streetcorner
Where sidewalks meet
A streetcorner is where two streets intersect, especially the point where sidewalks meet.
The term evokes urban life—people waiting at streetcorners, vendors selling from them, groups gathering on them.
Streetcorner preachers and streetcorner musicians work these public spaces.
As an adjective, it suggests informal or grassroots activity: streetcorner philosophy, streetcorner politics.
Marked street-crossing zone
- trafficMovement along routes
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- pedestrianOne traveling afoot
- curbRaised road margin
stoplight · yield · lanes · turning · right-of-way · pavement · sidewalk · jaywalking
Small urban grocery
- newsstandBooth selling periodicals
- vendorOne who sells goods
- storefrontRetail facade facing street
- lamppostPole bearing overhead light
graffiti · taxi · busker · manhole · gutter · payphone · mailbox · awning
Purposeless public lingering
- hangoutFrequented gathering place
- congregateGather as a group
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
chatter · locals · youths · skateboarders · idle · chill · rendezvous · gathering
Zealous advocate or preacher
- soapboxPlatform for haranguing
- pamphletsThin informational booklets
- megaphonePortable voice amplifier
- proselytizingSeeking converts zealously
sermonizing · doomsayer · witnessing · tracts · salvation · hellfire · repentance · hecklers
Notable point of reference
- signpostRoadside directional guide
- wayfinderOne who determines routes
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- directionsGuidance for reaching somewhere
turn · bearing · familiar · recognizable · distinctive · monument · statue
crosswalk
Marked street-crossing zone
- trafficMovement along routes
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- pedestrianOne traveling afoot
curb · stoplight · yield · lanes · turning · right-of-way · pavement · sidewalk · jaywalking · asphalt
bodega
Small urban grocery
- newsstandBooth selling periodicals
- vendorOne who sells goods
- storefrontRetail facade facing street
lamppost · graffiti · taxi · busker · manhole · gutter · payphone · mailbox · awning · stoop
loitering
Purposeless public lingering
- hangoutFrequented gathering place
- congregateGather as a group
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
banter · chatter · locals · youths · skateboarders · idle · chill · rendezvous · gathering · people-watching
evangelist
Zealous advocate or preacher
proselytizing · sermonizing · doomsayer · witnessing · tracts · salvation · hellfire · repentance · hecklers
landmark
Notable point of reference
- signpostRoadside directional guide
- wayfinderOne who determines routes
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
directions · turn · bearing · familiar · recognizable · distinctive · monument · statue
streetcornerinterior
Inside area or region
indoors · behind closed doors · inner sanctum · private property · backroom
streetcornercountryside
Rural area beyond towns
wilderness · open field · backcountry · dirt road · trailhead
corner, street, cornered, streets, cornering, streetwise, streetlight, streetlamp, streetlights