101 Dalmatian Street is the titular setting for 101 Dalmatian Street. It is home to Delilah & Doug, as well as their ninety-nine puppies.
Background[]
101 Dalmatian Street is a terrace house, located in the middle of Camden in London. To one side at 103 lives Clarissa Corgi and her human, Hugo, while the other side, at 99, is home to Constantin the Cat. Up the road from the house is the Camden High Street, while the park is in the other direction.
The Dalmatians live in the house without a human, which means the house is equipped with gadgets to allow the house to be maintained by its canine occupants. These include a paw scanner to allow entry to members of the household (those who the scanner does not recognize are sprayed with water), food machines that launch kibble and bowls for meal times, a stroking machine, and an automatic tooth-brusher. These creations were built and are maintained mainly by Dylan & Dawkins. According to the series bible, the house also has a “fetch” bowling alley (complete with robot human for throwing purposes).
According to the series bible, while he never appears, the Dalmatians do indeed have a human called Dodie McDot (named after Dodie Smith, the original author of One Hundred and One Dalmatians), an elderly artist who lives on an island far, far away and only communicates with the Dalmatians via phone, video call, or international bank transfers. McDot is recluse with a life-long polka-dot fixation; he bankrolled the house for his original model and her children, but the art world grew bored of his black-and-white fixation and he ran low on money.
House Plans[]
The house has numerous floors. On the ground floor, there is the living room, dining room and the kitchen. On the first floor is the puppies' main bedroom, the bathroom, a medical room, and a chew toy closet; while the third floor has a closet which acts as Delilah & Doug's room. The house also has both an attic and a basement. Within the walls of the house, there are also secret passages and hiding places. Each floor is connected with a dumbwaiter, which goes from the basement to the kitchen and then to the bathroom.
In the garden, there is a large tree which holds Dylan's treehouse, where he keeps his astronomy & paleontology collection, as well as his telescope for stargazing. The garden also has a patio by the tree, and a large trampoline.
The house's air vents are connected to the air vents in Constantin's house, and the water piping from Clarissa's house is also connected to the house.
The house almost seems bigger on the inside, with there still being rooms, cubby holes, secret compartments and a network of secret passages to explore.
Development[]
Early concept art showed that the house was originally going to be an end-of-terrace house. This design would have been brownstone with no paint on it, as opposed to the front of the house being painted in the show itself. The house would have also been slightly smaller than its neighbours, before ultimately being the same size as its neighbours.
Trivia[]
- Photos of Pongo and Perdita can be seen in the Dalmatians' house.
- In Delilah and Doug's room, there is a clock with a hat on it. This is the same clock which Pongo adjusts for Roger and Anita's meeting in the first animated 101 Dalmatians.
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