streetscape

noun street·scape \ ˈstrēt-ˌskāp \

|Updated on: 18 Jun 2018

Definition of streetscape

1 : the appearance or view of a street

2 : a work of art depicting a view of a street

Recent Examples of streetscape from the Web

More bike lanes and paths Tempe has 215 miles of bikeways and has improvements in the works for bike lanes and pedestrian streetscape along Alameda Drive.

— jerod macdonald-evoy, azcentral, "From pickleball to bikepaths: What's in the Tempe budget for you," 12 June 2018
The cover of Michael Ondaatje’s new novel Warlight shows an archival photo of a 1930s London streetscape bathed in fog.

— andrew lanham, The New Republic, "Michael Ondaatje’s Haunting Pasts," 8 June 2018
If this year goes well, the Chamber of Commerce will net around $75,000, which Hafford said will help pay the chamber’s two full-time employee salaries, including hers, and pour back into the community through streetscape and education projects.

— libby solomon, baltimoresun.com, "Fresh food and fresh ideas at this year's Towsontown Spring Festival," 2 May 2018
The placement of the garage is seen as advantageous because eventually more attractive structures would be built in front of it, shielding it from a prominent place in the streetscape.

— kenneth r. gosselin, courant.com, "Sale of Historic Building Near Hartford's Bushnell Park Could Spark Other Development," 29 May 2018
Speed limits, stop signs, traffic lights: These are the trappings of a streetscape built for needy human drivers.

— alex davies, WIRED, "Lots of Lobbies and Zero Zombies: How Self-Driving Cars Will Reshape Cities," 21 May 2018
Renderings of the townhouses by architect Josh Eckert, who lives in Haddonfield, show handsome rows of structures of a design and scale that would readily blend with the borough’s streetscapes.

— kevin riordan, Philly.com, "After 12 years, South Jersey town's battle over former Bancroft site may be far from over," 13 May 2018
The fund will expand its scope to include streetscapes, park improvements, commercial development and housing stabilization, the city said.

— katrease stafford, Detroit Free Press, "How Detroit plans to raise $130M to invest in 7 neighborhoods," 7 May 2018
Key recommendations from the report confirm that the Vision Zero strategy is working—focusing on physical changes to the urban streetscape that are known to save lives.

— alissa walker, Curbed, "U.S. sets a nationwide goal to end traffic deaths by 2050," 25 Apr. 2018

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