K St, Downtown

I used to take the Bus to Sacramento State University from the Amtrak station downtown. When I was bored of riding the bus, I started to walk the route (30/31 line on J and L street) after hopping off the bus in midtown near the 20's. I found K street was the best street for pedestrians as the city had decided to cut off traffic starting at 15th street all the way to the shopping mall at 7th.

Although the local residents are a little sketchy as you approach downtown, there are lots of reasons why K Street is a great addition to the flavor of the Sacramento life experience.

K street is a pedestrian friendly passageway from the Sacramento Convention Center to the Capitol Buildings and the K Street Mall downtown. You can get a good meal at one of the multitude of restaurants near K street. If you need a haircut, a shoeshine, your suit pressed, or your heart-strings tugged upon then K street is your best bet.

The mixture of high class business people with penny-less street dwellers makes for a bit of a strange dynamic along K street, but if you're willing to put up with the wafting scent of Chanel #5 combined with flop-sweat then you'll enjoy a stroll down K street.

I cannot comment on the driving sections of K street as it heads into the residential part of Midtown Sacramento other than to say it is unremarkable and probably a good street to live near due to it's services.

If you are interested in the history of Sacramento, Sutters Fort Historical Park and the California State Indian Museum are located on K Street between 26th and 28th street.

Enjoy!