concrete canyons
Towering city streets
Concrete canyons are the narrow streets between tall buildings in a city, where skyscrapers rise like canyon walls on either side.
The phrase evokes urban landscapes as a kind of manufactured wilderness: pigeons circling the concrete canyons of Manhattan.
Sometimes used with mild contempt for city life versus nature.
- buildingsConstructed enclosed structures
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- glass towersTransparent-walled tall buildings
- high-risesMulti-story urban buildings
- steel and glassIndustrial construction duo
urban heat island · metropolis · city block · avenue · street level · facade · crosswalk · edifice · commuter · smog · billboard · skyline · asphalt jungle · noise pollution · hustle · taxi stand · cityscape · cliffs
concrete canyonswilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
untouched nature · pristine wilderness · geological formations · river gorges · slot canyons
concrete canyonsrolling hills
Gently rising, falling landscape
rural landscape · farmland · wide open spaces · prairies · meadows
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