urbanism

It turns out, I actually never knew what an avenue and a boulevard were

I think we all need a refresher! 

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50416393-the-99-invisible-city

Interesting. 

The word comes from French, and it doesn't mean the same thing at all in that language. "Avenue" is either "a wide path leading to a place" or "a wider street, generally with trees". Trees on both sides too.

That being said, the definition seems curious in any context. A cursory glance at any American city will give you avenues intersecting with each other, regardless of perpendicularity.

have you read kevin lynch’s book image of the city? high rec

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No I haven’t! Going to put this on my reading list thank you :)

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It’s sooo good. I just leave it out on my coffee table and flip thru sporadically throughout the week

lol i randomly picked up that book killing time at a library while switching airbnb’s last weekend

Wraps up and around a slope. 

Never knew that.

I always know what an Avenue is because one euro cup we had a stupid song that used the German word for it (allee - sounds like french allez) and described how it looks, one street many trees. 

Stuff like it sticks