89 Great Streets in the U.S.A.

Of the American Planning Association‘s (APA) 306 Great Places in America, 89 of them are designated as Great Streets. The balance of these places are either neighborhoods or public spaces. APA designated the Great Places in the years 2007-2019 and is currently working on releasing their winners for 2020.

Key West’s Duval Street is among the 89. We bring you this Great Streets List because Key West is embarking on a study and reimagining how to improve it’s own main street. We hope perusing this list provides for ideas on how to make our own great street – Duval Street – even better.

  1. Cushman Street: Fairbanks, Alaska
  2. Broadway Street: Skagway, Alaska
  3. Congress Street: Tuscon, Arizon
  4. Spring Street: Eureka Springs, Arkansas
  5. Olvera Street: Los Angeles, California
  6. 5th Avenue: San Diego, California
  7. State Street: Santa Barbara, California
  8. Aspen Pedestrian Mall: Aspen, Colorado
  9. Pearl Street Mall: Boulder, Colorado
  10. U Street N.W.: Washington, D.C.
  11. Broadwalk: Hollywood, Florida
  12. Laura Street: Jacksonville, Florida
  13. Duval Street: Key West, Florida
  14. Ocean Drive: Miami Beach, Florida
  15. Palafox Street: Pensacola, Florida
  16. Clematis Street: West Palm Beach, Florida
  17. 7th Avenue: Tampa, Florida
  18. Bull Street: Savannah, Georgia
  19. The Squares of Savannah: Savannah, Georgia
  20. Front Street: Lahaina, Hawaii
  21. Sherman Avenue: Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
  22. Main Street: Ketchum, Idaho
  23. Bank Street: Wallace, Idaho
  24. Lincoln Avenue and Giddings Plaza: Chicago, Illinois
  25. North Michigan Avenue: Chicago, Illinois
  26. Main Street: Galena, Illinois
  27. Monument Circle: Indianapolis, Indiana
  28. Massachusetts Street: Lawrence, Kansas
  29. West Main Street: Louisville, Kentucky
  30. St. Charles Avenue: New Orleans, Louisiana
  31. Front Street: Bath, Maine
  32. Commercial Street: Portland, Maine
  33. Congress Street: Portland, Maine
  34. Main Street: Annapolis, Maryland
  35. Washington Street: Boston, Massachusetts
  36. Main Street: Nantucket, Massachusetts
  37. South Main Street: Ann Arbor, Michigan
  38. Front Street: Traverse City, Michigan
  39. Summit Avenue: St. Paul, Minnesota
  40. Washington Avenue: St. Louis, Missouri
  41. Main Street: Bozeman, Montana
  42. Broadway Avenue: Red Lodge, Montana
  43. South 24th Street: Omaha, Nebraska
  44. Water Street: Henderson, Nevada
  45. C Street: Virginia City, Nevada
  46. Market Street and Market Square: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
  47. Haddon Avenue: Collingswood, New Jersey
  48. Washington Street: Hoboken, New Jersey
  49. Bridge Street: Las Vegas, New Mexico
  50. Arthur Avenue: Bronx, New York
  51. Market Street: Corning, New York
  52. Wall Street: Kingston, New York
  53. Broadway: New York, New York
  54. Fifth Avenue: New York, New York
  55. Harlem’s 125th Street: New York, New York
  56. Main Street: Sag Harbor, New York
  57. Broadway: Saratoga Springs, New York
  58. Main Street: Waterloo, New York
  59. Lexington Avenue: Asheville, North Carolina
  60. Main Street: Davidson, North Carolina
  61. Middle Street: New Bern, North Carolina
  62. Fayetteville Street: Raleigh, North Carolina
  63. Fifth Street: Dayton, Ohio
  64. Third Street: McMinnville, Oregon
  65. 5th and 6th Avenues – Portland Transit Mall: Portland, Oregon
  66. Liberty Street: Franklin, Pennsylvania
  67. Broadway: Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
  68. South Broad Street: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  69. Rittenhouse Square: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  70. Grant Street: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  71. Broad Street: Charleston, South Carolina
  72. King Street: Charleston, South Carolina
  73. Main Street: Greenville, South Carolina
  74. State Street: Bristol, Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia
  75. Walnut Street Pedestrian Bridge: Chattanooga, Tennessee
  76. Gay Street: Knoxville, Tennessee
  77. South El Paso Street: El Paso, Texas
  78. The Strand (Avenue B): Galveston, Texas
  79. West Magnolia Avenue: Fort Worth, Texas
  80. 25th Street: Ogden, Utah
  81. South Temple Street: Salt Lake City, Utah
  82. King Street: Alexandria, Virginia
  83. Clarendon-Wilson Corridor: Arlington, Virginia
  84. Davis Street: Culpeper, Virginia
  85. Washington Street: Middleburg, Virginia
  86. Monument Avenue: Richmond, Virginia
  87. West Beverley Street: Staunton, Virginia
  88. Duke of Gloucester Street: Williamsburg, Virginia
  89. North Main Street: Wheeling, West Virginia

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