Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward (1904)
Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935 · London : J. M. Dent & co.; New York, The Macmillan co. · leaf 408
Pavements were still rare, and drainage was im-perfect. In a few years the whole aspect was changed.Twenty-two new boulevards and avenues were created.Streets of appalling uniformity and directness were ploughedthrough Paris in all directions. Nothing is more brutalthan a straight line, says Victor… … Rue Drouet and Sacre CffiUR. MODERN PARIS 279 wounds and cover up the destruction wrought by the CivilWar of 1871. The chief architectural creations of theThird Republic are the Hotel de Ville, the new Sorbonne,the Trocadero, and the completion of the magnificent andcolossal temple, rich with…
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