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The City Of Today Is A Dying Thing

In Search of the Cities of Tomorrow

by Des Fitzgerald

An unmissable journey into the past, present and future of urban life.

NON FICTION

ARCHITECTURE

THE ARTS

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Pages:

288

Published:

May 2025

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Faber & Faber, Limited

ISBN:

9780571362226

An unmissable journey into the past, present and future of urban life.

$28.00

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