Sesame Street is your street, too

2013-01-08T11:42:00-05:00

"A block of row houses -- narrow, tall, brick- or stone-faced homes, connected side-by-side -- is my shorthand for city perfection....Blocks of row houses generate a perfect urban scale: large enough to support neighborhood groceries, bars, and shops, but not so dense as to create parking crunches or attract huge stores"

Eric Fredericksen examines how Sesame Street was his first experience of urban living. He then draws parallels between Sesame Street and his current living situation, his preference for row houses and stoop-life and the comings and goings of his neighborhood.

H/T toasteroven who notes "I have this theory that an entire generation of americans are all subconsciously trying to find sesame street".

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Sesame Street is your street, too