Sentence:  But that year was different , for just as the city , in the form of my <WSD>street</WSD> clothes , had intruded upon my mountain nights , so an essential part of the summer gave promise of continuing into the fall : Jessica and I , about to be separated not by a mere footbridge or mess-hall kitchen but by the immense obstacle of residing in cruelly distant boroughs , had agreed to correspond . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings