Etymology
Origin of streetscape
Example Sentences
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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
New York has created the position of chief public realm officer to transform the streetscape, supervising permanent “streeteries,” pedestrianized plazas, and more family-friendly spaces to encourage residents to socialize, shop, eat, and exercise in person.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2024
That is particularly true in Kyiv, the capital, where small coffee kiosks staffed by trained baristas serving tasty mochas for less than $2 have become a fixture of the streetscape.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024
And two ballpoint pens—the top halves filled with water in which a cut-out collage of a London streetscape was suspended.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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