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- | {{Template}}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 life, often one associated with homelessness or crime. | + | [[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]]. | ||
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*[[Street fashion]] | *[[Street fashion]] | ||
*[[Street photography]] | *[[Street photography]] | ||
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*[[Street art]] | *[[Street art]] | ||
*[[Street credibility]] | *[[Street credibility]] | ||
*[[Street prostitution]] | *[[Street prostitution]] | ||
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"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. |
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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
- 42nd Street
- arcade
- boulevard
- city
- flâneur
- Street fashion
- Street photography
- Street theatre
- Street art
- Street credibility
- Street prostitution