streetscape

American  

[street-skeyp] / ˈstritˌskeɪp /

noun

1. a pictorial view of a street.

2. an environment of streets.

   The little park provides a tranquil refuge so uncharacteristic of the urban streetscape.

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Etymology

Origin of streetscape

First recorded in 1920–25; street + -scape

Example Sentences

Those same stadium-linked businesses backing the billboard blight initiative are also behind some of the city’s most visible and controversial digital advertising displays on stadium properties, which have changed Inglewood’s streetscape in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Like many cafes in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, the circa-1946 Café Giảng slots into the hectic, colorful streetscape like a narrow paperback on a library shelf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

DfI commissioned consultants to draw up proposals to redevelop the streetscape and resolve the issues.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

“On a dime, we reimagined large swaths of our streetscape, kept restaurants and bars afloat, protected and preserved the hospitality industry while making New York City so much more dynamic.”

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2024

The check-cashing stores instead of banks, the rows of beauty salons, liquor stores, laundromats, funeral homes, and their graffiti-laced walls were the universal streetscape of poverty.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore