A boulevard is a type of broad avenue planted with rows of trees, or in parts of North America, any urban highway or wide road in a commercial district.
In Europe, boulevards were originally circumferential roads following the line of former city walls.
In North American usage, boulevards may be wide, multi-lane thoroughfares divided with only a central median.
Etymology
The word boulevard is borrowed from French. In France, it originally meant the flat surface of a rampart, and later a promenade taking the place of a demolished fortification. It is a borrowing from the Dutch word bolwerk 'bulwark'.[1]
Notable examples
Asia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Cambodia
India
- M G Road
- Anna Salai
- Indira Gandhi Sarani
- Marine Drive
- Krishnaraja Boulevard
- Rajpath
- Necklace Road
- Mahatma Gandhi Road
- Foreshore Road
Indonesia
- Jalan Jenderal Sudirman
- Jalan M.H. Thamrin
- Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto
- Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said
- Jalan Gajah Mada/Jalan Hayam Wuruk
- Jalan Prof. Dr. Satrio
- Jalan Plaza Boulevard
Vietnam
Iran
Philippines
Australia and Oceania
Australia
- St Kilda Road, Melbourne
- Royal Parade, Melbourne
- Victoria Parade, Melbourne
- Flemington Road, Melbourne
- Mount Alexander Road, Melbourne
- The Boulevard, Perth
New Zealand
Europe
Austria
Denmark
Boulevards in Copenhagen:
- Nørre Voldgade
- H. C. Andersens Boulevard
- Vesterbrogade
- Sønder Boulevard
- Dalgas Boulevard
- Strandboulevarden
- Frederiksberg Allé
France
- Boulevard Beaumarchais
- Boulevard du Temple
- Boulevard Montmartre
- Boulevard des Italiens
- Boulevard des Capucines
- Boulevard de la Madeleine
Germany
- Unter den Linden, Berlin
- Kurfürstendamm, Berlin
- Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin
- Boulevard der Stars, Berlin
- Königsallee, Düsseldorf
- Goerdelerring, Leipzig
- Brienner Straße, Munich
- Leopoldstraße, Munich
- Maximilianstraße, Munich
- Prinzregentenstraße, Munich
Hungary
- Little Boulevard, Budapest
- Grand Boulevard, Budapest
- Hungária Boulevard, Budapest[3]
Ireland
- O'Connell Street, Dublin
Italy
- Viali di Circonvallazione, Florence
- Foro Buonaparte, Milan
- Stradone Martiri della Libertà, Parma
- Via Merulana, Rome
Netherlands
Spain
- Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, Barcelona
- Avenida de la Granvia de Hospitalet, Barcelona
- Avinguda Diagonal, Barcelona
- Alameda Principal, Málaga
Portugal
Russia
- Boulevard Ring, Moscow
- Garden Ring, Moscow
Ukraine
- Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard
- Sections of Small Ring Road, Kyiv
North America
Canada
Mexico
- Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City
United States
- Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn
- Broadway, Manhattan
- West Side Highway, Manhattan
- FDR Drive, Manhattan (future project)
- Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles
- Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles
- Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles
- Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles
- Chicago Boulevard System
- Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia
- Roosevelt Boulevard, Philadelphia
- Southern Boulevard Park, Philadelphia
- Boulevard, Atlanta
- Park Avenue, New York City
- Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas
- Ohio River Boulevard, Pittsburgh
South America
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
References
- ^ Wiktionnaire, [1]
- ^ "Buses to Bring Change". Cebu Daily News. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Húsvét után jön a nagykörúti káosz". Index.hu. 17 April 2006. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Некоммерческий проект бульвары Москвы.". Bulwar.ru. Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
Books
- Jacobs, Allan B.; Elizabeth Macdonald; Yodan Rofé (2003). The Boulevard Book. The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-60023-1.
- Fiaccadori, Gianfranco; Malinverni, Alessandro; Mambriani, Carlo (2012). Guglielmo du Tillot: regista delle arti nell'età dei Lumi (in Italian). Parma: Fondazione Cariparma. ISBN 978-88-7898-064-8. OCLC 889616353
- Pastega, Agostino Brotto (2010). Antonio Gaidon 1738–1829. Un professionista ante litteram dal rilievo mappale al boulevard. Bassano: Associazione Interprofessionale Bassanese.