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Post by osnafrank on Apr 12, 2021 19:05:19 GMT
What is a Block ?
I have heard this a gazillion times in movies from the US.
"It's 4 Blocks away from here"
All i know is, that streets are typically laid out on a grid plan,
so that city blocks are square or rectangular.
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Post by wolf on Apr 12, 2021 19:29:47 GMT
What is a Block ?
I have heard this a gazillion times in movies from the US.
"It's 4 Blocks away from here"
All i know is, that streets are typically laid out on a grid plan,
so that city blocks are square or rectangular.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see City block (disambiguation).
Diagram of an example of a rectangular city block as seen from above, surrounded by streets. The block is divided into lots which were numbered by the developer as shown in red here and as shown in plats. The addresses on this example 800 block are shown in black and the adjacent blocks are the 700 and 900 blocks. An alley shown in light gray runs lengthwise down the middle of the block. Streets are shown in dark gray. Sidewalks are shown in light gray. Avenues are shown in green with walkways shown in light gray from every lot to the street.
Chicago in 1857. Blocks of 80, 40, and 10 acres establish a street grid at the outskirts which continues into the more finely divided downtown area.
A city block, residential block, urban block or simply block is a central element of urban planning and urban design.
A city block is the smallest group of buildings that is surrounded by streets, not counting any type of thoroughfare within the area of a building or comparable structure. 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 smaller land lots usually in private ownership, though in some cases, it may be other forms of tenure. City blocks are usually built-up to varying degrees and thus form the physical containers or 'streetwalls' of public space. Most cities are composed of a greater or lesser variety of sizes and shapes of urban block. For example, many pre-industrial cores of cities in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East tend to have irregularly shaped street patterns and urban blocks, while cities based on grids have much more regular arrangements."....I always think of 'the block' as in the neighborhood where you live. The 'block' your street is on.
You know....like having a 'Block party'? 🙂
It's one of those things you're so used to and just know, it can be kinda hard to describe.
I wonder how diobolic and @wayoftheredpanda would describe or define it. 🙂 |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2021 19:37:06 GMT
What is a Block ?
I have heard this a gazillion times in movies from the US.
"It's 4 Blocks away from here"
All i know is, that streets are typically laid out on a grid plan,
so that city blocks are square or rectangular.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
For other uses, see City block (disambiguation).
Diagram of an example of a rectangular city block as seen from above, surrounded by streets. The block is divided into lots which were numbered by the developer as shown in red here and as shown in plats. The addresses on this example 800 block are shown in black and the adjacent blocks are the 700 and 900 blocks. An alley shown in light gray runs lengthwise down the middle of the block. Streets are shown in dark gray. Sidewalks are shown in light gray. Avenues are shown in green with walkways shown in light gray from every lot to the street.
Chicago in 1857. Blocks of 80, 40, and 10 acres establish a street grid at the outskirts which continues into the more finely divided downtown area.
A city block, residential block, urban block or simply block is a central element of urban planning and urban design.
A city block is the smallest group of buildings that is surrounded by streets, not counting any type of thoroughfare within the area of a building or comparable structure. 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 smaller land lots usually in private ownership, though in some cases, it may be other forms of tenure. City blocks are usually built-up to varying degrees and thus form the physical containers or 'streetwalls' of public space. Most cities are composed of a greater or lesser variety of sizes and shapes of urban block. For example, many pre-industrial cores of cities in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East tend to have irregularly shaped street patterns and urban blocks, while cities based on grids have much more regular arrangements."....I always think of 'the block' as in the neighborhood where you live. The 'block' your street is on.
You know....like having a 'Block party'? 🙂
It's one of those things you're so used to and just know, it can be kinda hard to describe.
I wonder how diobolic and @wayoftheredpanda would describe or define it. 🙂 |
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Post by wolf on Apr 12, 2021 20:16:54 GMT
From Wiki-tiki 🙂 ...."City block
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
For other uses, see City block (disambiguation).
Diagram of an example of a rectangular city block as seen from above, surrounded by streets. The block is divided into lots which were numbered by the developer as shown in red here and as shown in plats. The addresses on this example 800 block are shown in black and the adjacent blocks are the 700 and 900 blocks. An alley shown in light gray runs lengthwise down the middle of the block. Streets are shown in dark gray. Sidewalks are shown in light gray. Avenues are shown in green with walkways shown in light gray from every lot to the street.
Chicago in 1857. Blocks of 80, 40, and 10 acres establish a street grid at the outskirts which continues into the more finely divided downtown area.
A city block, residential block, urban block or simply block is a central element of urban planning and urban design.
A city block is the smallest group of buildings that is surrounded by streets, not counting any type of thoroughfare within the area of a building or comparable structure. 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 smaller land lots usually in private ownership, though in some cases, it may be other forms of tenure. City blocks are usually built-up to varying degrees and thus form the physical containers or 'streetwalls' of public space. Most cities are composed of a greater or lesser variety of sizes and shapes of urban block. For example, many pre-industrial cores of cities in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East tend to have irregularly shaped street patterns and urban blocks, while cities based on grids have much more regular arrangements."....I always think of 'the block' as in the neighborhood where you live. The 'block' your street is on.
You know....like having a 'Block party'? 🙂
It's one of those things you're so used to and just know, it can be kinda hard to describe.
I wonder how diobolic and @wayoftheredpanda would describe or define it. 🙂
I think it varies, depending on how you think of it, and what you're specifically referring to at the time.....as in concerning your immediate neighbors/friends...then there's things like utilities to take into consideration.
The people who live across the street here are our neighbors/friends on the block, but the City's electrical transformer for our block ( out back of my residence) isn't shard with those neighbors, it's shared with the all the other residents who live behind me on another street.
Our back yards face each other, with an alley running between them the length of our street, Commander osnafrank . 🙂 
(...if that doesn't make any sense to anyone....it's the Benadryl talking again...  ) |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2021 20:32:23 GMT
What is a Block ?
I have heard this a gazillion times in movies from the US.
"It's 4 Blocks away from here"
All i know is, that streets are typically laid out on a grid plan,
so that city blocks are square or rectangular.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
For other uses, see City block (disambiguation).
Diagram of an example of a rectangular city block as seen from above, surrounded by streets. The block is divided into lots which were numbered by the developer as shown in red here and as shown in plats. The addresses on this example 800 block are shown in black and the adjacent blocks are the 700 and 900 blocks. An alley shown in light gray runs lengthwise down the middle of the block. Streets are shown in dark gray. Sidewalks are shown in light gray. Avenues are shown in green with walkways shown in light gray from every lot to the street.
Chicago in 1857. Blocks of 80, 40, and 10 acres establish a street grid at the outskirts which continues into the more finely divided downtown area.
A city block, residential block, urban block or simply block is a central element of urban planning and urban design.
A city block is the smallest group of buildings that is surrounded by streets, not counting any type of thoroughfare within the area of a building or comparable structure. 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 smaller land lots usually in private ownership, though in some cases, it may be other forms of tenure. City blocks are usually built-up to varying degrees and thus form the physical containers or 'streetwalls' of public space. Most cities are composed of a greater or lesser variety of sizes and shapes of urban block. For example, many pre-industrial cores of cities in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East tend to have irregularly shaped street patterns and urban blocks, while cities based on grids have much more regular arrangements."....I always think of 'the block' as in the neighborhood where you live. The 'block' your street is on.
You know....like having a 'Block party'? 🙂
It's one of those things you're so used to and just know, it can be kinda hard to describe.
I wonder how diobolic and @wayoftheredpanda would describe or define it. 🙂I've never referred to any location of land as a block before unless where't talking about Minecraft |
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Post by wolf on Apr 12, 2021 20:38:25 GMT
From Wiki-tiki 🙂 ...."City block
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
For other uses, see City block (disambiguation).
Diagram of an example of a rectangular city block as seen from above, surrounded by streets. The block is divided into lots which were numbered by the developer as shown in red here and as shown in plats. The addresses on this example 800 block are shown in black and the adjacent blocks are the 700 and 900 blocks. An alley shown in light gray runs lengthwise down the middle of the block. Streets are shown in dark gray. Sidewalks are shown in light gray. Avenues are shown in green with walkways shown in light gray from every lot to the street.
Chicago in 1857. Blocks of 80, 40, and 10 acres establish a street grid at the outskirts which continues into the more finely divided downtown area.
A city block, residential block, urban block or simply block is a central element of urban planning and urban design.
A city block is the smallest group of buildings that is surrounded by streets, not counting any type of thoroughfare within the area of a building or comparable structure. 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 smaller land lots usually in private ownership, though in some cases, it may be other forms of tenure. City blocks are usually built-up to varying degrees and thus form the physical containers or 'streetwalls' of public space. Most cities are composed of a greater or lesser variety of sizes and shapes of urban block. For example, many pre-industrial cores of cities in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East tend to have irregularly shaped street patterns and urban blocks, while cities based on grids have much more regular arrangements."....I always think of 'the block' as in the neighborhood where you live. The 'block' your street is on.
You know....like having a 'Block party'? 🙂
It's one of those things you're so used to and just know, it can be kinda hard to describe.
I wonder how diobolic and @wayoftheredpanda would describe or define it. 🙂 I've never referred to any location of land as a block before unless where't talking about Minecraft |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2021 20:39:27 GMT
I've never referred to any location of land as a block before unless where't talking about Minecraft I live in the suburbs so I don't even think about city blocks. |
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Post by wolf on Apr 12, 2021 20:46:54 GMT
Hon...you and that cat need to get out and go play more. 😊😉 I live in the suburbs so I don't even think about city blocks.
But my kid grew up with hearing and using the term 'block' or 'on the block'.
It's about urban and suburban blocks.
The 'burbs?...going out to play with the other kids on your block?
Throwing a 'block party' on a long 3 day weekend, like Memorial Day? 4th of July? Labor Day?🙂 |
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Post by neesy on Apr 12, 2021 21:00:27 GMT
What is a Block ?
I have heard this a gazillion times in movies from the US.
"It's 4 Blocks away from here"
All i know is, that streets are typically laid out on a grid plan,
so that city blocks are square or rectangular. Here's my definition:
A block is the distance from one street to the next, perpendicular to the street you are walking on. Basically, If you are walking up a North/South running street, the distance between one East/West running street and the second East/West running street would be a block. A block is the space between two roads.
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Post by wolf on Apr 12, 2021 21:19:49 GMT
What is a Block ?
I have heard this a gazillion times in movies from the US.
"It's 4 Blocks away from here"
All i know is, that streets are typically laid out on a grid plan,
so that city blocks are square or rectangular. Here's my definition:
A block is the distance from one street to the next, perpendicular to the street you are walking on. Basically, If you are walking up a North/South running street, the distance between one East/West running street and the second East/West running street would be a block. A block is the space between two roads.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2021 21:41:30 GMT
I live in the suburbs so I don't even think about city blocks.
But my kid grew up with hearing and using the term 'block' or 'on the block'.
It's about urban and suburban blocks.
The 'burbs?...going out to play with the other kids on your block?
Throwing a 'block party' on a long 3 day weekend, like Memorial Day? 4th of July? Labor Day?🙂Oh no, I know the definition of a Block, but I’ve only heard it used either in fiction/non fiction works, never used casually |
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Post by wolf on Apr 12, 2021 22:15:13 GMT
Sigh....I guess it's another one of those generational things again.
But my kid grew up with hearing and using the term 'block' or 'on the block'.
It's about urban and suburban blocks.
The 'burbs?...going out to play with the other kids on your block?
Throwing a 'block party' on a long 3 day weekend, like Memorial Day? 4th of July? Labor Day?🙂 Oh no, I know the definition of a Block, but I’ve only heard it used either in fiction/non fiction works, never used casually
(oh noooo....I just thought of "New Kids On The Block" facepalm ....some of the worst music ever, to MY ears! Just never was my kind of thing. 🙂) |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2021 22:45:50 GMT
Oh no, I know the definition of a Block, but I’ve only heard it used either in fiction/non fiction works, never used casually
(oh noooo....I just thought of "New Kids On The Block"  ....some of the worst music ever, to MY ears! Just never was my kind of thing. 🙂)Bands where all the members look like somebody's uncle > boy bands |
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Post by wolf on Apr 12, 2021 22:56:41 GMT
That's a trip. It's more or less a slang term (or can be used as a slang term), not uncommon here. 🙂
(oh noooo....I just thought of "New Kids On The Block" ....some of the worst music ever, to MY ears! Just never was my kind of thing. 🙂) Bands where all the members look like somebody's uncle > boy bands facepalm ...... 😆 |
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Post by Dizzy on Apr 12, 2021 23:34:52 GMT
Well With Me a Block is Just The Street You Live on! Or Sometimes Your Entire Neighborhood. Alotta People in Illinois Say it When They sre Talking about thete Street or in Genetal Term for Just Going Outside. Like " im Fittin to Hit the Block an See Whats Happenin" Means im Going to See Whats Going on Outside Lol
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Post by wolf on Apr 13, 2021 14:34:02 GMT
Well With Me a Block is Just The Street You Live on! Or Sometimes Your Entire Neighborhood. Alotta People in Illinois Say it When They sre Talking about thete Street or in Genetal Term for Just Going Outside. Like " im Fittin to Hit the Block an See Whats Happenin" Means im Going to See Whats Going on Outside Lol
Good one Diz! 😊 |
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Post by neesy on Apr 13, 2021 17:35:23 GMT
Here's my definition:
A block is the distance from one street to the next, perpendicular to the street you are walking on. Basically, If you are walking up a North/South running street, the distance between one East/West running street and the second East/West running street would be a block. A block is the space between two roads.
Fits both urban and suburban.
Jenny from the Block - that's the first time I watched that video - I wonder why Ben Affleck is in there with her?
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Post by wolf on Apr 13, 2021 17:47:09 GMT
Yep. Best way to describe it Nees. 😊
Fits both urban and suburban.
Jenny from the Block - that's the first time I watched that video - I wonder why Ben Affleck is in there with her?
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Post by Dizzy on Apr 13, 2021 19:11:12 GMT
Thank You wolf That's Just How I See it Anyways Sis. 
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Post by neesy on Apr 13, 2021 19:14:49 GMT
Jenny from the Block - that's the first time I watched that video - I wonder why Ben Affleck is in there with her?
...I think around the time they filmed "Gigli", or right after that.You're right about the time frame but they split up four days before the wedding (I cannot believe I am Googling celebrity junk like this) 
So 
Here's a new random thought - Andy is much better at deboning a chicken thigh than I am
I'm trying the sweet & sour chicken noodle recipe from Jamie Oliver - should be good even if I am substituting frozen green peas for sugar snap peas
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....some of the worst music ever, to MY ears! Just never was my kind of thing. 🙂)
