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Lévy 1900 (in Herbert)

This map shows Paris c. 1900.

Haussmann's Paris

Imagine the amount of work, by steam engine and manpower, that had to build all the areas in orange.

Thibault, Barricade before the attack (c. 1848)



Braquehais, Barricade sur les quais (1871)



Rue au Maire



Rue Chanoinesse



Rue des Trois-Canettes (disparue)



Percement [breaking through ]de la Blvd. Arago



Lalanne, R. des Ecoles construction (1866)



Tanneries along Bièvre River



Haussmann's L'Étoile

Haussmann pointed to this project as his favorite.

Champs-Elysées (1865)



Rond-Point des Champs-Elysées



Garden, Champs-Elysées



Ave. Kléber, from Arc de Triomphe (c. 1900)



Louvre Map



Louvre, from the west



Rue de Rivoli



Canal St. Martin (N)



Blvd. Sébastopol



Boulevard de Sebastopol(1877)



Ave. de l'Opéra



Ave. de L'Opéra (postcard c. 1950)



Percement de l'ave. de l'Opera (1877)



Blvd. de la Madeleine



Les Galeries Lafayette



Au Printemps



La Samaritaine (interior)



Place de la Concorde and la Madeleine



La Madeleine



Le Palais Royal



Parc Monceau



Les Halles



Quartier de l'Europe



Pont de l'Europe, albumen print, Hélios Studio (1868)



Place de l'Europe (from Perrichon's New Paris)



Lamy, Bridge, Place de l'Europe (1868)



R. de Turin, r. Clayperon (c. 1908)



Intersection , rues de Moscou, Clapeyron, de Turin (c. 1905)



Île de la Cité and Pont Neuf



Ile de la Cité (1852)



Haussmann's Île de la Cité



Blvd. Saint Germain



Blvd. St. Germain



Rue de Rennes



Au Bon Marché



Boulevard Saint-Michel (1877)



St. Séverin Quarter



Apartment Block



Paris tree grills



Candelabra



Urinoir, square des Batignolles



Morris Column (1900)



Doisneau, Fontaine Wallace, Place Saint-Sulpice (1946)



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