Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the beloved children’s TV series Sesame Street and I have one more bit of anniversary fun to share with all y’all … residents of Sesame Street (and the humans who provide their voices) were on hand at a special street renaming ceremony in Dante Park in NYC, NY this week to honor the beloved series. 123 Sesame Street will temporarily be a real live street in New York City:
Now when someone asks you, Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? you can tell them to head down to Dante Park. It’s funny, when I was a kid I never really thought of Sesame Street being in NYC, I figured it was a place in my hometown. It never occurred to me to go find it in person, I just knew it was “there” and I could see what was going on thru my TV set. While I think it’s a great honor to have a real street renamed for Sesame Street (even if only temporarily), I don’t know that it really matters to kids if the street really exists or not. It’s a neat idea for adults, tho. I hope the real life Sesame Street sign is still there the next time I visit NYC … I think that is something I’d like to see in person now that I’m all grown up.
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought it was a real street in my hometown.
Memories.
There’s a Sesame St here in Bloomington, IL and a house on the street has the address number of “123″. :)
I live in NYC and I always pictured Sesame Street in Chicago (when I was older at least)
I never thought it was in my hometown. We don’t have stoops like that in Arizona. But I remember going back east for the first time as a kid and getting excited to see houses that looked like Sesame Street. I kept my eyes peeled for Big Bird.
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This is so cool! Growing up I always knew that Sesame Street was in NYC….Australia doesn’t have neighbourhoods like that! But as I got older I wondered what part or burrough of NY it was supposed to be. I felt a real buzz the first time I visited NY and saw a real live brownstone! lol
trent, do you have any idea how long it will be named sesame street?
@Lauren — My guess is that the name will not really be renamed but the street sign will prolly stay in place for some time ;)
ha, yes I meant how long will the sign be up. thanks, trent!