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Why does the sidewalk coming from your front door go past the actual sidewalk and onto the road?


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Posted
1 hour ago, SwimModSponges said:

Nobody walks out their front door to immediately start walking on the road.

I always did....but then again I lived in a small ass city growing up....

 

maybe its for curb pickups?

Posted
2 minutes ago, SwimModSponges said:

There's a driveway in the upper left corner.

It's literally the exact same thing.

It's for if you're disabled or pushing a stroller or anything and need to cross the street 

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My brother's 1906 house has that, along with the original curb and brick gutter.  No idea what the exact purpose is, but, I suspect it would have made sense for curbside carriage or early automobile to have an access across the parkway (easement with trees between the curb and sidewalk).  The house does not have a front facing driveway; the garage is off an alley in the back and isn't even original to the house.

Posted
11 minutes ago, Da_big_Nabowski said:

It's for if you're disabled or pushing a stroller or anything and need to cross the street 

wouldn’t that be a fucking corner curb?

Posted
3 minutes ago, Still Me said:

wouldn’t that be a fucking corner curb?

Even pre-automobile, it was difficult to cross streets in the middle of blocks because the curbs were far deeper.  Most of the century or older side streets in Los Angeles existed before there was a comprehensive storm water system, so stepping off the curb could be stepping into a river.

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