Wide steps and Kasota stone slabs that flanked the entrances were heavily used by those who found them cool places to sit in the summer. … Large windows and the encouragement to lounge at the portals combined to unify indoors and out and to encourage a ‘life on the street’ as well. That outdoor seating is all but gone now. The new storefronts are tight against the street and their much smaller windows allow little seeing in or seeing out.”