def footprints_from_point(point, distance, footprint_type='building', retain_invalid=False):
    """
    Get footprints within some distance north, south, east, and west of
    a lat-long point.

    Parameters
    ----------
    point : tuple
        a lat-long point
    distance : numeric
        distance in meters
    footprint_type : string
        type of footprint to be downloaded. OSM tag key e.g. 'building', 'landuse', 'place', etc.
    retain_invalid : bool
        if False discard any footprints with an invalid geometry

    Returns
    -------
    GeoDataFrame
    """

    bbox = bbox_from_point(point=point, distance=distance)
    north, south, east, west = bbox
    return create_footprints_gdf(north=north, south=south, east=east, west=west, 
                                 footprint_type=footprint_type, retain_invalid=retain_invalid)
Get footprints within some distance north, south, east, and west of
    a lat-long point.

    Parameters
    ----------
    point : tuple
        a lat-long point
    distance : numeric
        distance in meters
    footprint_type : string
        type of footprint to be downloaded. OSM tag key e.g. 'building', 'landuse', 'place', etc.
    retain_invalid : bool
        if False discard any footprints with an invalid geometry

    Returns
    -------
    GeoDataFrame