Some cinder block walls appeared to have collapsed and most Windows were shattered in the once gleaming residential block.

在这个曾经一度光鲜亮丽的居民区，一些煤渣墙看来已经倒塌，大多数窗户已经破损。

The main line of this study was to explore the problems and solutions on urban residential block pattern in the planning and development in China.

本文研究的主线是探讨城市街区型住区模式在我国规划发展中所面临的问题及其解决对策。

"Residential block" is possessed of both closed and open character, where exists coordination between habitation and living as well as block and city.

“街区住宅”兼有开放与封闭的特点，融合了居住、商业、文化、服务等多种功能，协调了住区与城市、居住与生活的关系。

A lot depends on whether you're in a block or a terrace, a flat or a house, or whether you live in the centre of a residential area or at its edge.

这要看你住的是大楼还是排屋，是公寓套房还是个人大房子，是住在住宅区中心还是住宅区边缘。

East downtown began its transition to a semi-residential neighbourhood in 1997 when the MCI Center (now the Verizon Center) opened one block from the Chinatown gate on 7th and H Streets.

东部城区向半住宅区的转变始于1997年。 当时，MCI中心（如今的Verizon中心）在距离唐人街牌楼（第七街和H街交接处）一个街区的地方开张了。