtown Manhattan, the pedestrian activity in Downtown Washington bleeds out to the surrounding neighborhoods, Columbia Heights, Adams Morgan, DuPont Circle, Logan Square, Foggy Bottom. The Washington area's don't even feel as vibrant as the Chicago areas.
Michigan Avenue, while aesthetically pretty and maintaining itself as one of Chicago's more busier streets also feesl underwhelming to several streets in Manhattan. The surrounding northern neighborhoods of the Loop like Streeterville, Gold Coast, or River North don't compete with SoHo, Flat Iron District, NoHo, TriBeCa, so on. Pretty much every street between the Hudson and East Rivers and between 31st and 59th feels just as or typically more lively than Michigan Avenue. I've lived just mere blocks from Michigan Avenue and it definitely drops off in intensity at around 6 PM. Some nights walking from River North to the shores of the lake, Michigan Avenue would have a handful of people and would look pretty emptied out. If this is what you're trying as a gold standard to vibrancy, then yeah, there's dozens of streets in Manhattan alone more active than this.
I think his point is that not every street in Midtown is teeming with people and some streets are not as busy as Michigan Avenue. Correct on both accounts. Quite an accomplishment for Chicago.
If that's the point, then I totally agree, but geez; it isn't much of a point.
"The least busy side streets in City A are sometimes less busy than the most busy main street in City B". Ok?
The ones in Uptown are relatively quieter than Midtown and Lower Manhattan and their surrounding environs.
Lower Manhattan, centered by the financial district shuts down like every other financial district in the world, becomes a spot for tourists seeing Wall Street, the Charging Bull, Battery Park, or the World Trade Center memorials. People make their way back into surrounding neighborhood like Battery Park City, Lower East Side, TriBeCa, and such. Meaning, I don't understand that statement you made pages ago about Lower Manhattan feeling more vibrant than Midtown. The financial center is to shut down like all in the world, while Midtown is a more mixed business district, entertainment district, theater district, arts district. It should and is naturally a lot busier than Downtown Manhattan.
In Washington the most active corridors like M Street, Massachusetts Avenue, U Street, and such all feel like they're less lively than even the average streets in Manhattan or Brooklyn. Not to mention Downtown Washington itself feels very "super block" like in comparison to either Downtown or Midtown Manhattan, the pedestrian activity in Downtown Washington bleeds out to the surrounding neighborhoods, Columbia Heights, Adams Morgan, DuPont Circle, Logan Square, Foggy Bottom. The Washington area's don't even feel as vibrant as the Chicago areas.
Michigan Avenue, while aesthetically pretty and maintaining itself as one of Chicago's more busier streets also feesl underwhelming to several streets in Manhattan. The surrounding northern neighborhoods of the Loop like Streeterville, Gold Coast, or River North don't compete with SoHo, Flat Iron District, NoHo, TriBeCa, so on. Pretty much every street between the Hudson and East Rivers and between 31st and 59th feels just as or typically more lively than Michigan Avenue. I've lived just mere blocks from Michigan Avenue and it definitely drops off in intensity at around 6 PM. Some nights walking from River North to the shores of the lake, Michigan Avenue would have a handful of people and would look pretty emptied out. If this is what you're trying as a gold standard to vibrancy, then yeah, there's dozens of streets in Manhattan alone more active than this.
I never said gold standard. Its what i was used to. Jeez
If that's the point, then I totally agree, but geez; it isn't much of a point.
"The least busy side streets in City A are sometimes less busy than the most busy main street in City B". Ok?
Lol you were the who said every single block is bustling compared to rest of north america. Day and night . This isnt true. Go back a page and read your post.
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