Word: sidewalks
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...pull up to the sidewalk and come to a screeching halt. the street, as far as the eye could see, is littered with debris--shards of glass, plastic window shades and pieces of twisted, gray shrapnel. All the buildings are pockmarked, scratched up. Dazed residents pour out of their houses, many still in their pajamas. The police work quickly to seal off the area of impact...
Despite the piles of shovels and bricks surrounding the theater at its 6 p.m. opening, patrons filled the house at all four showings, said Connie A. White, co-director of Running Arts, which operates the theater. In addition, she said, 2000 programs disappeared from boxes on the sidewalk outside...
...operate five nights a week. On this evening the medical van pulls up to a quiet corner below a harsh streetlight that illuminates closed-up warehouses and auto-body shops. The pavement glistens with water from fire hydrants, which addicts tap to clean their needles. One woman paces the sidewalk with her skirt pulled above her waist, and another crouches on the ground injecting heroin into her arm. Lines of cars circle the block. Girls, men and older couples flock toward...
...great players. He tells the story, among many other good ones, of the late Jack Straus, who, while waiting in federal court to be tried on a tax charge, was touched by the plea of another defendant that a $35,000 judgment would put his family on the sidewalk. "It's okay, Your Honor," said Straus, "just stick it on my tab!" It is only across the table that you would not want to face such fellows. That, as one old female player told Holden, "is a tough way to make an easy living...
...group remained silent as it made its way down John F. Kennedy St. toward the river. As they approached the Lars Anderson Bridge, Metropolitan Police officers ordered them to move out of the street and onto the sidewalk...