the street with a lot of souvenir shops

Hello, everyone.

Would you help me again?

Would the following sentences commonly used?
(a) I walked down the street with a lot of souvenir shops.
(b1) I walked down the street that has a lot of souvenir shops.
(b2) I walked down the street which has a lot of souvenir shops.
(c1) I walked down the street where a lot of souvenir shops were.
(c2) I walked down the street where there were a lot of souvenir shops.

Hirashin

You might see any of those used. I think I prefer (b1) and (c2), but notice that these use different tenses.

The implication seems to be that the reader/listener already knows that there is a particular street with a lot of souvenir shops. You are saying that that was the street you walked down. If the listener does not have any prior knowledge of such a street, then you would normally say "a street".

I think c2 is the best. However a is the most concise and still gets the message across just as well. So a or c2 for me. Although in some of these "were" should be "are". Were implies the shops are no longer there.