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Yeah, I live here. Walnut Street is what everyone points to as high end, all three blocks of it...I can name a dozen cities with more than a three block stretch of high end shopping.
Yeah, I live here. Walnut Street is what everyone points to as high end, all three blocks of it...I can name a dozen cities with more than a three block stretch of high end shopping.
To be fair.....walnut st retail includes six blocks west of broad and two blocks east of broad and chestnut st is about the same plus Liberty Place although it isn't all high end and contains too many chain stores. The Gallery Mall neighborhood isn't fancy but there are plenty of places there for christmas shopping as well. Besides how many of us do our christmas shopping at Tiffany & Co?
To be fair.....walnut st retail includes six blocks west of broad and two blocks east of broad and chestnut st is about the same plus Liberty Place although it isn't all high end and contains too many chain stores. The Gallery Mall neighborhood isn't fancy but there are plenty of places there for christmas shopping as well. Besides how many of us do our christmas shopping at Tiffany & Co?
As predicted...
Philly "perfection" (lol) is in the eye of the beholder. The point I was making is that downtown Philly is no where on par with the other cities mentioned earlier in terms of quality/variety of shopping. And as usual the same three who apparently never travel to other cities (very Philly-like) have little constructive to say.
To be fair.....walnut st retail includes six blocks west of broad and two blocks east of broad and chestnut st is about the same plus Liberty Place although it isn't all high end and contains too many chain stores. The Gallery Mall neighborhood isn't fancy but there are plenty of places there for christmas shopping as well. Besides how many of us do our christmas shopping at Tiffany & Co?
It extends for 6 blocks but the high-end core amounts to around three blocks, from Broad to 18th Street (which is actually four blocks, but the 15th to 16th Street stretch is virtually empty save for a few stores). Neither Liberty Place (which is half empty) or The Gallery (which qualifies as high-end ghetto) are assets to the original argument. Not many do shop at Tiffany's, but many do shop department stores other than Macy's and the very popular housewares/clothing specialty stores not present in downtown Philadelphia's "terrific shopping scene".
It extends for 6 blocks but the high-end core amounts to around three blocks, from Broad to 18th Street (which is actually four blocks, but the 15th to 16th Street stretch is virtually empty save for a few stores). Neither Liberty Place (which is half empty) or The Gallery (which qualifies as high-end ghetto) are assets to the original argument. Not many do shop at Tiffany's, but many do shop department stores other than Macy's and the very popular housewares/clothing specialty stores not present in downtown Philadelphia's "terrific shopping scene".
Don't misunderstand. I don't see CC as a place for "serious" shopping. I live there but do all my shopping in the suburbs. I just don't think CC is quite as bleak as you describe. and yes I get around. San francisco/Union Sq and Chicago/miracle mile are far superior to Philly. Boston not so much except for Coply Sq neighborhood. Minniapolis downtown has less than Philly imo, never been to Seattle and Portland was a long time ago. Dallas and Houston have nothing downtown except NM in Dallas is beautiful but too expensive for me. Miami has that really scary mall (you think the gallery is bad?) and the bayside complex. LA and San Diego have almost nothing, SLC and Denver have a few choices but nothing like Philly. Toronto is great....like Chicago and Montreal is as good as Philly. Washington only has Georgetown really. What have i left out?
Don't misunderstand. I don't see CC as a place for "serious" shopping. I live there but do all my shopping in the suburbs. I just don't think CC is quite as bleak as you describe. and yes I get around. San francisco/Union Sq and Chicago/miracle mile are far superior to Philly. Boston not so much except for Coply Sq neighborhood. Minniapolis downtown has less than Philly imo, never been to Seattle and Portland was a long time ago. Dallas and Houston have nothing downtown except NM in Dallas is beautiful but too expensive for me. Miami has that really scary mall (you think the gallery is bad?) and the bayside complex. LA and San Diego have almost nothing, SLC and Denver have a few choices but nothing like Philly. Toronto is great....like Chicago and Montreal is as good as Philly. Washington only has Georgetown really. What have i left out?
Yeah, you are right. All the good stores left in the 80s and 90s.
Location: I live in the Seattle neighborhood of Belltown. I live in a nice building called Mosler Lofts.
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Seattle is not bad. I am not sure where we rank but our Downtown is one of the better ones in the country. I know we should be high on the list but just not sure how high. New York and Chicago would be fun for Christmas shopping. Portland, Oregon has a nice little downtown and the weather is also mild there.
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