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the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards
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McDonnell said officers responded at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday to Glenoaks and Van Nuys boulevards, where a resident had detained a suspect who allegedly set fire to a tree.
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Public reaction Carly Ellefsen, a spokesperson for Our Streets, said her organization has taken issue with MnDOT’s evaluation criteria, which gave the boulevard options low marks for walkability and bike-ability.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2025
There was little sign of any security presence, and Associated Press reporters saw a few SUVs on the side of a main boulevard that appeared to have been broken into.
—Sarah El Deeb, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Against a towering backdrop of black smoke with an ominous orange glow, the stately homes and broad boulevards of the Pacific Palisades looked small and exposed on Tuesday.
—Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Public reaction Carly Ellefsen, a spokesperson for Our Streets, said her organization has taken issue with MnDOT’s evaluation criteria, which gave the boulevard options low marks for walkability and bike-ability.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2025
There was little sign of any security presence, and Associated Press reporters saw a few SUVs on the side of a main boulevard that appeared to have been broken into.
—Sarah El Deeb, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Against a towering backdrop of black smoke with an ominous orange glow, the stately homes and broad boulevards of the Pacific Palisades looked small and exposed on Tuesday.
—Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Boulevard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boulevard. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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boulevard
noun
bou·le·vard
ˈbu̇l-ə-ˌvärd 
ˈbül-
: a wide avenue often having grass strips with trees along its center or sides
Etymology
from French boulevard "walkway lined with trees," derived from early Dutch bolwerc "bulwark, rampart"; so called because the earliest boulevards were at sites of razed fortifications — related to bulwark
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