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 +[[Image:A Paris street - set design for Act II of La bohème by Adolf Hohenstein.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A [[Paris street]] - [[set design]] for Act II of Puccini's [[La bohème]] by [[Adolfo Hohenstein]].]]
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 +"I have examined maps of the city with the greatest care, yet have never again found the [[street|Rue]] d’Auseil. These maps have not been modern [[map]]s alone, for I know that names change. I have, on the contrary, delved deeply into all the antiquities of the place; and have personally explored every region, of whatever name, which could possibly answer to the street I knew as the Rue d’Auseil. But despite all I have done it remains an humiliating fact that I cannot find the house, the street, or even the locality, where, during the last months of my impoverished life as a student of [[metaphysics]] at the university, I heard the music of Erich Zann." --[[The Music of Erich Zann]]" (1922) by [[H. P. Lovecraft]].
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 +[[Image:Eugene Atget.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Rue de la Colonie'' ([[1900]]) - [[Eugène Atget]]]]
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 +A street is [[paved]] part of [[road]], usually in a [[village]] or a [[town]]. Metaphorically, street is used in to "be on the street" means to be living an [[insecure]] and/or [[adventurous]] life, often one associated with [[homelessness]] or [[crime]].
== See also == == See also ==
- +*[[42nd Street]]
 +*[[arcade]]
 +*[[boulevard]]
 +*[[city]]
 +*[[flâneur]]
*[[Street fashion]] *[[Street fashion]]
*[[Street photography]] *[[Street photography]]
-* [[Street theatre]]+*[[Street theatre]]
*[[Street art]] *[[Street art]]
 +*[[Street credibility]]
*[[Street prostitution]] *[[Street prostitution]]
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A Paris street - set design for Act II of Puccini's La bohème by Adolfo Hohenstein.
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A Paris street - set design for Act II of Puccini's La bohème by Adolfo Hohenstein.

"I have examined maps of the city with the greatest care, yet have never again found the Rue d’Auseil. These maps have not been modern maps alone, for I know that names change. I have, on the contrary, delved deeply into all the antiquities of the place; and have personally explored every region, of whatever name, which could possibly answer to the street I knew as the Rue d’Auseil. But despite all I have done it remains an humiliating fact that I cannot find the house, the street, or even the locality, where, during the last months of my impoverished life as a student of metaphysics at the university, I heard the music of Erich Zann." --The Music of Erich Zann" (1922) by H. P. Lovecraft.

Rue de la Colonie (1900) - Eugène Atget
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Rue de la Colonie (1900) - Eugène Atget

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A street is paved part of road, usually in a village or a town. Metaphorically, street is used in to "be on the street" means to be living an insecure and/or adventurous life, often one associated with homelessness or crime.

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