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city block
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Noun1.city block - a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildingscity block - a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings; "he lives in the next block"
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area, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
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Makower said he favoured tight urban blocks that provide shade and give priority to pedestrians.
Doha 'must be more pedestrian-friendly' by TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain)
By contrast, this library by RCR Arquitectes - a practice based in Olot, north of Barcelona - is anything but an object building, clinging to the edges of its context and lining the interior of one of the city's distinctive chamfered urban blocks in the south-westerly district of Sant Antoni.
049 library and senior citizens' centre by Gregory, Rob / The Architectural Review
According to the International Committee of the International Red Cross, eIua number of areas, including parts of Beit Lahia, looked like the aftermath of a strong earthquakeeIN, while field workers from the Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights report that eIuentire urban blocks have disappearedeIN in North Gaza and the eastern suburbs of Gaza City.
United Nations Secretary General: the situation in Gaza is tragic by Palestine News Network (West Bank, Palestine)
 
 
 
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