In cities, stoops are like shopping malls where everything is free. Books, furniture, clothes—all of it has found its way to the front stoop, where passersby can peruse whatever their neighbor wants ...

This combination photo shows planters placed on the stoop of homes in New York. Front stoops have long welcomed visitors to city homes, and have served as gathering spots for friends and neighbors ...

NEW YORK – Front stoops have long welcomed visitors to city homes and have served as gathering spots for friends and neighbors engaging in what urban design activist Jane Jacobs called “the sidewalk ...

The front stoop brings to mind nostalgic images of the past—maybe southerners lounging on wicker chairs and sipping ice tea, or doo-wop groups belting it out in front of a ’50s brownstone. But here’s ...

In Brooklyn, there is a tradition of gathering around the Front Stoop to visit with family, friends, and neighbors to share thoughts and gossip about the neighborhood. The front stoop is the place ...

KITTERY, Maine – What began as mismatched batches of unwanted pottery placed on the stone steps of 44 Government St., has months later translated into $3,500 in community donations to Footprints Food ...

Dear Jerry: I live in a 1960s ranch house in Greece and have lived here for seven years. At the front entrance there is a stoop that measures about 4 feet by 5 feet. Over the years, the stoop must ...

NEW YORK — The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday approved an application by a Manhattan homeowner to build a gate at the front of what she called her “celebrity staircase.” ...

Sarah Jessica Parker, as Carrie Bradshaw, descends the front steps at 66 Perry Street in Manhattan in “And Just Like That ...,” a spinoff of “Sex and the City,” which ran on HBO from 1998 until 2004.

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