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

Created by artist Dan Medina, 51, the statue is part of a $3.2-million streetscape and pedestrian improvement project that also highlights Native American, African American and immigrant cultures from communities across L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

The streetscape was changed in recent years to add a cycle lane as part of a £52,000 scheme involving the city council and DfI.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

This all serves New Orleans’ tourism industry, which operates in the shadow of an even darker form of American capitalism—the wealth that built the streetscape in the 19th century derived largely from slavery.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025

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