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

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

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

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