TY - JOUR N2 - The author paints a personal and often critical image of three cities — those, which he is the most familiar with and which are particularly dear and close to him. Despite being familiar with tens of the most renowned cities in the world, the author has selected fully familial examples, which he has had and continues to have personal ties. Throughout their histories, they have been subjected to dramatic events. In terms of spatial creation, they underwent — and continue to undergo-fluid, hybrid, ambivalent and often controversial transformation. They have also been treated implicitly, as subjectively-presented models of cities in general — as well as of their fate and evolution. The author considers the city to be — perhaps — the greatest expression of human culture and civilisation. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/114567/PDF/Teka%20KUiA%2047-19%202%20KOSI%E2%94%BC%C3%A2SKI.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/114567 PY - 2019 EP - 48 DO - 10.24425/tkuia.2019.131164 KW - the art of urban planning KW - the present and the past KW - twists of fate KW - signs of the times KW - aesthetics of space A1 - Kosiński, Wojciech PB - Oddział PAN w Krakowie VL - vol. XLVII DA - 2020.01.20 T1 - Significant cities — miscellanea SP - 3 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/114567 T2 - Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie ER -