How New York became a metropolis of stoops
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How New York became a metropolis of stoops
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Re: How New York became a metropolis of stoops
#2Interesting. Here in the Netherlans only old houses in cities still have these things. What we call "stoep" nowadays is simply the pavement/sidewalk.
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#3Funny story. In current Dutch, the word 'stoep' means side walk, and has nothing to do with these kind of stairs.
I'm the Dutch golden age, in which the inner city of Amsterdam got it's channels, they did add these stoops to the big mansions for exactly the same reason.
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#4Pretty common in London as well
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#6Also allowing for stoop sales, "which is a Garage sale, if you live in Brooklyn" [1] :-)
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#7Without a stoop, you wouldn't have stoop ball. And without that, what would kids do on summer afternoons?
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#8Without a stoop, you wouldn't have stoop ball. And without that, what would kids do on summer afternoons? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoop_ball
Came here to make a stoop ball comment. Played it (and wiffle ball) throughout my childhood at my grandma’s house in Brooklyn.
Tried playing again about 10 years ago (in my twenties). The shoulder pain didn’t go away for a week. Can’t wait to blow out my shoulder again teaching it to my kids.
Re: How New York became a metropolis of stoops
#9Funny story. In current Dutch, the word 'stoep' means side walk, and has nothing to do with these kind of stairs. I'm the Dutch golden age, in which the inner city of Amsterdam got it's channels, they did add these stoops to the big mansions for exactly the same reason.
The Van Dale dictionary seems to list another meaning of ‘stoep’ as steps to a house. Have I understood correctly?
https://www.vandale.nl/gratis-woordenboek/nederlands/beteken...
Re: How New York became a metropolis of stoops
#10Pretty common in London as well
I wonder whether they came to London from The Netherlands as well. The Wikipedia page for stoop only mentions North America. Is there a different name used in England?