townscape

American  

[toun-skeyp] / 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

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

The townscape of buildings in the background to the left is also a digitally added miniature.

From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2021

It was the townscape of five in the morning, but stilled further, with no tingle of imminent reopening.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2020

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

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020

Clusters of purple and gold, sharply different from the green and white of the pretty Ohio University, or the gray of the dominant Ohio State, have begun to dot the townscape.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2019