34th Street

Midtown crosstown road

34th Street is a major crosstown thoroughfare in Manhattan, notable as the location of the Empire State Building and Macy's flagship store.

The phrase evokes midtown New York's commercial bustle.

It's best known from the Christmas film *Miracle on 34th Street*, where it represents both retail spectacle and sentimental belief in Santa Claus.

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Christmas · subway · Penn Station · shopping · New York · New York City · department store · window displays · parade · Thanksgiving · Kris Kringle · Santa Claus · crosstown · Empire State · holiday · midtown · Natalie Wood · believing

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manhattan geography

34th Streetavenue

Broad urban roadway

Fifth Avenue · Park Avenue · Madison Avenue · Wall Street · Broadway

christmas mythology

34th Streetcynicism

Distrust of human sincerity

disbelief · commercialism

manhattan geography (midtown vs. periphery)

34th StreetWashington Heights

Upper Manhattan residential area

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street, streets, thirty, fourths

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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G