Area between street and sidewalk

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I have a question that I can't seem to find an answer to. Is there a term for the piece of land that sits between the street and sidewalk? I have tried searching for that piece of grass on google, but couldn't find much. My mom thinks it is a "parking", while I have also heard "parkway" or "boulevard". Is there a universal term?

Thanks!

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Utility right of way...??

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People call it different names in different places. I always called it parkway, or parking strip, but I've seen it called other names on some a2k threads in the past.

It is in the city right of way..

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I grew up calling it the boulevard. Other folks have different names. I don't belive there's anything close to a universal term.

I know there's another thread on this very topic, but I can't find it.

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nature strip here.

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"Tree lawn" to me. And to me, a boulevard is a road with grass in the middle.

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Gutter

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Verge: (3)British : a paved or planted strip of land at the edge of a road : shoulder

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Thanks guys, its interesting reading all the responses. It seems that 'Boulevard' is more of a Canada thing (I've heard it a couple times, but only from Canadians).

I think I'm going to go with "Parking Strip", I like that one best. (Or, just stick with "The other side of the sidewalk" Smile

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I've heard "the city's strip"--but only from house owners complaining about maintaining the landscape of "the city's strip."

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The pedestrian killing zone. :wink:

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I was also raised calling it a "Boulevard" in Milwaukee, Wiscoinsin.
" a broad often landscaped thoroughfare"
boulevard. (2009). In Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
Retrieved May 8, 2009, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boulevard

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In florida it is called the ROW or "right of way". Also the home owner is responsible for maintaining this strip of land.

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"A tree lawn, also called by other names including parkway, boulevard, sidewalk buffer, verge, nature strip, tree belt, utility strip, planting strip, devil's strip (or devil strip), city grass, berm, and numerous others."

I've always called it a parkway.

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in south florida it is called a swale

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@nashley,

Easement

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@anony mous,

Many parking strips do not have swales - swales have to do with the grading of the land involved.

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@El Magnifico,

No, the parkway (etc) is plain old city property. For easement see this article in wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easement

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