"Take a breathtaking journey though time as a street evolves from a camp of nomadic hunter-gatherers to the present day and then 50 years into the future." -- back cover.

Includes index. "Future street included; updated edition of a DK classic" -- Cover.

The story of a street -- Stone Age (10,000 BCE) -- First farmers (2,000 BCE) -- Iron Age (600 BCE) -- Roman times (100 CE) -- The invaders (600 CE) -- Viking raiders (900 CE) -- Medieval village (1200s) -- Medieval town (1400s) -- The plague strikes! (1500s) -- Under attack! (1600s) -- An age of elegance (1700s) -- Grim times (early 1800s) -- From town to city (late 1800s) -- The street today -- Street of the future (2070).