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Title: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: KCRoadFan on November 15, 2023, 12:51:25 AM
It seems to me like most major US cities (my city of Kansas City included) have a street named "Broadway" - the one in NYC, of course, being the most famous. The next 4 biggest cities - LA, Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix - also have a Broadway, and it seems as though Philadelphia is the largest US city without one. (Although, I suppose that only half counts, as Philly does, of course, have Broad Street.)

That made me wonder: behind Philly, what are the next biggest cities throughout the country that DON'T have a street named Broadway? (Pretty sure DC doesn't have a Broadway, either.)
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Max Rockatansky on November 15, 2023, 07:57:20 AM
The strange thing is that Broadway in Phoenix just another east/west street.  Central Avenue more or less fits the typical "Broadway" function in the city.  Philadelphia doesn't have a Broadway but "Broad Street" essentially fulfills the same role.

Locally in Fresno the Broadway here was US 99.  Broadway is also the most butchered and neutered street in the city as much of it has been sectioned up for development.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: US 89 on November 15, 2023, 08:42:24 AM
There's no Broadway in Atlanta. There is a Broad Street but it is a minor downtown street a few blocks long, with some of it permanently closed off for conversion into a pedestrian area.

There is a Broadway in Salt Lake City, but it's just another name for 300 South, a decidedly minor downtown street, dwarfed in historic and cultural significance by South Temple and to some degree 200 South, and in modern transportation significance by 400 South.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: GaryV on November 15, 2023, 09:03:34 AM
Broadway in Detroit is a 3-block city street radiating from Grand Circus Park. (Yes, I know Detroit is no longer one of the "biggest" US cities.)

In Grand Rapids, Broadway is a mostly residential side street.

Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: bugo on November 15, 2023, 09:13:49 AM
No Broadway in Tulsa, although there are Broadways in Coweta, Broken Arrow, Sand Springs and Inola. None of them are super important streets.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: StogieGuy7 on November 15, 2023, 09:51:14 AM
Quote from: US 89 on November 15, 2023, 08:42:24 AM

There is a Broadway in Salt Lake City, but it's just another name for 300 South, a decidedly minor downtown street, dwarfed in historic and cultural significance by South Temple and to some degree 200 South, and in modern transportation significance by 400 South.

From my studies of the history of Salt Lake, I think that Broadway (3rd South) was a more important street back in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s than it came to be later. Lined with office buildings, lots of shops and angled parking. Eventually, 400 South was expanded, which took away a lot of the traffic - followed by the conversion of 500 and 600 South streets to one-way thoroughfares connecting I-15 to the east side. And 300 South gradually withered away.  Worked at an older office building on that street for a time in 1987 or so. You could tell that the area was once a more important part of town.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: RobbieL2415 on November 15, 2023, 09:53:03 AM
Boston?
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: roadman65 on November 15, 2023, 09:56:10 AM
Quote from: KCRoadFan on November 15, 2023, 12:51:25 AM
It seems to me like most major US cities (my city of Kansas City included) have a street named "Broadway" - the one in NYC, of course, being the most famous. The next 4 biggest cities - LA, Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix - also have a Broadway, and it seems as though Philadelphia is the largest US city without one. (Although, I suppose that only half counts, as Philly does, of course, have Broad Street.)

That made me wonder: behind Philly, what are the next biggest cities throughout the country that DON'T have a street named Broadway? (Pretty sure DC doesn't have a Broadway, either.)

Broadway and Broad Street are like apples and oranges. The former is one word that was derived by the Dutch language. The latter is a street named Broad, probably cause when the name first came out, it was applied ( most likely) to a very wide street.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: roadman65 on November 15, 2023, 09:57:03 AM
Orlando and Tampa don't have one to my knowledge.

Correction. Tampa has a Broadway Avenue east of Ybor.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 10:16:57 AM
Denver has one, and it's the zero point for the east/west street numbering.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Dirt Roads on November 15, 2023, 10:46:38 AM
There is no Broadway in either Raleigh or Charlotte, but there is a Broadway Drive in Greensboro. 

And of course, Asheville has its famed Broadway Street (US-25), which is the main north-south drag through the Downtown business district.  That shouldn't be a surprise, as Broadway Street works its way northward down to its namesake, the French Broad River.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: StogieGuy7 on November 15, 2023, 10:48:21 AM
Chicago actually does have a "Broadway", which I had forgotten about since it's not that important of a thoroughfare. It's on the North Side and merges into N. Halsted at it's south end.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: kphoger on November 15, 2023, 10:50:45 AM
Quote from: KCRoadFan on November 15, 2023, 12:51:25 AM
The next 4 biggest cities - LA, Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix - also have a Broadway

Quote from: StogieGuy7 on November 15, 2023, 10:48:21 AM
Chicago actually does have a "Broadway"

Didn't read the OP?
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: StogieGuy7 on November 15, 2023, 10:57:44 AM
Quote from: kphoger on November 15, 2023, 10:50:45 AM
Quote from: KCRoadFan on November 15, 2023, 12:51:25 AM
The next 4 biggest cities - LA, Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix - also have a Broadway

Quote from: StogieGuy7 on November 15, 2023, 10:48:21 AM
Chicago actually does have a "Broadway"

Didn't read the OP?

I guess his list was so long that I dozed off and missed that one.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: jp the roadgeek on November 15, 2023, 11:00:24 AM
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on November 15, 2023, 09:53:03 AM
Boston?

Nope.  I found a couple of T stops called Broadway and there is a West and East Broadway in Dorchester. 
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: kphoger on November 15, 2023, 11:04:45 AM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on November 15, 2023, 11:00:24 AM

Quote from: RobbieL2415 on November 15, 2023, 09:53:03 AM
Boston?

Nope.  I found a couple of T stops called Broadway and there is a West and East Broadway in Dorchester. 

Broadway St, Boston (https://maps.app.goo.gl/nsTxqDpELX49eMPeA)
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on November 15, 2023, 11:22:47 AM
I don't believe St. Paul has a Broadway, though Minneapolis does.

MN top 10:

Minneapolis: yes
St. Paul: no
Rochester: yes
Bloomington: no
Duluth: no
Brooklyn Park: yes
Plymouth: no?
Woodbury: no?
Lakeville: no?
Blaine: no?
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: kphoger on November 15, 2023, 11:27:25 AM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on November 15, 2023, 11:22:47 AM
I don't believe St. Paul has a Broadway, though Minneapolis does.

Broadway St, Saint Paul (https://maps.app.goo.gl/NsiUxAxh2XFfVyZ3A)
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on November 15, 2023, 11:31:04 AM
Quote from: kphoger on November 15, 2023, 11:27:25 AM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on November 15, 2023, 11:22:47 AM
I don't believe St. Paul has a Broadway, though Minneapolis does.

Broadway St, Saint Paul (https://maps.app.goo.gl/NsiUxAxh2XFfVyZ3A)

I don't know how people always manage to make me look like a complete moron within 20 seconds of me saying anything. I looked for that and nothing showed up.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 11:31:24 AM
I don't believe Juneau has one. But Jacksonville does.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Flint1979 on November 15, 2023, 11:35:44 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 15, 2023, 07:57:20 AM
The strange thing is that Broadway in Phoenix just another east/west street.  Central Avenue more or less fits the typical "Broadway" function in the city.  Philadelphia doesn't have a Broadway but "Broad Street" essentially fulfills the same role.

Locally in Fresno the Broadway here was US 99.  Broadway is also the most butchered and neutered street in the city as much of it has been sectioned up for development.
The Broadway Street in Phoenix was actually named for a person rather than being a main street.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: kphoger on November 15, 2023, 11:40:09 AM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 11:31:24 AM
I don't believe Juneau has one. But Jacksonville does.

Well played!  I think Sitka also doesn't have a Broadway.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Flint1979 on November 15, 2023, 11:45:35 AM
Michigan's 7 largest cities

Detroit - yes
Grand Rapids - yes
Warren - no
Sterling Heights - no
Ann Arbor - yes
Lansing - no
Dearborn - no
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: kphoger on November 15, 2023, 12:06:59 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on November 15, 2023, 11:31:04 AM

Quote from: kphoger on November 15, 2023, 11:27:25 AM

Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on November 15, 2023, 11:22:47 AM
I don't believe St. Paul has a Broadway, though Minneapolis does.

Broadway St, Saint Paul (https://maps.app.goo.gl/NsiUxAxh2XFfVyZ3A)

I don't know how people always manage to make me look like a complete moron within 20 seconds of me saying anything. I looked for that and nothing showed up.

[emoji848]  I'm guessing you searched Google Maps for "Broadway Saint Paul MN" and then immediately hit Enter, which for me pins to Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.  I've noticed a similar issue for other street names in various locations.  It's better, in my experience, to search for "Broadway St" instead of "Broadway" (or whatever), even if you're not sure what the generic would really be, in order to cue Google in on the fact that you're looking for street names and not business names.

(https://i.imgur.com/pTEOvy2.jpg)
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: 1995hoo on November 15, 2023, 12:19:33 PM
Brooklyn has a unique variant (according to the MTA at a stop on the GG):

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ea/df/f6/eadff664328d360dcf094241a1526dcb.jpg)
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: -- US 175 -- on November 15, 2023, 04:42:38 PM
Dallas doesn't have a Broad/Broadway, neither does Fort Worth.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 04:55:50 PM
Quote from: kphoger on November 15, 2023, 11:40:09 AM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 11:31:24 AM
I don't believe Juneau has one. But Jacksonville does.

Well played!  I think Sitka also doesn't have a Broadway.

I kinda forgot that Sitka was larger than Juneau now.

Sitka, Juneau, Wrangell, and Anchorage are without Broadways. The largest city that does have one is Tribune, KS.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Takumi on November 15, 2023, 05:19:42 PM
Richmond and Virginia Beach both have Broad Street, but not Broadway. Norfolk has a Broadway Street.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: JustDrive on November 15, 2023, 06:06:24 PM
In California, Riverside, the 12th-largest city by population, is the largest city without a Broadway, although the ones in San José, Bakersfield, and Stockton are very short residential streets.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: US 89 on November 15, 2023, 06:29:01 PM
Quote from: StogieGuy7 on November 15, 2023, 09:51:14 AM
Quote from: US 89 on November 15, 2023, 08:42:24 AM
There is a Broadway in Salt Lake City, but it's just another name for 300 South, a decidedly minor downtown street, dwarfed in historic and cultural significance by South Temple and to some degree 200 South, and in modern transportation significance by 400 South.

From my studies of the history of Salt Lake, I think that Broadway (3rd South) was a more important street back in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s than it came to be later. Lined with office buildings, lots of shops and angled parking. Eventually, 400 South was expanded, which took away a lot of the traffic - followed by the conversion of 500 and 600 South streets to one-way thoroughfares connecting I-15 to the east side. And 300 South gradually withered away.  Worked at an older office building on that street for a time in 1987 or so. You could tell that the area was once a more important part of town.

I'm sure it was more important at one point, but even then it always seemed to me that most of the office buildings, banks, etc. and the culture/restaurants/nightlife were always up on 2nd South. Funny you mention angle parking because my one association with Broadway/3rd now is the angle parking in the median.

At any rate, 400 South has been a significant arterial since at least the mid 1930s, when it became SR 186 and then Alt US 40 a few years later. Probably got to be even bigger once Foothill was complete in its present form in the early 50s.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: kirbykart on November 15, 2023, 07:05:05 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 04:55:50 PM
The largest city that does have one is Tribune, KS.

Did you mean smallest? Tribune is incredibly small.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 07:26:57 PM
Quote from: kirbykart on November 15, 2023, 07:05:05 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 04:55:50 PM
The largest city that does have one is Tribune, KS.

Did you mean smallest? Tribune is incredibly small.

5th largest city in the U.S., since it annexed the whole county.

(I'm obviously talking about area, not population.)
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: TheCatalyst31 on November 15, 2023, 07:38:46 PM
In Wisconsin, Kenosha is the largest city without a Broadway; Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay all have them (though the Madison one is mostly in neighboring Monona). You can probably count the number of non-numeric street names in Kenosha on one hand, though.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: kirbykart on November 15, 2023, 07:40:08 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 07:26:57 PM
Quote from: kirbykart on November 15, 2023, 07:05:05 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 04:55:50 PM
The largest city that does have one is Tribune, KS.

Did you mean smallest? Tribune is incredibly small.

5th largest city in the U.S., since it annexed the whole county.

(I'm obviously talking about area, not population.)

Dang, you shoulda specified that. Who cares about the area of a city?

Ah well, no use worrying about it now.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Occidental Tourist on November 15, 2023, 09:27:10 PM
The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO

Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 10:05:33 PM
Quote from: kirbykart on November 15, 2023, 07:40:08 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 07:26:57 PM
Quote from: kirbykart on November 15, 2023, 07:05:05 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 04:55:50 PM
The largest city that does have one is Tribune, KS.

Did you mean smallest? Tribune is incredibly small.

5th largest city in the U.S., since it annexed the whole county.

(I'm obviously talking about area, not population.)

Dang, you shoulda specified that. Who cares about the area of a city?

Ah well, no use worrying about it now.

I think most people were in on the joke.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 10:06:31 PM
Quote from: Occidental Tourist on November 15, 2023, 09:27:10 PM
The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO

Jacksonville has a Broadway Avenue on the Westside.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Henry on November 15, 2023, 11:04:00 PM
I just found a Broadway East in Seattle. It's a street in the Capitol Hill and Portage Bay neighborhoods that has several disconnected sections, and is not too well-known as a result.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Scott5114 on November 15, 2023, 11:50:22 PM
Quote from: Occidental Tourist on November 15, 2023, 09:27:10 PM
The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO

OKC has a Broadway (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4718596,-97.5143145,3a,15y,290.16h,97.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOFSVC4ueJd_I8qJUccBtMQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu), and it's quite prominent. Much of it was the route of US-77 through the city, as well as US-62 and US-66. The US-77 freeway north of I-44 is called the Broadway Extension in local parlance.

This same Broadway has its southern terminus about a mile into Norman. This is the only Broadway that Norman has; our north-south dividing line was Front Street, a good chunk of which is now James Garner Avenue.

Neither Las Vegas proper nor the greater metro area in unincorporated Clark County have a Broadway, but the separately-incorporated city of North Las Vegas does have one.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on November 16, 2023, 12:05:05 AM
Quote from: Occidental Tourist on November 15, 2023, 09:27:10 PM
The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO



Besides 'Broad St,' Columbus has North Broadway (St) going from just west of Riverside Hospital to near Northern Lights Shopping Mall (Mifflin Twp).
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Occidental Tourist on November 16, 2023, 01:04:34 AM
Quote from: Occidental Tourist on November 15, 2023, 09:27:10 PM
The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO



😬 whoops
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Great Lakes Roads on November 16, 2023, 03:24:01 AM
Indiana's top 10

Indianapolis- yes
Fort Wayne- yes
Evansville- yes
South Bend- yes
Carmel- yes
Fishers- no
Bloomington- yes
Hammond- no
Gary- yes
Lafayette- yes
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: JustDrive on November 16, 2023, 04:03:52 AM
Quote from: Occidental Tourist on November 15, 2023, 09:27:10 PM
The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO



I pointed out that San José has a "Broadway Ave" and it's a residential street
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: kendancy66 on November 16, 2023, 04:19:53 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on November 15, 2023, 11:35:44 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 15, 2023, 07:57:20 AM
The strange thing is that Broadway in Phoenix just another east/west street.  Central Avenue more or less fits the typical "Broadway" function in the city.  Philadelphia doesn't have a Broadway but "Broad Street" essentially fulfills the same role.

Locally in Fresno the Broadway here was US 99.  Broadway is also the most butchered and neutered street in the city as much of it has been sectioned up for development.
The Broadway Street in Phoenix was actually named for a person rather than being a main street.

"Broadway" Joe Namath ?
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Rothman on November 16, 2023, 06:53:47 AM
But do any of these Broadways have neon lights?  Are they bright?
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Big John on November 16, 2023, 07:15:15 AM
Quote from: kendancy66 on November 16, 2023, 04:19:53 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on November 15, 2023, 11:35:44 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 15, 2023, 07:57:20 AM
The strange thing is that Broadway in Phoenix just another east/west street.  Central Avenue more or less fits the typical "Broadway" function in the city.  Philadelphia doesn't have a Broadway but "Broad Street" essentially fulfills the same role.

Locally in Fresno the Broadway here was US 99.  Broadway is also the most butchered and neutered street in the city as much of it has been sectioned up for development.
The Broadway Street in Phoenix was actually named for a person rather than being a main street.

"Broadway" Joe Namath ?
He got that nickname because of New York's Broadway playing for the Jets.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Flint1979 on November 16, 2023, 07:26:25 AM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 07:26:57 PM
Quote from: kirbykart on November 15, 2023, 07:05:05 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 04:55:50 PM
The largest city that does have one is Tribune, KS.

Did you mean smallest? Tribune is incredibly small.

5th largest city in the U.S., since it annexed the whole county.

(I'm obviously talking about area, not population.)
They can do whatever they want, Tribune is still a tiny city.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Rothman on November 16, 2023, 08:24:42 AM
Quote from: Big John on November 16, 2023, 07:15:15 AM
Quote from: kendancy66 on November 16, 2023, 04:19:53 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on November 15, 2023, 11:35:44 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 15, 2023, 07:57:20 AM
The strange thing is that Broadway in Phoenix just another east/west street.  Central Avenue more or less fits the typical "Broadway" function in the city.  Philadelphia doesn't have a Broadway but "Broad Street" essentially fulfills the same role.

Locally in Fresno the Broadway here was US 99.  Broadway is also the most butchered and neutered street in the city as much of it has been sectioned up for development.
The Broadway Street in Phoenix was actually named for a person rather than being a main street.

"Broadway" Joe Namath ?
He got that nickname because of New York's Broadway playing for the Jets.
He got that nickname because he was one of the first football celebrities with specific mass media exposure...
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: JayhawkCO on November 16, 2023, 08:44:25 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on November 16, 2023, 07:26:25 AM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 07:26:57 PM
Quote from: kirbykart on November 15, 2023, 07:05:05 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on November 15, 2023, 04:55:50 PM
The largest city that does have one is Tribune, KS.

Did you mean smallest? Tribune is incredibly small.

5th largest city in the U.S., since it annexed the whole county.

(I'm obviously talking about area, not population.)
They can do whatever they want, Tribune is still a tiny city.

::high school bully voice:: Bigger than your city!
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Occidental Tourist on November 17, 2023, 01:38:46 AM
Quote from: Occidental Tourist on November 15, 2023, 09:27:10 PM
The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO



😬😬 double whoops
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: jt4 on November 17, 2023, 10:25:53 AM
In Ohio, the largest city without a Broadway is Parma (7th largest city).

Canton (8th largest) has a Broadway wholly outside its city limits, but it is close enough to be in the Canton mailing address.

Hamilton (10th largest) is the largest non-suburb that unambiguously does not have a Broadway. (I guess that might depend on whether you consider Hamilton a suburb of Cincinnati, which I don't.)
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Dirt Roads on November 17, 2023, 08:54:18 PM
Four of the Top Ten cities in West Virginia have at least one Broadway.  Charleston (#1) and Huntington (#2) don't.  But Parkersburg (#3) makes up for them by having four of them:  Broadway Avenue, Broadway Extension,  Broadway Circle, and the infamous Broadway Alley. 
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Streetman on November 18, 2023, 07:40:51 PM
Status of the cities over 100,000 in CT:
1. Bridgeport - yes
2. New Haven - yes
3. Stamford - no
4. Hartford - no
5. Waterbury - yes (Broadway St.)
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Streetman on November 18, 2023, 07:55:56 PM
Each of the five NYC boroughs has a Broadway. The Manhattan one extends into the Bronx (and all the way to Sleepy Hollow). The other three are separate, all significant thoroughfares.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: mgk920 on November 19, 2023, 02:00:52 AM
Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on November 15, 2023, 07:38:46 PM
In Wisconsin, Kenosha is the largest city without a Broadway; Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay all have them (though the Madison one is mostly in neighboring Monona). You can probably count the number of non-numeric street names in Kenosha on one hand, though.

Yea, Green Bay's Broadway is a major street in their downtown area, running southward into the suburban hinterland.  Appleton's Broadway (Dr) is a fairly important rural section line road, a portion of which was annexed into a city over the past couple of decades.

Mike
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Scott5114 on November 20, 2023, 01:00:23 AM
Quote from: Rothman on November 16, 2023, 06:53:47 AM
But do any of these Broadways have neon lights?  Are they bright?

OKC's Broadway has this ring that lights up pretty bright at night (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4710676,-97.5144201,3a,42.2y,98.07h,81.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s40CtTzRy5TBqpi-oOS73TA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu). Does that count?
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: KCRoadFan on November 20, 2023, 01:03:02 AM
Quote from: Occidental Tourist on November 15, 2023, 09:27:10 PM
The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO

Louisville has a Broadway.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: jt4 on November 20, 2023, 10:15:11 PM
Quote from: Occidental Tourist on November 15, 2023, 09:27:10 PM
The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO

Columbus has a North Broadway, an east-west arterial.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: JayhawkCO on November 21, 2023, 10:35:40 AM
So looks like we're here?

Dallas
Fort Worth
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO

Edit: The Springs has a Broadway Avenue
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: swake on November 21, 2023, 08:26:47 PM
Both Arlington, TX and Arlington, VA
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: Occidental Tourist on November 24, 2023, 12:08:52 PM
Jesus, I couldn't have screwed this up any worse if I had been trying to.
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: bzakharin on November 24, 2023, 03:38:36 PM
In NJ:
Cities with population over 100,000:
Newark - yes
Jersey City - yes, but it's very short and mostly unimportant
Paterson - yes, and it even crosses into Fair Lawn
Elizabeth - yes, but it's two blocks long. Broad Street is the large one

Other important cities
Trenton (capital) - sort of. Google labels one of the walkways of Cadwalader Park as Broadway. Broad Street is the large one
Atlantic City (biggest shore city) - no, but there is a Broad Street
Vineland (largest by area) - yes, but it's one block long
Union City (highest population density) - yes
Camden (biggest in South Jersey) - yes, and it continues into Gloucester City and Brooklawn (as New Broadway)
Title: Re: Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”
Post by: freebrickproductions on November 24, 2023, 06:37:39 PM
Would Off Broadway Street (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7539237,-86.6938558,3a,15y,162.8h,95.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAMTzM2sfCnCN9nt38SvUeg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu) count as a Broadway? The other three largest cities in Alabama all contain straight Broadway names (Broadway Streets in Birmingham and Montgomery, Broadway Drive in Mobile).