blockfront

English

Etymology

block + front

Noun

blockfront (plural blockfronts)

  1. The buildings facing the street along an entire city block
    • 2007 August 19, Suzanne Slesin, “Small or Large, Uptown or Down?”, in New York Times:
      The second stop is the 22-story Lucida, which fills the blockfront on Lexington Avenue between 85th and 86th Streets [] .
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