concrete canyon
City street valley
A concrete canyon is an urban street flanked by tall buildings on both sides, evoking the steep walls of a natural canyon.
The term emphasizes the hard, imposing quality of city architecture: Walking through the concrete canyons of Manhattan.
It often carries connotations of urban alienation or the overwhelming scale of modern cities.
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- steel and glassIndustrial construction duo
- high-riseMultistory tall building
- brutalismHarsh, unsparing conduct
urban heat island · echo · glass · sensory overload · slab · metropolis · cityscape · glare · brick · shadow · roar · urban renewal · urban decay · curb · noise pollution · thermal mass · street level · city block
concrete canyonriver gorge
Deep valley cut by water
slot canyon · Grand Canyon · geological formation · mountain pass · box canyon
concrete canyonwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
countryside · backcountry · pastoral landscape · outback · open country
concrete canyonopen plain
Broad, unobstructed flat terrain
prairie · savanna · flatland · open field · rolling hills
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