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Boulevard
Wide road with buildings on sides / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Boulevard (disambiguation).
"Blvd" redirects here. For other uses, see BLVD (disambiguation).
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.
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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.