Sesame Street is a fictional street located in the Manhattan neighborhood of New York, New York. The street serves as the location for the American children's television series, Sesame Street, which is primarily set at 123 Sesame Street, a fictional apartment building.[1]
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The fictional Sesame Street is set to represent a neighborhood of New York City. While Sesame Workshop staff agree, the specific neighborhood that it is supposed to represent is still disagreed upon by staff. Art director Victor DiNapoli has stated that it is supposed to be located on the Upper West Side. Sesame Street's founder, Joan Ganz Cooney, stated in 1994 that she originally wanted to call the show 123 Avenue B, after the Alphabet City area of the Lower East Side and East Village.[1]
Sesame Street primarily revolves around a row house, 123 Sesame Street, a brownstone. The house is a two-story building with a daylight basement, totaling three apartments On the first floor lives the Robinson family, on the second floor lives the Rodriguez family, and Bert & Ernie live in the basement. [1] The building was meant to appear typical of New York neighborhood brownstones, being described as a "survivor of gentrification by art director Victor DiNapoli.[2]
To the left of 123 a forecourt which serves as the entrance to a carriage house.The forecourt, called the Arbor, serves as a playground, and separates 123 from a tenement. To the right of 123 is a fence made of old salvaged doors; in front of those doors is where Oscar the Grouch's trash can sits. Behind the doors is where Big Bird lives in his nest. Hooper's Store is located down the street from 123. In the late 1990's the characters decided that the neighborhood needed more green space and built a garden in a vacant lot behind the Arbor.[1]
Like most New York neighborhoods, Sesame Street has its own subway station, which is a replica of the 72nd Street subway entrance. A laundromat is also in the neighborhood, which used to be the Fix-It Shop and the Mail-It Shop.[2]