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a public stage where everyone walks like nobody's watching, except everyone is
means the paved path along the side of a street, set aside for people on foot.
from Exactly what it says on the tin: a compound of "side" and "walk," naming the walk that runs along the side of the road. It's the standard American word; the British went a different way with "pavement" (literally the paved part) and "footpath." "Walk" here is the old sense of a path made or kept for walking — the same use you see in a garden walk or a boardwalk.
- chalk theory
- Hopscotch grids predate the Roman Empire's roads
- crack myth
- Stepping on cracks broke zero recorded maternal spines
- gum census
- Cities spend millions blasting hardened chewing gum off concrete
- heat trap
- Surface can hit 145F, hot enough to burn paws
- first one
- Ancient Pompeii had raised pedestrian paths with stepping stones
hollywood walk of fame — 15 blocks of sidewalk on hollywood boulevard embedded with 2,700+ brass stars honoring entertainment figures
times square pedestrian plaza — permanent pedestrian-only zone created in 2009 replacing vehicle traffic on broadway segments