Dave Mandl on Nostr: Good article on the "urban design" of Sesame Street. I haven't seen the show in ...
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"content": "Good article on the \"urban design\" of Sesame Street. I haven't seen the show in decades, but the original set and aesthetic really captured the zeitgeist of NYC ca. 1970. Black consciousness/culture was everywhere. The gentrification part is sad, but I guess accurate. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/realestate/sesame-street-design-over-the-years.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share\u0026referringSource=articleShare",
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