City Life: Urban Expectations in a New WorldHarperCollins, 1995 - 256 pages Architect and social historian Witold Rybczynski examines how our cities have become what they are, with tree-lined small town streets around the corner from nightmarish industrial ruins. He reveals how our urban spaces have been shaped by the landscapes and lifestyles of the New World, reflecting the influences of the automobile and the telephone. He finds the situation good and bad, desperate yet hopeful. |
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PREFACE | 11 |
The Measure of a Town | 35 |
A New Uncrowded World | 51 |
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