This short street is truly a unique street in a dense urban setting in the University of Pittsburgh area in Pittsburgh, Pa. Note that the street dimensions and tree placement allow the tree canopies to touch and cover the entire street with shade during warmer months.
Besides being short, the street is very narrow allowing only one vehicle to pass if a car is parked on each side.
All residents seem to accept an unspoken understanding that wide vehicles would make the street impassable, and one does not see other than compact cars parked on the street.
The houses along the street all open to the street. The dimensions of the street allow an ampleness of view from windows, yet the space is intimate in scale.
A view from the cul-de-sac at the bottom of the street illustrates the serenity of the "neighborhood."
Besides the scale of the street, the other unique nature of the street is the wood block paving maintained by the City of Pittsburgh.
Practical residents seem to agree how to park to enable easy exit from this small street space.