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where the city writes its diary in asphalt, neon, and the occasional questionable decision
means A public road in a town or city, usually lined with buildings on one or both sides, used by pedestrians and vehicles.
from From Old English 'strǣt,' borrowed from Late Latin 'strata' (via) — short for 'via strata,' a 'paved way,' from 'sternere,' to spread or lay down. The Romans laid these roads across their empire, and the word followed the stones into Germanic tongues, which is why German 'Strasse' and Dutch 'straat' are its close cousins. So every street is, etymologically, something 'spread out' beneath your feet.
oldest pavedUr's streets were paved around 4000 BC
name originFrom Latin via strata, meaning paved way
longest oneToronto's Yonge Street once claimed 1,896 kilometers
smartest moveStreets predate the wheel by millennia
grid logicManhattan's grid was planned in 1811