CITYBLOCK

City block

A city block, urban block or simply block is a central element of urban planning and urban design.

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city block

Noun

  1. The smallest part of a town enclosed by streets.
    The store is huge, occupying an entire city block.
  2. The distance from one street to the next.
    A city block in Lawrence is generally a twelfth of a mile East-West or an eighth of a mile North-South.
  3. A distance comparable to the distance between streets in a city, in the approximate range of 0.2–0.4 km.
    Go along that road for about a city block and you should see an old barn.


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