The Olympics and The new geography of Paris
Reshaping the French capital and its banlieues | Europe
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I Live On $53/Day In Renne, France | Relocated
In 2015 Kesi Irvin, 31, quit her full-time job as a financial analyst on Wall Street to travel the world. After three years of traveling she decide...
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Why Paris is all wet again - The Economist explains
IN mid-2016 the River Seine in central Paris burst its banks. It rose to 6.1 metres, briefly closed the Louvre and Musée d’Orsay, disrupted trains ...
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The Other France: Are the suburbs of Paris incubators of terrorism?
Life in the Paris Banlieues | The New Yorker George Packer on the city’s immigrant suburbs, the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and France’s problems wit...
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New Ideas for Paris’s Outdated Infrastructure - CityLab
'Reinvent Paris II' Is for a Post-Car Future. After a criticized first installment, the city's design competition has a wider talent pool and a fai...
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Eco-friendly open-air urinals cause uproar in Paris — CNN
An attempt by officials in Paris to tackle public urination by installing open-air urinals, or "uritrottoirs," has outraged some residents of the F...
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Paris Will Create the City's Largest Gardens Around the Eiffel Tower - CityLab
The most famous space in the city is set to get a pedestrian-friendly redesign that will create the city’s largest garden by 2024.
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A Three-Day Expedition To Walk Across Paris Entirely Underground
Journalist Will Hunt, who made the crossing with a group of urban explorers, recounts being menaced by rainwater and rats — and meeting fellow subt...
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The Secret History of Paris's Catacomb Mushrooms - Gastro
In the 1800s, farmers cultivated mushrooms in abandoned quarries underneath the French capital. Within these catacombs, in dark, cavernous chamb...
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