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  2. Road verge - Wikipedia

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    A road verge is a strip of groundcover consisting of grass or garden plants, and sometimes also shrubs and trees, located between a roadway and a sidewalk. [1] Verges are known by dozens of other names such as grass strip, nature strip, curb strip, or park strip, the usage of which is often quite regional.

  3. Vestibule (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    A floor plan with a modern vestibule shown in red. A vestibule (also anteroom, antechamber, or foyer) is a small room leading into a larger space [1] such as a lobby, entrance hall, or passage, for the purpose of waiting, withholding the larger space from view, reducing heat loss, providing storage space for outdoor clothing, etc.

  4. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    Area or basement area In Georgian architecture, the small paved yard giving entry, via "area steps", to the basement floor at the front of a terraced house. Arris A sharp edge created when two surfaces converge; this includes the raised edge between two flutes on a column or pilaster, if that edge is sharp. Arris Rail

  5. Sidewalk - Wikipedia

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    Raised sidewalk with stone curbs beside a 2000-year-old paved road in Pompeii, Italy. A sidewalk (American English and Canadian English) or [1] [2] [3] footpath (British English) is a path along the side of a road. Usually constructed of concrete, pavers, brick, stone, or asphalt, it is designed for pedestrians.

  6. Median strip - Wikipedia

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    A median strip, central reservation, roadway median, or traffic median is the reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways such as divided highways, dual carriageways, freeways, and motorways. The term also applies to divided roadways other than highways, including some major streets in urban or suburban areas.

  7. Column: LA's cracked, ruptured sidewalks are a scandal. Where ...

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    An audit of L.A.'s scandalous response to broken sidewalks put the service ... the sidewalk mountain ranges scattered about the area. ... of more than 1,000 lawsuits between 2020 and 2023 at more ...

  8. Vaulted sidewalk - Wikipedia

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    Many buildings chose the latter option, opting to use the vaulted area for storage. As recently as 2001 there were still over 2,000 vaulted sidewalks in Chicago [6] Today the old vaulted sidewalks are visible mostly during construction and cause increased costs of infrastructure maintenance. [7] This is a vaulted sidewalk under construction in ...

  9. Baby Has $5 Million Surgery to Remove Left Side of Brain at ...

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    Related: Mom Noticed Her Toddler Was Acting Strange.Days Later, She Found Out It Was Stage 4 Cancer (Exclusive) From there, things began to get worse. Andalusia recalls seeing Caper’s eye twitch ...