The cellphone is about convenience, not privacy, and a walk down a busy sidewalk offers ample cellphone eavesdropping opportunities.
LUKE NEE Bronx in His Blood As a boy, Luke Nee played all the games that a Bronx sidewalk offered to kids on Minerva Place, just off the Grand Concourse: stickball, of course, and off-the-point and street hockey.
While busy sidewalks may offer many delights, they are known to be short on free benches.
And wherever we go, sidewalk vendors offer us the most satisfying aperçus.
Farther down the beachfront strip, sidewalk hawkers offer two-for-one piña coladas and rum punches, thrusting menus into the hands of passers-by.
Come summer, the restaurant plans to open its French doors and offer sidewalk dining.
"Everything is hopping on Main Street," said John Giordano, the village clerk of Farmingdale, where shops offer sidewalk sales and curbside dining.
It's a slice of Stockholm that is largely invisible from the sidewalk, and may offer reason enough for locals to linger.
In addition to the cake, which was five tiers of chocolate chip and chocolate custard layers, covered in white chocolate butter cream icing, guests were also treated to a surprise: The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, which offers flavors including "Bea Arthur," drove up to the sidewalk outside to offer the crowd ice cream cones and milk shakes.
Cafes and restaurants, most of which offer sidewalk seating, line the periphery of the park for a leisurely lunch or a quick coffee break.
