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Old 10-03-2015, 02:38 PM
 
Location: Neptune Beach, FL.
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Laura Street, at least five blocks of it in the heart of downtown Jacksonville, FL. has been named one of the best streets in the United States. One of the best five streets.
The American Planning Association gave the designation this week to Laura Street as part of its Great Places in America program for 2015.
That’s the same group that named Riverside/Avondale one of the Top 10 great neighborhoods in the country in 2010.

Jacksonville's Laura Street named one of the top-5 streets in the nation | jacksonville.com
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Old 10-03-2015, 03:50 PM
 
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Great for Jax, but I think these "Best of" lists are getting a little carried away. Best street, really?
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Old 10-03-2015, 04:03 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Too bad most of Jax doesn't know where Laura Street is! I bet they could find the St. Johns Town Center in suburbia though!
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Old 10-04-2015, 04:15 AM
 
Location: Black Hammock Island
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Planning-wise and in theory-on-paper, maybe it could be in the top five, but in reality you could ask this pedestrian's thoughts and Laura Street would be put into a bottom tier. However, this "best of" list was about planning not realistic use, so what I think when I'm tripping (literally) along Laura Street, negotiating around the waist-high cement street name posts, watching cars trying to pull into small curb-cut parking spaces with their bumpers invading the sidewalk I'm on, the lovely roundabout in front of The Landing to force extra walking to get from Point A to Point B, getting my heel stuck in a paver crevice, et cetera, doesn't matter. Laura Street is pretty and appears pedestrian-friendly on paper, but ....
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Old 10-04-2015, 01:17 PM
 
Location: Taipei
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lol...the parallel parking, roundabout, and cobblestone features are all pedestrian-friendly improvements. We can see things the way we want to, but those are all things that have slowed down vehicular traffic and allowed pedestrians extra space to navigate wider sidewalks. About all you could do more is create a car-free zone.
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