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.
Quick Answer. City blocks vary in size, but the typical city block is from 310 to 323 feet in length. This equals approximately 16 or 17 blocks per mile.