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City Life
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City Life Paperback - 1996

by Rybczynski, Witold

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In this sweeping cultural history, the author of Home and The Most Beautiful House in the World traces the development of American cities and city life from the early colonial settlements to the new downtowns of skyscrapers and high-rise apartment buildings. "A fascinating investigation of what cities--especially modern cities--should be like".--Roger Starr, The Wall Street Journal.

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Scribner, 1996-10-10. Paperback. Very Good. A high quality trade paperback, clean with a tight binding with and an unmarked text.From a private smoke free collection.Shipping within 24 hours, with a tracking number and delivery confirmation.
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  • Title City Life
  • Author Rybczynski, Witold
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scribner, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 1996-10-10
  • Bookseller's Inventory # AMBox29-413b
  • ISBN 9780684825298 / 0684825295
  • Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.48 x 5.52 x 0.7 in (21.54 x 14.02 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
  • Library of Congress subjects City planning - United States, Cities and towns - United States - History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 711

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Citations

  • New York Times, 12/15/1996, Page 40
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/23/1996, Page 0

About the author

Witold Rybczynski has written about architecture and urbanism for The New York Times, Time, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book Home and the award-winning A Clearing in the Distance, as well as The Biography of a Building, The Mysteries of the Mall, and Now I Sit Me Down. The recipient of the National Building Museum's 2007 Vincent Scully Prize, he lives with his wife in Philadelphia, where he is emeritus professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.