Boulevards were imported into the United States as a part of the park movement of the late nineteenth century and were a major part of the formal vocabulary of the city beautiful movement of the early twentieth century. Coinciding with the rapid expansion of cities, they were associated more with new suburban development than with streets cut through old urban quarters. They were often part and parcel of land development promotions. Generally wide and invariably tree-lined, these boulevards were long, quiet, and faced with large homes set apart on deep lawns - quite a different image than the hustle and bustle associated with the European boulevards. Usually built well in advance of the residences that were to line them, they were intended to give a sense of good things to come to prospective well-to-do homeowner.