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a street that put on a blazer and started charging rent
means A broad, often tree-lined street or approach, especially one leading to something grand.
from From French 'avenue,' the feminine past participle of 'avenir,' meaning 'to come to' or 'approach' — itself from Latin 'advenire' ('to arrive'), built from 'ad-' (to) and 'venire' (to come). So an avenue was first literally a way of coming up to a place: the grand approach to a chateau or estate, lined with trees to make the arrival feel like an event. English borrowed it in the 1600s, and only later did it shed the country house and move into the city grid.
- tree origin
- originally meant a tree-lined approach to a mansion
- latin root
- from advenire, to arrive or come toward
- paris obsession
- Champs-Elysees commands the world's priciest retail rent
- monopoly fact
- all standard board spaces are avenues, not streets
- width flex
- avenues typically run wider than mere streets
fifth avenue — new york city's most famous street, running north-south through manhattan with luxury shops and landmarks
hollywood boulevard — los angeles avenue featuring the walk of fame with over 2,700 stars embedded in the sidewalk
las ramblas — barcelona tree-lined pedestrian avenue stretching 1.3 km from plaça de catalunya to the waterfront