The Stoop: A Room With A View Of The City

Sitting on stoops -- the entrance strairways to buildings -- is still popular in New York. The New York Times visits stoops around the city.

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August 10, 2001, 2:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The rest of the country sits on porches, but New Yorkers sit on stoops...The stoop is both personal and communal real estate.... In August, a block's buildings are like sweaty faces; the stoops loll out like panting tongues." New York Times reporters visit stoops in Williamsburg, Jackson Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and the Upper West Side.

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: From the Stoops, Front-Row Seats on the City's Life

Friday, August 10, 2001 in The New York Times

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