A street to rival 5th Avenue in terms of upscale shopping opportunities, the northern part of Madison Avenue is rife with boutiques. If you're not here to window shop, you'll feel a bit out of place. The glacial pace adopted by the pedestrians here can be quite a hang up for anyone trying to move it along.

Like the rest of Madison Avenue, these are more buses here than you can shake a stick at. I've been known to refer to the avenue as a glorified express lane - and that remains partially true. At least there's more to offer up here than down south in the desolate 30's.