Boulevard
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Boulevard (French, from Dutch Bolwerk – bolwark, meaning bastion) has several generally accepted meanings. It was first introduced in the French language in 1435 as boloard and has since been altered into boulevard.
In this case, as a type of road, a boulevard (often abbreviated Blvd) is usually a wide, multi-lane arterial thoroughfare, divided with a median down the center, and "roads" along each side designed as slow travel and parking lanes and for bicycle and pedestrian usage, often with an above-average quality of landscaping and scenery. The division into peripheral roads for local use and a central main thoroughfare for regional traffic is a principal feature of the boulevard.
Works with boulevard in title
- Sunset Boulevard, a 1950 American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder
- Hollywood Boulevard, a 1976 film by Joe Dante
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", a 1933 hit song set in Paris
- Boulevard du Temple (Louis Daguerre), a 1838 photo
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