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Modernizing Paris: The Second Empire Urban Renovations from 1853-1870
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This thesis explores the wide-ranging urban renovations of Paris that the Second Empire, led by Emperor Napoleon III, commissioned from 1853-1870. The complex nature of redesigning the French capital required the oversight of the prefect of the Seine under Napoleon III, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, a man who popularized not only the appearance of Paris as it is known today but also the innovative means of financing projects of such large magnitudes. Ordering for wider streets to accommodate the flow of traffic from a rapidly growing population in the nineteenth century, the city government of Paris saw an opportunity to modernize completely its urban area in a functional manner by implementing new water and sewer systems, municipal parks, street lighting, and uniform façades. The comprehensive nature of this undertaking constituted one of the first instances of modern urban planning. While the massive construction projects did displace many of the residents of the city's core, they fundamentally transformed Paris from a medieval town notorious for its malodorous stench, overcrowding, and disease to one of the world's most celebrated and visited cities.
Date Created
2014-05
Contributors
- Sifferman, Steven Tyler (Author)
- Shaeffer, J. Duncan (Thesis director)
- Hopkins, Richard (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- WPC Graduate Programs (Contributor)
- School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning (Contributor)
- School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (Contributor)
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74 pages
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In Copyright
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Academic Year 2013-2014
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.22347
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minimal
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