cityscape

[ sit-ee-skeyp ]

/ ˈsɪt iˌskeɪp /

a view of a city, especially a large urban center: The cityscape is impressive as one approaches New York from the sea.

a picture representing such a view.

the characteristic appearance of a city: She has been documenting changes in the cityscape for 20 years.

Origin of cityscape

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

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

Dennis Hopper: The Missing Years |Liza Foreman |June 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
What I need is noise, exhaust, and a cityscape of cab drivers honking and swearing at people.

John Oliver on ‘Last Week Tonight,’ Turning Down CBS, and ‘Nauseating’ American Politics |Marlow Stern |May 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Once she was in front of the open door, with the Berlin cityscape rapidly passing by outside, he attacked her again.

A Serial Killer on the Loose in Nazi Berlin |Scott Andrew Selby |January 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Instead of exploring a cityscape, the project lets you take a virtual stroll through rooms in great museums.

Google Takes Street View Inside 17 Museums for Virtual Tours |Blake Gopnik |February 1, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

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

Paris Vistas |Helen Davenport Gibbons
One realized that habit had given us a sense of proportion to the cityscape.

Paris Vistas |Helen Davenport Gibbons

cityscape

/ (ˈsɪtɪskeɪp) /

an urban landscape; view of a city