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I don't agree with Broadway being the pick for St. Louis. The lion's share of Broadway is of relatively little importance to most St. Louisans. The northern portion goes through endless trucking areas, and the southern portion has a struggling business district. Only the downtown and Soulard portions are of much significance.
My pick for St. Louis? If we're talking about the city only, it's a toss-up between Grand and Kingshighway Blvds. Grand has got the famed water towers, Grand Center and the Fox Theatre, St. Louis University, Tower Grove Park, and the Grand South Grand strip. Plus, it's the most-travelled route for Metro. Kingshighway has the historic gated West End neighborhoods, the Barnes-Jewish Complex, fabulous Forest Park and all its amenities, Tower Grove Park, and the Southtown Business District.
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I've never lived in any of these cities, but as a frequent visitor, my take would be:
Chicago: North Michigan Ave.
LA: Wilshire Blvd.
NOLA: Canal St
Washington: Pennsylvania Ave.
Atlanta: Peachtree St
Omaha: Dodge St
Buffalo: Main St.
Boston: Commonwealth Ave
Charleston: Meeting St
Des Moines: Walnut St.
Philadelphia: Broad St.
Milwaukee: Wisconsin Ave.
I'm having a hard time coming up with penultimate streets for these other cities I have frequented or visited: San Diego, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Kansas City, St Louis, Memphis, Nashville.
I'd like to hear the locals' comments on these.
Let's not go perpetuating the error in the thread title... penultimate means "next to last."
As for Boston, I'd have to disagree about Comm Ave. It's an overwhelmingly residential street, especially the part closest to downtown. The small commercial zones near BU don't fit the typical image of a "Main Street" in part because the Green Line light rail runs down the center of the street and there are limited opportunities to cross from one side to the other.
It's hard to single out just one "Main Street" in Boston. For downtown Boston, it's probably Washington Street. For the North End, it's Hanover Street. For Beacon Hill, it's Charles Street. For Back Bay, it's either Boylston Street or Newbury Street. Then you've got Broadway in South Boston, Dot Ave in Dorchester, Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, and so on.
In Cambridge it's a little easier: I think Mass Ave is the undisputed central thoroughfare of the city. Brookline probably has two: Harvard Street and Beacon Street.
Let's not go perpetuating the error in the thread title... penultimate means "next to last."
As for Boston, I'd have to disagree about Comm Ave. It's an overwhelmingly residential street, especially the part closest to downtown. The small commercial zones near BU don't fit the typical image of a "Main Street" in part because the Green Line light rail runs down the center of the street and there are limited opportunities to cross from one side to the other.
It's hard to single out just one "Main Street" in Boston. For downtown Boston, it's probably Washington Street. For the North End, it's Hanover Street. For Beacon Hill, it's Charles Street. For Back Bay, it's either Boylston Street or Newbury Street. Then you've got Broadway in South Boston, Dot Ave in Dorchester, Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, and so on.
In Cambridge it's a little easier: I think Mass Ave is the undisputed central thoroughfare of the city. Brookline probably has two: Harvard Street and Beacon Street.
If you had to pick just one for Boston it would definitely be Beacon Street.
Wilshire Blvd sounds about right for Los Angeles.
East Bay/Oakland it would be 14th Street/International Blvd/Mission Blvd (all the same road).
I'm having a hard time coming up with penultimate streets for these other cities I have frequented or visited: San Diego, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Kansas City, St Louis, Memphis, Nashville.
For Nashville it's Broadway, which later turns into West End Ave.
If you had to pick just one for Boston it would definitely be Beacon Street.
Why's that? It doesn't have any commercial zoning until you hit Fenway, and the only significant commercial area is in Brookline. I'd be more inclined to say Boylston Street, personally, and even that's not a perfect choice.
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