Elven Towers

Arriving by cab on the roof of the Winged Cross, Emil Dalmady sees and experiences:

a fragrant garden;
"...a warm deep-blue summer's dusk..." (The Van Rijn Method, p. 519);
the sounds of Chicago Integrate like the murmur of a distant ocean;
"...an elven forest..." (ibid.) of towers and skyways;
flitting aircars;
"...a fantastic galaxy of many-colored lights...," (ibid.) stretching beyond sight;
the bulk of van Rijn's penthouse ahead of him.

See "A Godland."

Chicago Integrate is elven towers in a godland and Ys, where there are Elven Gardens, is a fitting dwelling for elves or Gods. We can trace the past and future history of cities through Poul Anderson's works and across the timelines, e.g.,:

Ys;
Quimper;
York;
New York;
the Integrates;
Archopolis;
a darkening city in a further future here.

Isaac Asimov has large enclosed Cities on a future Earth and the planetary city of Trantor near the galactic center. Cities become subterranean "Shelters" in James Blish's A Case Of Conscience and fly into space in his Cities In Flight. Damon Knight edited Cities Of Wonder. There is much to be learned about cities.