And aren't houses on a dark street just houses, not 'sleeping ogres'?

Who comes toward me on this dark street?

It was a long, dark street, and she appeared to be in some distress.

From the outside, it looks like you dream a restaurant will: small, hugging a corner, glowing on the dark street like a lantern.

We walk off an affluent thoroughfare, down a dark street and into the favela.