Sidewalk
noun
A path for people to walk along the side of a street or road.
Children should always be supervised when walking on the sidewalk.
Often appears as...
- walk down the sidewalk
- clean the sidewalk
noun
A path for people to walk along the side of a street or road.
Children should always be supervised when walking on the sidewalk.
Often appears as...
- walk down the sidewalk
- clean the sidewalk
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Pro Tip 1/3Urban Areas
Sidewalks are common in cities and towns but less so in rural areas.
The small village had no sidewalks, just dirt roads.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Zone
Sidewalks provide a safe space separating pedestrians from vehicles.
Stay on the sidewalk to avoid the busy traffic.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Space
Sidewalks are public property, often maintained by local governments.
The city workers cleared snow from the sidewalks early in the morning.
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Areas
Sidewalks are common in cities and towns but less so in rural areas.
The small village had no sidewalks, just dirt roads.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Zone
Sidewalks provide a safe space separating pedestrians from vehicles.
Stay on the sidewalk to avoid the busy traffic.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Space
Sidewalks are public property, often maintained by local governments.
The city workers cleared snow from the sidewalks early in the morning.
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Areas
Sidewalks are common in cities and towns but less so in rural areas.
The small village had no sidewalks, just dirt roads.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Zone
Sidewalks provide a safe space separating pedestrians from vehicles.
Stay on the sidewalk to avoid the busy traffic.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Space
Sidewalks are public property, often maintained by local governments.
The city workers cleared snow from the sidewalks early in the morning.
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Amos Winter: The cheap...
If you're crossing the street, you have sidewalk cutouts. And if you have to travel some distance farther than you can do under your own power, there's accessible vehicles, and if you can't afford one of those, there's accessible public transportation. But in the developing world, things are quite different.
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4 ways to make a city...
it's in engineering right now -- is turning an all four-lane system, half one-way into an all two-lane system, all two-way, and in so doing, we're adding 70 percent more on-street parking, which the merchants love, and it protects the sidewalk. That parking makes the sidewalk safe,
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Act like a car PIPE Nathan...
little icon to each one first way stay in your imaginary lane stay with me stay and your imaginary lane really important have you ever walked behind a group of really slow people on the sidewalk oh my goodness right and you can't get around them well if the group of slow people
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The mathematics of...
appears to be something else entirely. All over the planet, you can find solid surfaces giving way to strange, wonderful, or terrifying visions. From your sidewalk to your computer screen, these are just some of the ways that math and perspective can open up whole new worlds.
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James Kunstler: How bad...
in fact, this pattern of building downtown blocks, all over the world, is fairly universal. It's not that buildings more than one story high, built out to the sidewalk edge, so that people who are, you know, all kinds of people can get into the building.
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Where do superstitions...
Whether or not you believe in them, you're probably familiar with a few of these superstitions. So how did it happen that people all over the world knock on wood, or avoid stepping on sidewalk cracks? Well, although they have no basis in science,
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Enrique Peñalosa: Why...
are third-class citizens while those who go in cars are first-class citizens. In terms of transport infrastructure, what really makes a difference between advanced and backward cities is not highways or subways but quality sidewalks.
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Sewer Diving PIPE National...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human excrement toxic waste rotting cadavers all flowing right beneath the sidewalk the sewers of
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Sewer Diver Loves His...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human excrement toxic waste rotting cadavers all flowing right beneath the sidewalk the sewers of
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How I help people...
the comments under their breath. Some people refused to shake my hand. Some people moved to the other side of the sidewalk, moved to the other side of the elevator. I felt like they were moving to the other side of life.
Video examples
Amos Winter: The cheap...
If you're crossing the street, you have sidewalk cutouts. And if you have to travel some distance farther than you can do under your own power, there's accessible vehicles, and if you can't afford one of those, there's accessible public transportation. But in the developing world, things are quite different.
Video examples
4 ways to make a city...
it's in engineering right now -- is turning an all four-lane system, half one-way into an all two-lane system, all two-way, and in so doing, we're adding 70 percent more on-street parking, which the merchants love, and it protects the sidewalk. That parking makes the sidewalk safe,
Video examples
Act like a car PIPE Nathan...
little icon to each one first way stay in your imaginary lane stay with me stay and your imaginary lane really important have you ever walked behind a group of really slow people on the sidewalk oh my goodness right and you can't get around them well if the group of slow people
Video examples
The mathematics of...
appears to be something else entirely. All over the planet, you can find solid surfaces giving way to strange, wonderful, or terrifying visions. From your sidewalk to your computer screen, these are just some of the ways that math and perspective can open up whole new worlds.
Video examples
James Kunstler: How bad...
in fact, this pattern of building downtown blocks, all over the world, is fairly universal. It's not that buildings more than one story high, built out to the sidewalk edge, so that people who are, you know, all kinds of people can get into the building.
Video examples
Where do superstitions...
Whether or not you believe in them, you're probably familiar with a few of these superstitions. So how did it happen that people all over the world knock on wood, or avoid stepping on sidewalk cracks? Well, although they have no basis in science,
Video examples
Enrique Peñalosa: Why...
are third-class citizens while those who go in cars are first-class citizens. In terms of transport infrastructure, what really makes a difference between advanced and backward cities is not highways or subways but quality sidewalks.
Video examples
Sewer Diving PIPE National...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human excrement toxic waste rotting cadavers all flowing right beneath the sidewalk the sewers of
Video examples
Sewer Diver Loves His...
they're the bowels of one of the world's largest and most polluted cities where disease runs rampant and the stench is sickening human excrement toxic waste rotting cadavers all flowing right beneath the sidewalk the sewers of
Video examples
How I help people...
the comments under their breath. Some people refused to shake my hand. Some people moved to the other side of the sidewalk, moved to the other side of the elevator. I felt like they were moving to the other side of life.
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Kate McKinnon
American Actress
I only come up with things when I am talking to myself, which I do constantly. The sidewalk and the subway are the best places for this. I speak at full volume and then laugh at myself if I like what I just said.
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Greil Marcus
American Author
My ideal reader is somebody who trips over a copy of my book on the sidewalk; then they pick it up and read as they walk. Somebody who comes in knowing nothing, caring nothing, but responds to the story.
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Marcia Clark
American Lawyer
I was famous in a way that was kind of terrifying. I had no protection. When reporters showed up at my house, there wasn't even a sidewalk. They were literally parked on my front lawn.
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Josie Totah
American Actress
I'm a pretty fearless person. I'm afraid of, like, creepy men in white vans and sidewalks with no streetlights. But I'm not afraid to go in front of someone and twerk on them.
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Michael Zaslow
American Actor
People will sooner aid a sick dog lying on the sidewalk than to try to find shelter for a sick person. It's too much to deal with.
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Jack Kerouac
American Novelist
Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.
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Louise Erdrich
American Writer
I rarely step on sidewalk cracks. I don't wear a watch. I touch my favorite tree before going on long trips.
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Mike Barnicle
American Journalist
Philadelphia is a town where even the sidewalks seem to sweat.
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Marion Barry
American Politician
I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.
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Josh Homme
American Musician
I like to keep my feet on the sidewalk.
Quote examples
Kate McKinnon
American Actress
I only come up with things when I am talking to myself, which I do constantly. The sidewalk and the subway are the best places for this. I speak at full volume and then laugh at myself if I like what I just said.
Quote examples
Greil Marcus
American Author
My ideal reader is somebody who trips over a copy of my book on the sidewalk; then they pick it up and read as they walk. Somebody who comes in knowing nothing, caring nothing, but responds to the story.
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Marcia Clark
American Lawyer
I was famous in a way that was kind of terrifying. I had no protection. When reporters showed up at my house, there wasn't even a sidewalk. They were literally parked on my front lawn.
Quote examples
Josie Totah
American Actress
I'm a pretty fearless person. I'm afraid of, like, creepy men in white vans and sidewalks with no streetlights. But I'm not afraid to go in front of someone and twerk on them.
Quote examples
Michael Zaslow
American Actor
People will sooner aid a sick dog lying on the sidewalk than to try to find shelter for a sick person. It's too much to deal with.
Quote examples
Jack Kerouac
American Novelist
Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.
Quote examples
Louise Erdrich
American Writer
I rarely step on sidewalk cracks. I don't wear a watch. I touch my favorite tree before going on long trips.
Quote examples
Mike Barnicle
American Journalist
Philadelphia is a town where even the sidewalks seem to sweat.
Quote examples
Marion Barry
American Politician
I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.
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Josh Homme
American Musician
I like to keep my feet on the sidewalk.
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