townscape

American  

[taun-skayp] / ˈtaʊnˌskeɪp /

noun

1. a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.

2. the planning and building of structures in a town or city, with special concern for aesthetically pleasing results.

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townscape British  

/ ˈtaʊnskeɪp /

noun

1. a view of an urban scene

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Etymology

Origin of townscape

First recorded in 1875–80; town + -scape

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Example Sentences

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townscape

The townscape and heritage project paid for up to 90% of the cost of restoring the original architecture of Paisley shopfronts.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2024

For many Dubliners, the decision to redevelop the literary landmark is symptomatic of a wider erasure of the city’s street life and townscape by commercial development.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2021

The prospect seemed as modest as it was isolated—just another Spanish townscape distorted by heat shimmers.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020

Think Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” where a sleepy summer Southern townscape is brought to musical life.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2017

Shops were until recently such a familiar and unexamined part of every townscape, and in childhood memory – at least of boys accompanying their mothers – places that brought on boredom and impatience.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2013

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