culs-de-sac

Although if we are going to face a Matthew-as-Lazarus moment and for Mary's sake, I wouldn't oppose it entirely, then that would sum up one of the biggest flaws of this series: we keep being led down culs-de-sac that then turn out to be false.

Downton Abbey: series two, episode six 2011

One might imagine culs-de-sac being converted to faux Main Streets, or McMansion developments being bulldozed and reforested or turned into parks.

The Next Slum? 2008

One might imagine culs-de-sac being converted to faux Main Streets, or McMansion developments being bulldozed and reforested or turned into parks.

The Next Slum? « Isegoria 2008

And high-rises are culs-de-sac: two thousand people jammed together in the air … (tags: Ballardian Ballard architecture highrise interview urbanism crime) [...]

Ballardian » ‘Content in their little prisons’: J.G. Ballard on ‘The Towers’ 2008

And high-rises are culs-de-sac: two thousand people jammed together in the air …

Ballardian » ‘Content in their little prisons’: J.G. Ballard on ‘The Towers’ 2008

One might imagine culs-de-sac being converted to faux Main Streets, or McMansion developments being bulldozed and reforested or turned into parks.

The Next Slum? 2008

Any attempt to go backwards steers you into barriers and culs-de-sac, and if you jumped over them youd encounter a rabid three-headed dog.

What's Going On Mark Steel 2009

Its talented preservation and community-planning experts should be offered the chance to devise a land-use approach that revives charming old neighborhood patterns rather than producing alienating culs-de-sac or artificial quaintness.

My New Orleans Rosemary James 2006

Along came sterile housing tracts set in isolating culs-de-sac, and shopping centers whose only ties to localities were the dollars of local consumers.

Gas Guzzling Gavin sfmike 2006

The word may also be applied to narrow streets or culs-de-sac between major streets.

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