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"Machines for living:" for various critics, including Tom Wolfe, the Pruitt-Igoe housing project illustrated both the essential unlivability of Bauhaus-inspired box architecture, and the hubris of central planning.

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Urban means related to the city, characteristic of city life.

Urban may refer to:

• Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas
• Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities, sometimes used as a euphemism for African-American culture

Media

• Urban contemporary, an African American music radio format
  • Mainstream urban
  • Urban adult contemporary

See also

• Urbi et orbi
• Urban legend
• Urbanism
• Introduction to a Critique of Urban Geography by Guy Debord