Sentence examples for street layout from inspiring English sources

Most future houses will need to face south, a challenge to conventional street layout.

The geometry of the street layout is both elegant and carefully adjusted to existing conditions; had it been followed (the city was rebuilt on the old street layout), it would have turned London into a Paris on the Thames.

After ground was broken on the new city in 1882, the street layout and government buildings were quickly constructed.

To the chagrin of New York, Brooklyn became an independent city in 1834 and soon adopted the grid form of street layout.

It is a classic country town, a simple street layout, corner pubs, war memorial, the obligatory tennis courts, old verandah posts.

In another project in north London a series of community-led changes to the street layout reduced average daily traffic volume by 10% and substantially reduced traffic speeds.

The firm also designed the street layouts and landscaping for Forest Hills Gardens.

According to Tudor, the development team actually went to live in each location for several weeks, exploring the street layouts.

The city has more than 12,000 intersections, for one, but of particular worry are the street layouts that diverge from the common grid.

It is perhaps the fact that it has always been a residential place with little or no industry that has helped preserve its charm, with the medieval street layouts still resisting urban planners.

Mr. Duany developed a conceptual plan for Liberty Harbor using New Urbanist principles calling for open, "porous" development that fits seamlessly into the existing urban setting and offers a variety of housing types and styles integrated with retailing and park space and pedestrian-oriented street layouts.