commercial strip
Roadside shopping area
A commercial strip is a stretch of road lined with businesses—shops, restaurants, gas stations, fast food chains—typically in suburban areas and designed for car access rather than pedestrians.
The architecture tends toward low buildings with large parking lots facing the street.
The commercial strip outside town has every chain restaurant you can think of.
Strip malls take their name from this configuration.
- storefrontsForward-facing retail exteriors
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- arterial roadsPrimary high-volume roadways
- highway exitRoadway departure lane
- parking lotsPaved areas for vehicles
retail chains · community hubs · walkability · suburbanization · urban sprawl · used car lots · dollar stores · anchor stores · small businesses · consumer behavior · business districts · shopping centers · neon signs · fluorescent lighting · bike lanes · service industries · traffic flow · neighborhood identity
- marketplacesmarket, mall, bazaar, plaza, shops
- major roadshighway, boulevard, avenue, thoroughfare, parkway
- roadwayshighway, freeway, expressway, motorway, interstate
- settlementsvillage, cities, hamlet, city, towns
- business spacescoworking space, shared office, business center, office suite, hot desk
- major urban corridorsI-95 corridor, Interstate 405, Autobahn, beltway, freeway
commercial stripdowntown core
Central business district
city center · town center · pedestrian mall · urban core · urban village
commercial stripresidential neighborhood
Area zoned for homes
wilderness area · nature preserve · parkland · agricultural land · conservation land
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