Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The avenue stretches southward from West 143rd Street in Harlem to Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. The section in Midtown Manhattan is one of the most expensive shopping streets in the world.
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History
After he was summoned by Demona through Titania's Mirror, Puck taunted her desire to no longer turn to stone by suggesting that if her wish was granted, she'd "fit right in" during the day with the crowds on Fifth Avenue. ("The Mirror")
Characteristics
A section of Fifth Avenue running from 82nd to 110th Streets, also alongside Central Park, is also nicknamed Museum Mile due to its large number of museums. Two of those museums are the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Additional landmarks located on Fifth Avenue running southwest towards lower Manhattan include the Park Manor Hotel, Rockefeller Center, the Empire State Building, and the Flatiron Building.
See Also
- Fifth Avenue at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
