City block, residential bloc urban block, or simply block is a central element of urban planning and urban design.
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10 Facts About City block
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City block is the smallest group of buildings that is surrounded by streets, not counting any type of thoroughfare within the area of a building or comparable structure.
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In Chicago, a typical city block is 330 by 660 feet, meaning that 16 east-west blocks or 8 north-south blocks measure one mile, which has been adopted by other US cities.
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The discontinuity inside the superCity block forced automobile dependency, discouraged errand walking, and forced more traffic onto the fewer continuous streets.
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Additional users of the superCity block concept are large national or multinational corporations who constructed campuses in the late 1900s and 2000s.
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Examples of superCity block campuses include Google in Mountain View, California; and Apple and Hewlett-Packard in San Jose, California.
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Where the superCity block is used for housing projects like Stuyvesant Town, the advantages sought are an improved separation of vehicular and pedestrian circulation, enhanced tranquility and reduced accident risk within the neighbourhood.
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SuperCity block concept has been applied retroactively in Barcelona's La Ribera and Gracia districts, which both have a medieval street network with narrow and irregular streets, since 1993.
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Perimeter block is a type of city block which is built up on all sides surrounding a central space that is semi-private.
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