Urban Remodeling: 19th Century London + Paris

19TH CENTURY LONDON & PARIS
London: (19th century plan)
     George IV
     Regent's Park, John Nash, begun 1812 (plan of park and street)
        Chester Terrace, 1825
        Cumberland Terrace, 1825 (view)
   Regent Street, John Nash
        Piccadilly Circus
        Quadrant (view)
        All Soul's Church
        Portland Place
        Park Crescent
 Paris:
     Promenades on fortifications -- boulevards -- Louis XIV, 
            Vauban
     Avenue des Tuileries (Champs Elysées)
     Place de la Concorde -- Louis XV
     Arc de Triomphe -- Napoleon I
     Rue de Rivoli -- Percier & Fontaine for Napoleon I
     Napoleon III (1848-70) (plan of Napoleon III’s Paris; view of Louvre and    
            Tuileries)
        Georges-Eugene Haussmann (1853-70), Hausmannization
        Streets:
             Rue de Rivoli (view)
             Grands Boulevards
             Boulevard St. Germain
             Boulevard Sebastopol
             Boulevard St. Michel (view)
             Avenue de l'Opera (view)
             Boulevard des Champs Elysées (aerial view)
        Squares:
             Place de l'Etoile (view)
             Place du Chatelet
        Parks:
             Buttes-Chaumont
             Bois de Boulogne (view)
             Bois de Vincennes
      

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