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Gentrification comes to Sesame Street.
When Sesame Street returns on Saturday, expect to hear a lot of G-words. The gang all got new digs, and goodness gracious, they’re gorgeous. Growth is great! But gosh, these guys are going gonzo. For this season, the first following the show’s move to HBO, Sesame Street is being brought to you buy the letter “G”—G as in gentrification.
Elmo, for example, has moved on up to 123 Sesame Street, the brownstone at the corner of their particular intersection in New York City. (Leading theories place Sesame Street in Queens, East Harlem, and at 64th and Broadway.) This historic brownstone would seem to be a great spot, adjacent to an (impossible) A, B, 1, and 2 stop and lots of retail.