Valiasr Street
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Valiasr Street, the tree-lined large street that cuts the metropolis of Tehran into the western and eastern parts.
The street was built by Reza Shah Pahlavi and called the Pahlavi Street. The street's name was changed to the Valiasr after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Valiasr Street is the hub of different activities in Tehran and innumerable shops and restaurants and a large number of parks, highways, cultural centers etc. are situated along this long avenue. It runs from the Tehran's railway station in the south of the city to the Tajrish square in the north. Valiasr runs for 12 miles, south to north, through the blocky expanse of Tehran, so enormous, like London, that it seems to be a country all by itself of concrete and Tarmac and windowpanes. Valiasr heaves with traffic until the small hours. The shops stay open late and the kiosks sell fresh fruit juice and coffee and newspapers. The young Iranians promenade on four wheels, in and out of each other's cars, the impatient ones tossing phone numbers in through the open windows.
See also: List of upscale shopping districts
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