City life
Subtitle: urban expectations in a new world
By: Witold Rybczynski.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Cities and towns -- United States -- History.; City planning -- United States.; Architecture and society -- United States.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. (237)-246) and index.