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Definition of Cityscape
1. Noun. A viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area. "The dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty"
2. Noun. Painting depicting a city or urban area.
Definition of Cityscape
1. Noun. The view of the buildings of a city, usually referring to a pictured landscape. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cityscape
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cityscape
Literary usage of Cityscape
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Urban Condition: space, community, and self in the contemporary metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"... lends a discontinuous structure to the contemporary cityscape — a discontinuity
that is further stimulated by the presence of so-called urban voids. ..."
2. Architecture of Instruction and Delight: A Socio-historical Analysis of by Pieter van Wesemael (2001)
"... the futuristic association with their cityscape in the commercial sectors,
... the recognisable formal unity and monumentality of the cityscape was the ..."
3. Post Ex Sub Dis: Urban Fragmentations and Constructions by Ghent Urban Studies Team, Aaron Betsky (2002)
"For it is not only professionals (from a variety of disciplines) who are experiencing
problems in mapping the contemporary cityscape. ..."
4. Race and Default in Credit Markets: A Colloquyedited by Michael A. Stegman edited by Michael A. Stegman (1996)
"cityscape focuses on innovative ideas, policies, and programs that show promise
in revitalizing cities and regions, renewing their infrastructure, ..."
5. Bridging Regional Growth and Community Empowermentedited by Michael A. Stegman, William J. Benfanti, John P. Ross edited by Michael A. Stegman, William J. Benfanti, John P. Ross (1996)
"The dialogue assembled in this issue of cityscape is designed to augment US
participation in Habitat II. The issue highlights some of the major concerns ..."
6. The White House Garden by William Seale, Erik Kvalsvik (1995)
"... the White House loomed over its park and could be seen for several miles away,
from across the river or the rooftops of the nascent cityscape. ..."
7. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"And unlike the cityscape, with its millions of residents shut out of the high-stakes
development game, LambdaMOO let all inhabitants participate in building ..."
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