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  2. City block - Wikipedia

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    Since the spacing of streets in grid plans varies so widely among cities, or even within cities, it is difficult to generalize about the size of a city block. Oblong blocks range considerably in width and length. The standard block in Manhattan is about 264 by 900 feet (80 m × 274 m).

  3. Concrete block - Wikipedia

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    A pallet of "8-inch" concrete blocks An interior wall of painted concrete blocks Concrete masonry blocks A building constructed with concrete masonry blocks. A concrete block, also known as a cinder block in North American English, breeze block in British English, or concrete masonry unit (CMU), or by various other terms, is a standard-size rectangular block used in building construction.

  4. Commissioners' Plan of 1811 - Wikipedia

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    Perhaps influenced by the dimensions of the island, which is longer north–south than it is east–west, Manhattan's blocks are long rectangles, with the east–west dimension, while varied, larger than the big grid of Salt Lake City, while the north–south dimension, at 200 feet (61 m), just 20 feet (6.1 m) longer than the small grid of ...

  5. Jenga - Wikipedia

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    Jenga is played with 54 wooden blocks. Each block is three times as long as it is wide, and one fifth as thick as its length – 1.5 cm × 2.5 cm × 7.5 cm (0.59 in × 0.98 in × 2.95 in). Blocks have small, random variations from these dimensions so as to create imperfections in the stacking process and make the game more challenging. [2]

  6. Grid plan - Wikipedia

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    Block sizes and street length In a numbered grid system, adding an extra street can cause confusion Street width , or right of way (ROW), influences the amount of land that is devoted to streets, which becomes unavailable for development and therefore represents an opportunity cost .

  7. Baalbek Stones - Wikipedia

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    The rectangular stone block is: 20.31–20.76 metres (66.6–68.1 ft) long [12] ... These are dimensions of the rectangular stone block, assuming that its shape is ...

  8. Structural clay tile - Wikipedia

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    Also called building tile, structural terra cotta, hollow tile, saltillo tile, and clay block, the material is an extruded clay shape with substantial depth that allows it to be laid in the same manner as other clay or concrete masonry. In North America it was chiefly used during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, reaching peak popularity ...

  9. Oblong - Wikipedia

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    An oblong is an object longer than it is wide, especially a non-square rectangle. Oblong may also refer to: Places. Oblong, Illinois, a village in the United States;