This drawing by Anna Gibb shows Florence has distinct time stamps as it was a walled city for long periods of time. As the city grew the wall was removed and built further from the center. The roman town at the center has a distinct tissue from the two subsequent time periods, due to a different urban ordering mechanism, namely the grid. The medieval tissue is not much different from one period to the next, but outside of this representation is the modern town. That fabric is characterized by larger buildings, bigger roads, factories, airports, stripmalls, gas stations, etc. as it relates to the modern mode of transportation - the automobile. the shape of the walls is potentially an ideal form. see analysis below.
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