100 percent corner

The 100 percent corner is the busiest area in a city. Often it is a crossroads of several major streets, and the place with the highest land value and/or where grid plan numbering is based upon.^[1] The term is also used for the place for ideal real estate projects, sometimes considered the intersection of two highways in a suburban area.^[2] The terms "hundred percent location", "hundred percent corner", or "peak land value intersection" may also be used.^[3]^[4]

The 100 percent corner is used in research as part of a method to determine a city's downtown area, by measuring a radius (e.g. one mile) from the central intersection.^[5]

Examples

Broad and High Streets in Columbus, Ohio^[6]
Fayette Street and South Salina Street in Syracuse, New York^[7]^[8]
Fourth and Muhammad Ali Boulevard in Louisville, Kentucky^[9]
Church and Chapel Streets in New Haven, Connecticut^[10]^[11]

References

^ Sohmer, Rebecca R.; Lang, Robert E. (May 2001). "Downtown Rebound" (PDF). Fannie Mae Foundation and Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy.
^ "The '100 Percent Corner' Moves Downtown". Mithun. January 5, 2015.
^ "IJSRST, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology" (PDF).
^ Urban Geography. Wiley. 1979. ISBN 9780471032922.
^ Redefining Urban and Suburban America: Evidence from Census 2000. Brookings Institution Press. 30 January 2007. ISBN 9780815708858.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^ "A Syracuse Rite Aid conjures historic Woolworth's: Changing with the city around it". syracuse. February 26, 2013.
^ "In Syracuse, at Fayette and Salina: What kind of park best suits downtown's '100 percent corner'?". syracuse. February 25, 2015.
^ Runyon, Keith (April 16, 2015). "The Resurgence of Fourth and Muhammad Ali, Downtown Louisville's '100 Percent Corner'". 89.3 WFPL News Louisville.
^ Euler, Laura (April 5, 2016). "A Traditional Darien Mansion is Updated and Expanded Hamptons Style". Curbed Hamptons.
^ City: Urbanism and Its End. Yale University Press. October 2008. ISBN 9780300134759.

[1] Sohmer, Rebecca R.; Lang, Robert E. (May 2001). "Downtown Rebound" (PDF). Fannie Mae Foundation and Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy.

[2] "The '100 Percent Corner' Moves Downtown". Mithun. January 5, 2015.

[3] "IJSRST, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology" (PDF).

[4] Urban Geography. Wiley. 1979. ISBN 9780471032922.

[5] Redefining Urban and Suburban America: Evidence from Census 2000. Brookings Institution Press. 30 January 2007. ISBN 9780815708858.

[nrhpdoc-6] "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 21, 2020.

[7] "A Syracuse Rite Aid conjures historic Woolworth's: Changing with the city around it". syracuse. February 26, 2013.

[8] "In Syracuse, at Fayette and Salina: What kind of park best suits downtown's '100 percent corner'?". syracuse. February 25, 2015.

[9] Runyon, Keith (April 16, 2015). "The Resurgence of Fourth and Muhammad Ali, Downtown Louisville's '100 Percent Corner'". 89.3 WFPL News Louisville.

[10] Euler, Laura (April 5, 2016). "A Traditional Darien Mansion is Updated and Expanded Hamptons Style". Curbed Hamptons.

[11] City: Urbanism and Its End. Yale University Press. October 2008. ISBN 9780300134759.

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