city block
Street-bounded rectangle
A city block is the rectangular area bounded by streets on all sides, the basic unit of urban geography.
Distance is often measured in blocks: The pharmacy is three blocks north.
In American cities with grid layouts, a block provides rough distance estimates, though actual dimensions vary by city.
Urban corridor's appearance
- sidewalkPaved pedestrian pathway
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
- storefrontRetail facade facing street
- apartmentRented unit in building
tenement · highrise · boulevard · avenue · pedestrian · traffic · concrete · crowd
streetscape
Urban corridor's appearance
- sidewalkPaved pedestrian pathway
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
- storefrontRetail facade facing street
apartment · tenement · highrise · boulevard · avenue · pedestrian · traffic · concrete · crowd · brownstone
walk
Travel on foot
proximity · nearness · interval · gap · separation · pace · stride · measurement · meter · foot
- city divisionsneighborhood, borough, district, quarter, arrondissement
- Citytown, downtown, midtown, suburb, high street
- cityscapesskyline, skylines, skyscraper, urban landscapes, high-rise
- local placesneighborhood, suburb, village, borough, township
- neighborhoodsidewalk, neighbor, residential area, neighbors, streets
- urban areastown, metropolis, district, districts, neighborhoods
city blockwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
farmland · open field · undeveloped land · hinterland · backcountry
city blockcity
Large populated area
metropolis · megalopolis · metropolitan area · neighborhood · district
block, city, civil, citizen, civic, blocks, blockade, blockhead, citizenship