num_pages: 256
description: In City Life, Witold Rybczynski looks at what we want from cities, how they have evolved, and what accounts for their unique identities. In this vivid description of everything from the early colonial settlements to the advent of the skyscraper to the changes wrought by the automobile, the telephone, the airplane, and telecommuting, Rybczynski reveals how our urban spaces have been shaped by the landscapes and lifestyles of the New World.
language: English
title: City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World
titlecomplete: City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World
genres: Architecture, Travel, Nonfiction, Urban Planning, History, Urban Studies, Geography, Design, Cities, Urbanism
ratings_count: 417
publisher: Scribner