Boulevard Haussmann

Opéra / Champs-Élysées, Paris

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"The street sign on the corner says Boulevard Haussmann. Say it OHS-mahn — and remember it, because the man it's named after is the reason this street exists, and that building exists, and most of what you'll see today exists. In eighteen fifty-three, Paris was still a medieval city. Streets so narrow two carts couldn't pass. Open sewage running down the middle."

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The Grand Boulevards: The Man Who Demolished Paris

The Grand Boulevards: The Man Who Demolished Paris

9 stops · 40 min

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