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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Word(s) for "street furniture" #157570 03/23/06 10:52 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain Marianna OP addict OP Marianna addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain I'm trying to find a word or expression in English that is used to refer to streetlamps, benches, dustbins, street signs, recycling containers... all the things that are set out in our streets and are public property. In Spanish we call this stuff "mobiliario urbano" ( urban furniture ), but I can't remember if there is a name for it in English. Thanks! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word(s) for "street furniture" #157571 03/23/06 11:05 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I have seen it referred to as "street furniture." Most of it, here, appears to come from the Salvation Army. brit site Last edited by inselpeter; 03/23/06 11:06 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word(s) for "street furniture" #157572 03/23/06 12:58 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I have never heard the term street furniture, and to my knowledge the items you mentioned are not referred to as a group. That is, when they're referred to, we name the individual item(s), and call it public property. Hmm--I suppose they could be called street furnishings, come to think of it. Never heard that one either, though. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word(s) for "street furniture" #157573 03/23/06 01:06 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park well mongo is used (well by some here in NYC) for sidewalk shopping. (the upper east side of manhattan is a great spot, but forest hills in queens has pretty good picking too) discards that are perfectly serviceable, but no longer desired.. shelves, bookcases, lamps, plastic storage bins, or plastic 'drawer units'. great for storing all the stuff you should throw out!. my current coffee table and dining room table are both mongo. the coffee table is so so, but the dining room table (once it was cleaned) is quite nice. the table got hauled out on to the terrace (high rise patio) the metal (chrome) legs got scoured and polished, the table top got cleaned with murphy's oil soap and refinished with a tung oil.. both tables are oak, (the coffee table, veneer, the dining table, solid. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word(s) for "street furniture" #157574 03/23/06 01:08 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I think that sidewalk shopping is different from what Mariana is asking about. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word(s) for "street furniture" #157575 03/23/06 02:09 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Jackie, once you have gone to that British site, you will have heard of street furniture. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word(s) for "street furniture" #157576 03/23/06 04:41 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Yes, street furnitire is the widely recognised term here, at least amongst architecture and urban planning professionals. It is an analagous term to door furniture which refers to all the locks, push plates, closers, signs and so on fixed to er, doors! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word(s) for "street furniture" #157577 03/23/06 07:36 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Marianna, I have heard the term "urban decor" to describe these things, as in, "that bench is part of the urban decor" but this term will also encompass plants and trees. Last edited by belMarduk; 03/23/06 07:37 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word(s) for "street furniture" #157578 03/23/06 08:00 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Looks like "street furniture" is right, Mariana! Lotsa google hits, including this one from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_furniture (I'd never heard this term before. Live and learn!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mongo #157579 03/24/06 03:28 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky What the heck? Is it the act of picking the stuff up--er, that is, the looking till you find something you want? Or is it, um, an adjective or a noun for the stuff itself? Do you say, for ex., "I went mongoing"? Or, "I picked up a fine piece of mongo today"? Or maybe, "That couch was mongo"--meaning you got it free off the street, and brought it home? Is there really all that kind of stuff sitting around on the sidewalks of NYC? Constantly? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... 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