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  2. Complete streets - Wikipedia

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    A revitalization project in Lancaster, CA helped create 50 new businesses and over 800 new jobs. [36] After a 2007 Complete Streets redesign in parts of New York City, there was a nearly 50% increase in retail sales on 9th Avenue in Manhattan and a nearly 50% decrease in commercial vacancies in Union Square. [19]

  3. King's Road - Wikipedia

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    The eastern part of King's Road is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. [4] King's Road is part of A3217. [5] [6] Bus. Buses 11, 19, 22, 49, 211, 319, 328, and C3 all go down King's Road, yet most of these turn off the street at one point or another. The 11 and the 22 are the only routes which run the ...

  4. World's End, Kensington and Chelsea - Wikipedia

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    On Cary's New And Accurate Plan Of London And Westminster (1795), the inn is shown on the north side of Kings Road, the only building in the area. [4] The modern public house, the World's End Distillery, on the south side of King's Road, was built in 1897. [5] Famous ex-residents of the World's End Estate include Christine Keeler and Joe Strummer.

  5. Grid plan - Wikipedia

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    In urban planning, the grid plan, grid street plan, or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid. [ 1 ] Two inherent characteristics of the grid plan, frequent intersections and orthogonal geometry, facilitate movement.

  6. David Ward King - Wikipedia

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    David Ward King (October 27, 1857 – February 9, 1920) was an American farmer and inventor of the King road drag.His invention, which was the horse-drawn forerunner of the modern road grader, had a great influence on American life because his invention improved the widespread dirt roads of his day to the extent that they could accommodate the advent of the automobile, rural mail delivery and ...

  7. List of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Scottsboro: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street in Scottsboro runs north–south on the northwest side of town. Selma: In 1976, Sylvan Street was renamed Martin Luther King Street. King spent many days along Sylvan Street working for civil rights in the 1960s, especially by speaking at First Baptist Church and Brown Chapel.

  8. Centre Turnpike - Wikipedia

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    Centre Turnpike, also known as the Reading-Sunbury Road, was an early United States turnpike located in Pennsylvania. It followed the path of the King's Highway, which had been surveyed in 1770 by Francis Yarnall. Running from Reading to Sunbury, it was 75 miles (121 km) long, was started in 1808, and was completed around 1814 at a cost of US ...

  9. King's Road (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    King's Road is a street in Chelsea, London, England. King's Road or Kings Road may also refer to: King's Road (Hong Kong) King's Road (Finland) King's Road (Florida), part of Florida State Road 4 (pre-1945) Kings Road, Adelaide, part of route A17 across the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia