Around the Corner

Beginning with Season 25 in 1993, Sesame Street's set expanded Around the Corner to feature a whole new block of locations. The new set first appeared in episode 3136, when Big Bird and his friends first visited the Park.


 * 456 Sesame Street is a brownstone that houses the Day Care Center, operated by Angela.
 * The Furry Arms Hotel is a Muppet hotel owned by Sherry Netherland, with her employees Humphrey, Ingrid, Benny Rabbit, Otis the Elephant Elevator Operator, and a Dinger.
 * The Birdland jazz club, which featured live music hosted by Hoots the Owl.
 * 10 Sesame Street is a two-story building. The lower floor is occupied by Finders Keepers, a thrift shop full of objects from fairy tales and nursery rhymes, owned by Ruthie. The top floor contains a dance studio owned by dance teacher Celina.
 * A Subway Station
 * The Park has a jungle gym and a pond. The Squirrelles live in a tree there.
 * A newsstand, which Oscar ran

A storybook, Around the Corner on Sesame Street, was published in 1994 to showcase the new locations and characters. Elmo's Lift-and Peek Around the Corner Book, from 1996, served a similar purpose.

After Season 29, the Around the Corner sets and most of the new characters were dropped from the show. The Around the Corner locations made their final appearance in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland.

According to Carroll Spinney, "research showed that it confused the kids, so they dropped it."