Allan Jacobs Great Streets is the definitive guide to good street design. As I'm working my way through it, I'm compelled to find the examples in the book on google streetview to get a closer look and explore the surroundings. The hand drawings and plan-view diagrams in the book are classic, but you can't beat the online tour for detail. Of course, I'm still logging these places away until I actually get a chance to visit some of them in reality.
Residential Street: Roslyn Place, Pittsburgh
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Still Great Medieval Street: Via dei Giubbonari, Rome, Italy
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Grand Manner Boulevard: Paseo de Gracia, Barcelona, Spain
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Las Ramblas, Barcelona, Spain
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Great Residential Boulevard: Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA
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Central Commercial Street: Motomachi, Yokohama
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