Park Ave Between 77th St and 79th St

If it weren't for its width, Park Avenue would be a very dark, very gray canyon. With practically every building sharing the same height and the same color, you're forced to look at the closer details to differentiate one structure from the next.

It's often hard to imagine that people actually live on Park Avenue. You figure that the people who can afford it, would prefer to live around Central Park, if just for the views and the lack of traffic noise – but sure enough, they live here too. Unlike many other avenues, Park doesn't have any bus lines running up and down its divided streets, which lessens both the overall vehicular traffic as well as prevents a lot of people from just hanging around (a benefit that the mansions on 5th Ave don't enjoy).