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City blocks

Scope note

Use for pieces of land within urban areas usually bounded on all sides by streets or other transportation routes, natural physical barriers, or public open space and not traversed by through streets. LOFZ

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30008077

Narrower Terms used

superblocks

Equivalent Terms used

city block

Created

13yrs ago

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