100 percent corner

Broad and High Streets in Columbus, Ohio

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]}

See also

• City centre

References

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.
6. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2017. 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.