The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a new, more detailed plan for laying off 25 percent of its employees and scrapping 56 programs including pesticide safety, water runoff control, and environmental cooperation with Mexico and Canada under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
This would make most of the standard city blocks in Chicago 1/8 mile long and 1/8 mile wide. There are some areas of downtown Chicago where the blocks are 1/16 mile long. But the vast majority of the city has 1/8 mile blocks.
However, as reference points, the standard square blocks of Portland, Houston, and Sacramento are 260 by 260 feet (79 m Ã 79 m), 330 by 330 feet (100 m Ã 100 m), and 410 by 410 feet (120 m Ã 120 m) respectively (to the street center line). Oblong blocks range considerably in width and length.