cityscape

[ sit-ee-skeyp ]

noun

1. a view of a city, especially a large urban center:

   The cityscape is impressive as one approaches New York from the sea.

2. a picture representing such a view.
3. the characteristic appearance of a city:

   She has been documenting changes in the cityscape for 20 years.

cityscape

/ ˈsɪtɪskeɪp /

noun

1. an urban landscape; view of a city

Word History and Origins

Origin of cityscape¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; city + -scape

Example Sentences

So when wildfire smoke wafts over cityscapes, a boost of nitrous oxides could jump-start ozone production again, Xu says.

From Science News

The vistas include Mondrian-inspired constructions and a surrealistic cityscape whose gridded map is the base for industrial metal pieces set upright to impersonate skyscrapers.

From Washington Post

The movie’s most enduring image is that of a man and woman—wearing what appears to be 19th or early 20th century dress—wrapped in one another’s arms, floating through the grayed skies high above a cityscape.

From Time

In these cases, advertisers can programmatically place ads on billboards in a virtual cityscape or in a stadium setting in a sports game.

From Digiday

It was done in an attempt to outrun the virus, as well as to give themselves more space in a new remote working world, trading cityscapes for the suburbs.

From Digiday

“It is a virtual dictionary of the cityscape of Los Angeles,” Tarsia says.

From The Daily Beast

What I need is noise, exhaust, and a cityscape of cab drivers honking and swearing at people.

From The Daily Beast

Once she was in front of the open door, with the Berlin cityscape rapidly passing by outside, he attacked her again.

From The Daily Beast

The show began when a set of dusty black curtains creaked open to reveal a futuristic cityscape as the backdrop.

From The Daily Beast

Instead of exploring a cityscape, the project lets you take a virtual stroll through rooms in great museums.

From The Daily Beast

One realized that habit had given us a sense of proportion to the cityscape.

From Project Gutenberg

But it does not take him long to note the absence of wide boulevards and the lack of ensemble in the cityscape.

From Project Gutenberg

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