Meanings
- not comparableAlongside or near a street.
Cheng had to pull the building back to be able to plant trees close to the property line, because of the maze of utility lines at streetside.
2009 April 4, Donna Laporte, “Architect hopes to bring West Coast feel to Toronto”, in Toronto Star2 more examples
“Topshop is not as cheap as H & M, but it is fantastic visually and the store looks fun,” said Fern Penn, a SoHo retailer who, driven back by the streetside chaos, said she would return after the initial hubbub had died down.
2009 April 3, Guy Trebay, “From High Street to SoHo, a Club Ethos”, in New York TimesIn Japan, automobile owners must obtain a shako shomei sho, or “garage certificate,” showing that they have secured a place to store the vehicle overnight at their residence or in a parking garage; leaving it streetside is not an option. The expense and hassle of that requirement acts as a deterrent to car ownership, and an inducement to travel by other modes like transit or a bicycle.
2022 September 6, David Zipper, “How Japan Won its ‘Traffic War’”, in Bloomberg Terminal
Origin
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