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Originally Posted by Groundhog
Are those grass partitions (if that's the right word) between the sidewalk and street? If it is, it feels very suburban and I'm at a loss to think of anywhere else within the core of Center City that has that set up. Very interesting.
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They are called curb strips or parking strips in some places (those are the names i've heard) but apparently there are lots of regionalized names for them according to Wikipedia -
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_verge#Terminology
I don't mind them as they can be really nice if landscaped well (also the rainwater runoff benefits as mentioned), but I hope the buildings are built all the way out to the property line. Setbacks would be more of an indicator of suburbia to me.