Fifth Ave: Fun for All Ages Fifth Ave is a place for people of various ages to all come together in harmonious coexistence. Through this collectiveness of ages on fifth we an example of Jane Jacobs “Street Ballet” 1. This, however, is not the best representation because, while this collection of different people come together within the space of the street there is still not much interaction that happens between them through the passing of strangers. Since it is a street on a college campus it is easy to forget that the street still has people of various ages as users, especial in the urban setting of the University of Pittsburgh. Various building on the college campus, but not owned by the college, help to attract a more diversely aged crowd to the area. We also seldom think of others besides college students existing within and around college owned buildings. People such as workers who clean and work in dining facilities, teachers who teach or have offices in the building, and senior citizens who come to take college classes can go unthought-of in the idea of people within a college environment. …show more content…
Kids in middle school are only found on the street on school days around 8:00 a.m. when school starts and 3:00 p.m. when school gets out. Those who go to high school in the same building are found on the street at those times, as well as, kids in high school who are on tours from a little before midday to late afternoon. Senior citizens are found from around midday to late afternoon but are typically not found out late because of old age. Middle-aged workers are found in the morning to late afternoon around work schedule hours. College students are found more or less throughout the entire day from morning classes to late classes to nighttime