@@Inexpressable Elizabeth Street in Melbourne was once a stream, and the city's old freshwater source. A drain still runs underneath, and during heavy rains the street is prone to flooding.
@@Inexpressable while filling them in is rarer, entirely covering them (especially when the city draws its water supply from them further up stream, so the water level is much depleated) is not all that uncommon.
There are pedestrian streets in The Rocks (Sydney, Australia), which I guess were preserved for heritage and tourism. The area is perhaps a little bit too hilly and the streets a bit too narrow to pave for vehicles.
My home city Cork has streets called quays even though they're not by water. They were by water in the past until many former river channels were covered over in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Labels are funny things.... Especially when government is involved. "Federation Tail" bike trail in Melbourne is officially a road even though cars can't use it (and wont fit on it) because it's partly managed by VicRoads. Might actually be an interesting story.
So VicRoads is responsible for a "road" which is not a road, but they are responsible for primary and secondary road, not side street and minor roads for which councils do the maintence. Yep, there is a episode here, two if you explain the policies to those overseas.
There are some partial step streets in central Wellington NZ. The initial street plan was mapped out in England and didn't take into account the terrain. Church Street from the Terrace is one example.
In Scotland you have allot of pedestrian only walkways but they have other names for example pend, wynd, close, vennel .. Edinburghs old town is probably the best example
There's quite a few streets in Osaka Japan, and while they don't have steps, you have to wonder how a car fits down this thing. Next thing you know you have a truck coming at you from around the corner, with the mirrors missing the houses by a few cms.
Some in the eastern, older part Sydney, where it's very hilly - Walker St, Lavender Bay (leading to Wendy Whiteley's Secret Garden); Palmerston Ave, Glebe (uphill from the Light Rail stop), several spots in Hurlstone Park (leading down to Cooks River).
When I was young, Sydney had dozens of these massive stone stairs cutting between the high sandstone plateaus and the low foreshores around Sydney Harbour. In the last 2-3 decades developers and councils have conspired to remove or block them off. In some places replacing them with glass elevators for the perpetually lazy.
have you tried going down stairs in a wheelchair? Or if you have other mobility issues? The elevators are there for them. But they should keep the stairs either way
The Inca built massive highways to connect their large empire, and huge parts of that highway are made of stairs. The Inca didn't use wheels for carts or the like; all cargo was carried by humans and llamas. Therefore, when making routes through the steep Andes mountains, why not use stairs for some portions of it? Both humans and llamas could navigate them fine, after all.
I suppose there’s a equivalent here in Newcastle upon Tyne in England is the ‘Chare”streets named as such provide a route from the riverside to the higher areas of the city ,mostly little more than steep banks often cobbled some are stepped access routes
I would like to think that they're essentially not of a zero grade and the grade changes so high that they just built steps to walk, so basically it became a sidewalk. Isreal is full of them and other places that have mountains or buildings that press really close that cars don't do. The pathway is the local street. This is really interesting.
TIL: Ive used some of my citys step streets and didnt even know they were streets xD Your intro was what let me know cuz you showed a Kansas City step street, but ya showed the wrong Kansas City heh. KCMO has step streets too, just on the other side of the border from the KC you were in. Theres at least one where ive always been unsure if i was legally able to go thru there or if i was trespassin on the apts nearby, but given the path connects a park to a street that takes a significant detour around to reach otherwise by foot, and the step street happens to connect the two bits of that street to each other, and its thru both a narrow path and up a significant height in short distance; im all the more certain now that its a step street. Esp as i looked it up and theres at least a few step streets in the grter kansas city area rather than just the kansas kansas city area.
Ha yes A local shortcut I use often is ‘Valley View Close’, which is part of a day walk of the great north walk. So yeah, they may have renamed it for ease of recognition, or some other reason
Hey Mate, the San Francisco street is pronounced "Lions", not like the French City. The street is interesting for many reasons. I think of it as the twin of Melbourne--the two are equidistant from the Equator. Cheers.
I like the subject matter, but please for all that is holy, again, please, do not use any background music as it overwhelms your narration. To be clear, I'm not saying the music itself is bad, it's the use of any background music over the narration that is the problem. And you are not the only one. Mentour Pilot started doing it awhile ago. And others as well. To what end, I don't know; it's not like we're watching a dramatic movie and need the music to push some emotional buttons. So, again, just let us hear your narration. And the closed captioning doesn't always get it correct, and the text blocks the screen. Thank you very much.
Hey m8 Have you taken a break from long form content? Been nothing but tumble weeds(Shorts) the past year. I refuse to watch shorts due to the abundance of right wing, sexist, homophobic trash that gets through YTs censors. And the effect rhat has on my mental health. Would make my year if you returned to the long format
The city of Liege, Belgium has a very nice one called 'Montagne de Bueren'. nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montagne_de_Bueren#/media/Bestand:L%C3%BCttich_Montagne.jpg
That's interesting. There are streets in China which are still called "River" because they are filled in rivers.
Imagine filling in a river
@@Inexpressable Elizabeth Street in Melbourne was once a stream, and the city's old freshwater source. A drain still runs underneath, and during heavy rains the street is prone to flooding.
@@Inexpressable while filling them in is rarer, entirely covering them (especially when the city draws its water supply from them further up stream, so the water level is much depleated) is not all that uncommon.
Amsterdam has streets called 'canal' for the same reason.
There are pedestrian streets in The Rocks (Sydney, Australia), which I guess were preserved for heritage and tourism.
The area is perhaps a little bit too hilly and the streets a bit too narrow to pave for vehicles.
My home city Cork has streets called quays even though they're not by water. They were by water in the past until many former river channels were covered over in the 18th and 19th centuries.
I love Cork, know good people there
here in Hong Kong we literally have a street called "Ladder Street" - of course, it's neither a ladder nor a typical street, but a flight of stairs
Not to mention the commuter escalator!
Labels are funny things.... Especially when government is involved. "Federation Tail" bike trail in Melbourne is officially a road even though cars can't use it (and wont fit on it) because it's partly managed by VicRoads. Might actually be an interesting story.
Ah nice. I’ll have a look.
So VicRoads is responsible for a "road" which is not a road, but they are responsible for primary and secondary road, not side street and minor roads for which councils do the maintence.
Yep, there is a episode here, two if you explain the policies to those overseas.
In Romania we have "Strada Sforii" or Sforii Street. Technically a street, actually barely wide enough for a person to fit.
There are some partial step streets in central Wellington NZ. The initial street plan was mapped out in England and didn't take into account the terrain. Church Street from the Terrace is one example.
Same with a section of Dixon Street
In Scotland you have allot of pedestrian only walkways but they have other names for example pend, wynd, close, vennel .. Edinburghs old town is probably the best example
There's quite a few streets in Osaka Japan, and while they don't have steps, you have to wonder how a car fits down this thing. Next thing you know you have a truck coming at you from around the corner, with the mirrors missing the houses by a few cms.
Some in the eastern, older part Sydney, where it's very hilly - Walker St, Lavender Bay (leading to Wendy Whiteley's Secret Garden); Palmerston Ave, Glebe (uphill from the Light Rail stop), several spots in Hurlstone Park (leading down to Cooks River).
"help me step street, I'm stuck"
According to my research, New York City has 102 step streets, I think mostly in The Bronx and northern Manhattan.
When I was young, Sydney had dozens of these massive stone stairs cutting between the high sandstone plateaus and the low foreshores around Sydney Harbour. In the last 2-3 decades developers and councils have conspired to remove or block them off. In some places replacing them with glass elevators for the perpetually lazy.
The Kings Cross area, due to its being on a hill, has many stairs linking the streets together.
Elevators are better for disabled and old people, not because people are lazy
have you tried going down stairs in a wheelchair? Or if you have other mobility issues? The elevators are there for them. But they should keep the stairs either way
Oops did we forget that accessibility exists
The Inca built massive highways to connect their large empire, and huge parts of that highway are made of stairs. The Inca didn't use wheels for carts or the like; all cargo was carried by humans and llamas. Therefore, when making routes through the steep Andes mountains, why not use stairs for some portions of it? Both humans and llamas could navigate them fine, after all.
Thanks for the video on step streets Julian
Ohh lord the steps!
I suppose there’s a equivalent here in Newcastle upon Tyne in England is the ‘Chare”streets named as such provide a route from the riverside to the higher areas of the city ,mostly little more than steep banks often cobbled some are stepped access routes
Great scripting and editing here!
Great vid Julian - I feel like you missed an opportinity to bring up the Lyon 25 by Jaws
Horses and people have no problem with "stair streets".
I would like to think that they're essentially not of a zero grade and the grade changes so high that they just built steps to walk, so basically it became a sidewalk. Isreal is full of them and other places that have mountains or buildings that press really close that cars don't do. The pathway is the local street. This is really interesting.
Perth has a good one. Jacob's Ladder near King's Park. 242 steps. Regularly used for exercise.
Does Melbourne have any official stair streets 🤔
I don’t know of any - if anyone knows of some - comment here!
MLB does officially have Au's most potholed streets if that's any consolation.
Plenty of streets where cars aren't allowed, but no stairs. :/
probably not an official step street but hobart has Kelly's steps
Too flat.
No mention of the steps (and escalators) of Hong Kong?
TIL: Ive used some of my citys step streets and didnt even know they were streets xD Your intro was what let me know cuz you showed a Kansas City step street, but ya showed the wrong Kansas City heh. KCMO has step streets too, just on the other side of the border from the KC you were in.
Theres at least one where ive always been unsure if i was legally able to go thru there or if i was trespassin on the apts nearby, but given the path connects a park to a street that takes a significant detour around to reach otherwise by foot, and the step street happens to connect the two bits of that street to each other, and its thru both a narrow path and up a significant height in short distance; im all the more certain now that its a step street.
Esp as i looked it up and theres at least a few step streets in the grter kansas city area rather than just the kansas kansas city area.
I mean google maps have some paths designated as road. Some paths have stairs
There are some on my university campus :)
That's cool!
Well, I've learnt something new... again!
That's great what a fun video
Ahhh so that one in France and the funicular option. Now I have Funiculi, Funicula stuck in my head. I had no idea, cheers mate
Curious Julian, wth are you doing in 'MURICA?
Doing research. How to design cities. Or not.
May the planning gods save us from LA and Vegas style cities
First view on a Julian O'Shea video. Fantastic.
Number 1.
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Ha yes
A local shortcut I use often is ‘Valley View Close’, which is part of a day walk of the great north walk.
So yeah, they may have renamed it for ease of recognition, or some other reason
Hey Mate, the San Francisco street is pronounced "Lions", not like the French City. The street is interesting for many reasons.
I think of it as the twin of Melbourne--the two are equidistant from the Equator.
Cheers.
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The more you know
What are you doing Step Street?
Hey! what are you doing? You're my step street!
Hahahahhaha
At what point do stairs become a ladder?
@@The_Real_2Shae When you can fall off them?
@@EchoBravo370 shiet thats actually a pretty good response
Wow steps
Yup
Parts of Girona are nothing but stairs lol.
Hey step street ☺️
It seems that I'm a little stuck 😳💦
Fun Fact: Frances McDormand turned down the role of Arthur Fleck's mother for Joker
"Why Some Stairs Are Officially ‘Streets’"?
Because... it IS a street?
Streets are for people and have been so for thousands of years...
I like the subject matter, but please for all that is holy, again, please, do not use any background music as it overwhelms your narration. To be clear, I'm not saying the music itself is bad, it's the use of any background music over the narration that is the problem. And you are not the only one. Mentour Pilot started doing it awhile ago. And others as well. To what end, I don't know; it's not like we're watching a dramatic movie and need the music to push some emotional buttons.
So, again, just let us hear your narration. And the closed captioning doesn't always get it correct, and the text blocks the screen.
Thank you very much.
Don't follow your Navsat religiously...
hey
Hey m8
Have you taken a break from long form content? Been nothing but tumble weeds(Shorts) the past year.
I refuse to watch shorts due to the abundance of right wing, sexist, homophobic trash that gets through YTs censors. And the effect rhat has on my mental health.
Would make my year if you returned to the long format
The city of Liege, Belgium has a very nice one called 'Montagne de Bueren'. nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montagne_de_Bueren#/media/Bestand:L%C3%BCttich_Montagne.jpg
Bens a drag, too much moaning:p