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City Life (magazine), City Life
City Life may refer to: * Urban culture, the culture of cities * CityLife (Milan) CityLife is a residential, commercial and business district situated a short distance from the old city centre of Milan, Italy; it has an area of . It is a redevelopment project on the former grounds of Fiera Milano after its relocation to the nea ..., a 2004 urban project in Milan * ''City Life'' (The Blackbyrds album), 1975 * ''City Life'' (Boogie Boys album), 1985 * ''City Life'' (magazine), a Manchester-based listings magazine * ''City Life'' (music), a 1994 musical composition by Steve Reich * ''City Life'' (TV series), a New Zealand soap opera * ''City Life'' (video game), a 2006 city building video game developed by Monte Cristo See also * Country Life (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Culture
Urban culture is the culture of towns and cities. The defining theme is the presence of a large population in a limited space that follows social norms. This makes it possible for many subcultures close to each other, exposed to social influence without necessarily intruding into the private sphere.Tönnies, Ferdinand: Community and society, 1957. Ultimately, urban culture offers for diverse perspectives, more resources in the medical field, both physically and mentally, but it also faces challenges in maintaining social cohesion. Globally, urban areas tend to hold concentrations of power, such as government capitals and corporate headquarters, and the wealthy and powerful people that are employed in them. Cities also organize people, create norms, beliefs, and values. As outlined by Max Weber in his book, ''The City'', "There are five things that make a city: fortification, market, a law code, an association of urban citizenry creating a sense of municipal corporateness, and su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CityLife (Milan)
CityLife is a residential, commercial and business district situated a short distance from the old city centre of Milan, Italy; it has an area of . It is a redevelopment project on the former grounds of Fiera Milano after its relocation to the nearby town of Rho, Lombardy, Rho. The development is being carried out by a company controlled by Assicurazioni Generali, Generali Group after its winning offer of €523 million for the rights. The project was designed by famous architects such as Zaha Hadid, Arata Isozaki and Daniel Libeskind. History The Fiera Milano, new exhibition centre in Rho, Lombardy, Rho-Pero, Lombardy, Pero opened in 2005, 85 years after the first Trade Fair in April 1920. The Fiera’s move to an area outside Milan benefitted the city by eliminating traffic problems caused by big events and by freeing up a highly valuable area. An international tender for the redevelopment of the old Fiera area, seeking to create an unprecedented level of connectivity with the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Life (The Blackbyrds Album)
''City Life'' is the third studio album by the American R&B/jazz-funk fusion group the Blackbyrds, released in 1975 on Fantasy Records. This album peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Top Jazz LPs, No. 3 on the Top R&B Albums and No. 16 on the Top Pop LPs charts. City Life has also been certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. Background City Life was produced by Donald Byrd and includes singles "Happy Music" and "Rock Creek Park." "Happy Music" peaked at No. 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 on the Hot R&B Songs charts. The tune also got to No. 11 on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. What's more, Rock Creek Park peaked at No. 37 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart. Critical reception Stewart Mason of AllMusic proclaimed, "The Blackbyrds -- a jazz-funk outfit formed in a university class taught by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd, who produced the albums and wrote most of the tunes -- were more of an Earth, Wind & Fire-style horn band than a purist jazz crew, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Life (Boogie Boys Album)
''City Life'' is the debut studio album by American hip-hop group Boogie Boys, released on February 18, 1985 by Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-base .... The album peaked at No. 53 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album had a major hit in America with the single "A Fly Girl." "A Fly Girl" As one of the first rap groups to sign with a major label, the Boogie Boys were under pressure to create a fresh, new sound. Capitol wanted to release "City Life" as their first single as they felt it would have broader appeal, especially since the song combined rapping and singing. But the Boogie Boys felt "A Fly Girl" would have more impact. Boogie Boys member Joe "Romeo J.D." Malloy said: Track listing # "Runnin' from Your Love" – 4:58 # "Do or Die" – 4:52 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Life (magazine)
''City Life'' was a Manchester-based news, arts and listings magazine that was published between December 1983 and December 2005. It was a distinctive blend of radical politics and coverage of the increasingly exciting Manchester youth culture scene of the early 1980s, coinciding with the rise of Factory Records and The Haçienda. History The magazine was started by a small group of former Manchester University students, Ed Glinert, Chris Paul and Andy Spinoza, on a shoestring budget in a run-down building in Portland Street in the city centre. When launched in 1983, the magazine was in a strong tradition of "alternative2 Manchester publications that included (in reverse chronology), ''City Fun'', ''Manchester Flash'', ''New Manchester Review'' and ''Mole Express'', all of whose approach was to publish political and cultural content not reflected in the mainstream media of the city. Despite ''City Life''s shoestring beginnings, it developed rapidly in professionalism and grew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Life (music)
''City Life'' is a minimalist musical composition, composition by Steve Reich written in 1995. The work was commissioned by Ensemble Modern, the London Sinfonietta, and the Ensemble intercontemporain, Ensemble Intercontemporain. It premiered in March 1995 and was recorded on the Nonesuch Records, Nonesuch label in 1996 (included on ''Steve Reich: Works 1965-1995''). The piece is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 vibraphones, unpitched percussion instrument, percussion, 2 Sampler (musical instrument), samplers, 2 pianos, string quartet, and double bass. All instruments except the unpitched percussion are to be amplified. A typical performance lasts about 24 minutes. ''City Life'' uses sampler (musical instrument), digital samplers amongst the instruments used in performance, and these play back a wide variety of sounds and speech samples, mainly recorded by Reich himself in and around his home town of New York City. These sounds include car horns, air brakes, car alarms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Life (TV Series)
''City Life'' was a New Zealand soap opera that screened on TV 2 from 1996-–98. It was portrayed the lives and loves of ten singles who lived in an upmarket apartment building in Auckland, New Zealand. The show was touted as New Zealand's answer to ''Melrose Place''. The show starred Claudia Black, Lisa Chappell, Laurie Foell and Oliver Driver and featured a guest appearance by well known New Zealand actor, Kevin Smith. The show had a long development period, and the original treatment for the show had it set in Wellington with the working title ''96 Oriental Parade''. However, it was decided to produce the show in Auckland instead, and as such, the shows setting was changed along with the name to ''City Life''. The first episode began with a controversial first scene, featuring a drunken Damon (Kevin Smith) who owned the apartment building, in a homosexual kiss with his former lover Ryan on the night before his wedding. Damon was later killed off in the same episode afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Life (video Game)
''City Life'' is a City-building game, city-building video game developed by Monte Cristo (company), Monte Cristo. It is the first modern building game to allow the player to work in full 3D computer graphics, 3D environment. It was published in France by Monte Cristo, in the UK and Germany by Deep Silver and in North America by cdv Software Entertainment, CDV. It was released in May 2006. ''City Life'' allows players to zoom in and see every little bit of detail. The placement method allows buildings to be placed at an angle, as also seen in Sierra Games' ''Caesar IV''. Summary ''City Life'' continues the very long tradition of City-building game, city-building and Construction and management simulation games, construction and management games that was originally started by ''Utopia (1981 video game), Utopia'' from developer Don Daglow and Will Wright (game designer), Will Wright's ''SimCity'' series by allowing the player to customize their urban city's roads, buildings, financ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
