All hail the stoop.
As a1987New York Timesarticlecorrectly professes, Brooklyns stoops are ringside seats on urban drama.
But, oh, how the worm has turned.
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These elegant home entrances are woven into a neighborhoods tapestry.
Stoops no doubt provide a focal point for socializing.
(I once saw them described as neighborhood amphitheaters.
The Dutch are responsible for New Yorks stoops.
This all meant that by the 1950s thousands of stoops had vanished from the streetscape, he explains.
But thisas you knowis not where the story ends.
In the 1960s, a novel idea snowballed into action: historic districts.
Old was new and the stoop was back in favor at long last.
Even the steps at 123 Sesame Street are an immortalized visualanchored by the almighty NYC stoop.
In fact, one of her neighbors officiated the ceremony; a testament to the stoops liaison-like effects.
But the community feel of NYCs stoops was perhaps most palpableduring the pandemic.
It was a time of panic and devastation.
It was also a time of social unrest.
My community needed something, I needed something, she says.
As Pollyannaish as it may sound, for me, the stoop is the embodiment of human connection.
Most of my days end with at least a few minutes on the stoop.
