page_title: Downtown Duluth
section_title: Streets
hierarchical_section_title: Downtown Duluth / Streets
caption_attribution_description: English: Duluth photo from Canal Park March 31, 2006 of 1st Avenue East (not street)Français&#160;: Vue de Lake street
context_page_description: The Downtown of Duluth, Minnesota, United States, is situated between Mesaba Avenue and 4th Avenue East; and located on Michigan, Superior, First, Second, and Third Streets.
  As in most cities, the downtown area is home to a number of the city's cultural and social attractions, as well as government offices and business centers. Duluth's main library is located in downtown, as is the city's foremost museum, the courthouse, city hall, several local restaurants and bars with live music venues, and many of the larger business offices. Stores and places to eat and drink tend to be locally or regionally owned and operated, with most chain and franchise establishments having located themselves in the "Miller Hill area" around the U.S. Highway 53 corridor. A large portion of the eastern section of downtown is oriented around Essentia Health–St. Mary's Medical Center and Miller-Dwan Medical Center.
  The downtown area is easily accessible from Interstate Highway 35. Most of the downtown is within walking distance of the touristy Canal Park district.
context_section_description: Streets in Duluth's downtown area features dramatic upward slopes, a feature common to many of Duluth's neighborhoods due to the 800-foot (240 m) elevation difference between the shore and the hilltop.
  As a part of a beautification project during Duluth's economic crisis of the 1980s, several blacktop streets were converted to brick.  Along with this change came the introduction of "old-fashioned" ornamental streetlamps.
caption: 1st Avenue East rises 520 feet (160 m) in a one-mile climb up the hillside
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