3-398: A streetcorner or street corner is the location beside a road intersection. Street Corner may refer to: Streetcorner A streetcorner or street corner is the location which lies adjacent to an intersection of two roads . Such locations are important in terms of local planning and commerce, usually being the locations of street signs and lamp posts , as well as being
6-448: A prime spot to locate a business due to visibility and accessibility from traffic going along either of the adjacent streets. One source suggests that this is so for a facility combining two purposes, like an automotive showroom that provides repair services as well: "For all these types of buildings, property on a street corner is most desirable as separate entrances are most easily provided for." Due to this visibility, street-corners are
9-434: The choice location for activities ranging from panhandling to prostitution to protests to petition signature drives, hence the term "street-corner politics". This makes street-corners a good location to observe human activity, for purposes of learning what environmental structures best fit that activity. Sidewalks at street corners tend to be rounded, rather than coming to a point, for ease of traffic making turns at
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