Meaning of skyscraperland | Babel Free

Definitions

An area with a great amount of skyscrapers.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“Two forces jostle each other in the American Psyche: the drive⟳ to make⟳ it big in the culture of corporate skyscraperland; and the yearning to escape⟳ these cell-blocks and embrace “meaningful” existence by roaming the frontier as some kind of cowboy or new age hipster.”

“Smith & Wollensky, corner of Third Avenue and 49th Street (tel. 753-1530), is a big (seating capacity: 400), old-fashioned green and white wooden building in the heart of Third Avenue skyscraperland.”

“The editor, some butch British fuck named Arthur St. George, took it upon himself to turn⟳ his review⟳ of Rocket Heart into an editorial on the evils of irresponsible rock-star life and made this screed the Editor’s Note⟳, right under a picture of him looking smarmy at his desk in skyscraperland.”

“A replaying perhaps by my mind⟳ / of the time / I lost my passport / in San Francisco / and the hectic day spent / reporting to police / reporting to Consulate / obtaining emergency passport / checking insurance / rebooking flight / by internet / by telephone / by footslog tram taxi uphill downhill / in amazing steephill skyscraperland / of movie memories”

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