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City block

In urban planning and urban design, a city block, residential block, urban block, houseblock, or simply block, is the smallest group of buildings that is surrounded by streets. City blocks are the space for buildings within the street pattern of a city, and form the basic unit of a city's urban fabric. City blocks may be subdivided into any number of…

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Grid plan

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City block

Nodes33
Edges32
Triples32
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.060606
Components1

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City block

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related to Grid plan · 14
City block → Australia, Canada, In, In Chicago, Manhattan, Melbourne, New World, Oblong, Since, The, This, United States, US, Using
related to Superblock · 6
City block → Chen, China, Japan, Superblocks, That, Within
related to As an informal unit of distance · 5
City block → Australian English, For, In North American English, It's, Since
related to Perimeter block · 3
City block → European, Perimeter, They
related to Sub-structure · 3
City block → In, Not, Some
related to Structure variations · 1
City block → Some

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city blocks block grid urban cities street sidewalks streets perimeter also unit without within buildings plan land example form superblock

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City blockrelated to As an informal unit of distanceIn North American English0.60section
City blockrelated to As an informal unit of distanceAustralian English0.60section
City blockrelated to As an informal unit of distanceFor0.60section
City blockrelated to As an informal unit of distanceIt's0.60section
City blockrelated to As an informal unit of distanceSince0.60section
City blockrelated to Grid planIn0.60section
City blockrelated to Grid planNew World0.60section
City blockrelated to Grid planUsing0.60section
City blockrelated to Grid planThis0.60section
City blockrelated to Grid planSince0.60section
City blockrelated to Grid planOblong0.60section
City blockrelated to Grid planThe0.60section

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