superblock
noun
su·per·block
ˈsü-pər-ˌbläk 
: a very large commercial or residential block barred to through traffic, crossed by pedestrian walks and sometimes access roads, and often spotted with grassed malls
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The superblock concept, spearheaded by urban ecologist Salvador Rueda, was intended to restore the original vision of a city able to nurture its public health.
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Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2024
The project attracted attention worldwide: The city of Los Angeles announced plans to implement its own superblock pilot last year.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2024
The new neighborhood growth blueprint would increase the area’s population from 78,000 to 143,000 over the next 30 years, break up car-centric superblocks and allow high-rise housing along major roads.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
As at most high-rise public housing projects, the towers are set in the middle of a superblock, isolating them from the neighborhood and killing street life.
—Curbed, 9 Jan. 2024
Barcelona has reorganized some streets into superblocks in recent years, creating pedestrian-centric neighborhoods with playgrounds at intersections.
—Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
Cities around the world are experimenting with a wide range of other supporting initiatives, such as Barcelona’s superblocks, regions smaller than a neighborhood that are designed to be hospitable to walking and cycling.
—Heather L. MacLean, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2022
According to the plan, residents (mostly African American) would be displaced, properties expropriated and streets obliterated to make room for a superblock of governmental offices, courts, and new library ringing a green plaza, today’s Duncan Plaza.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 6 Feb. 2021
At the east end of the superblock was a neoclassical station, built of granite and glass.
—William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
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Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2024
The project attracted attention worldwide: The city of Los Angeles announced plans to implement its own superblock pilot last year.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2024
The new neighborhood growth blueprint would increase the area’s population from 78,000 to 143,000 over the next 30 years, break up car-centric superblocks and allow high-rise housing along major roads.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
As at most high-rise public housing projects, the towers are set in the middle of a superblock, isolating them from the neighborhood and killing street life.
—Curbed, 9 Jan. 2024
Barcelona has reorganized some streets into superblocks in recent years, creating pedestrian-centric neighborhoods with playgrounds at intersections.
—Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
Cities around the world are experimenting with a wide range of other supporting initiatives, such as Barcelona’s superblocks, regions smaller than a neighborhood that are designed to be hospitable to walking and cycling.
—Heather L. MacLean, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2022
According to the plan, residents (mostly African American) would be displaced, properties expropriated and streets obliterated to make room for a superblock of governmental offices, courts, and new library ringing a green plaza, today’s Duncan Plaza.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 6 Feb. 2021
At the east end of the superblock was a neoclassical station, built of granite and glass.
—William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
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