What is BOULEVARD? Definition of BOULEVARD in Black's Law Dictionary
The word originally indicated a bulwark or rampart, and afterwards applied to a public walk or road on the site of a demolished fortification, and is now employed in same sense as public drive. A street or highway with parklike appearance; or one specially designed for pleasure walking or driving. Newbold v. Brotzge, 209 Ky. 218, 272 S.W. 755, 756; Chaplin v. Kansas City, 259 Mo. 479, 168 S.W. 763, 765. A wide street, or a street encircling a town, with sides or center for shade trees, etc. State ex rel. Copland v. City of Toledo, 75 Ohio App. 378, 62 N.E.2d 256,
258. It is adapted and set apart for purposes of ornament, exercise, and amusement. See, also, Avenue. A "public way", City of Medford v. Metropolitan District Commission, 303 Mass. 537, 22 N.E.2d 110, 111.
It is not technically a street, avenue, or highway. Howe v. Lowell, 171 Mass. 575, 51 N.E. 536; Park Com'rs v. Farber, 171 Ill. 146, 49 N.E. 427. "Street" and "boulevard" may be interchangeable. City of Fargo v. Gearey, 33 N.D. 64, 156 N.W. 552, 555.
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