radial plan

File:L'Enfant plan.svg in Washington, D.C., which uses a radial plan]]

A radial plan is a type of city plan where streets radiate from a center which serves as the focal point.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-24 |title=Radial City Plan: Nine Examples Around the World Seen From Above |url=https://www.archdaily.com/951587/radial-city-plan-nine-examples-around-the-world-seen-from-above |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=ArchDaily |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Radial Street Pattern - (AP Human Geography) - Vocab, Definition, Explanations {{!}} Fiveable |url=https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/ap-hug/radial-street-pattern |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=library.fiveable.me |language=en}} Radial plans were most often used during the Renaissance and Baroque era and fell out of fashion in the late 19th century.{{Cite journal |last=De La Croix |first=Horst |date=1960-12-01 |title=Military Architecture and the Radial City Plan in Sixteenth Century Italy |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00043079.1960.11409106 |journal=The Art Bulletin |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=263–290 |doi=10.1080/00043079.1960.11409106 |issn=0004-3079|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite web |date=2013-10-09 |title=4.1.3.1. The circular/radial model |url=https://quadralectics.wordpress.com/4-representation/4-1-form/4-1-3-design-in-city-building/4-1-3-1-the-circularradial-model/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Quadralectic Architecture |language=en-GB}} Examples of major cities that use a radial plan include Washington, D.C.,{{Cite web |title=Dean Shibley on Buffalo as the "Best Planned City in America" |url=https://archplan.buffalo.edu/research/research_insights.host.html/content/shared/ap/students-faculty-alumni/perspectives/buffalo-is-still-the-best-planned-city-in-america.detail.html |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=archplan.buffalo.edu |language=en}} Brasilia, and New Delhi.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}