The arbor

An arbor is a shelter of latticework made of a (typically wooden) trellised framework that is often covered with vines or some other climbing plant that has grown over the structure. The yard on Sesame Street featured an arbor outside the back door of Hooper's Store from season 2 to season 29 (after which time it was replaced by a community garden). Blueprints from the 1970s specifically identified it as a grape arbor.
Over the years, the term "arbor area" was sometimes used to refer to the larger space typically identified as the yard. Scripts and other internal Sesame Workshop documents used the terms interchangeably, which sometimes trickled into the narrative. For example, Big Bird tells Chris he'll wait in "the arbor" in Episode 4206 even though the arbor had been replaced by the garden at that point (notably in the same spot).
Although the action in Street scenes more frequently centered on the yard, the trellised arbor was notable as a location in its own right from time to time. Much of Mr. Hooper's night school studies took place in the arbor, including his study date with Margaret in Episode 0917 ("Oh, you have an arbor!").
==Gallery==
0167 arbor.jpg|Big Bird stacks boxes under the arbor in Episode 0167
0251e.jpg|only Big Bird can reach the volleyball that gets stuck on the arbor in Episode 0251
0263m.jpg|Gordon and the kids seek shelter from the rain in Episode 0263
0317 arbor.jpg|chairs for customers and apple boxes stored in the arbor as seen in Episode 0317
0917 arbor.jpg|Mr. Hooper and his study date under the arbor from Episode 0917
arbor Special Sesame Street Christmas.jpg|singing under the arbor in A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1293b.jpg|Super Grover attempts to retrieve a ball on the arbor in Episode 1293
arbor 1839.jpg|The adults comfort Big Bird under the arbor after the death of Mr. Hooper in Episode 1839.
2409-HootsArbor.jpg|A shot from Episode 2409 in which the camera records through the trellis at Hoots the Owl playing his saxophone.
2483-08b.jpg|Maria and Luis share a passionate kiss under the moonlit arbor in Episode 2483
3043 hooper mural and arbor.jpg|The arbor and mural in Episode 3043
Treasure Hunt arbor area.jpg|a particularly arboreal arbor area in The Treasure Hunt
==See also==
*Bowling in the Arbor
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