The Man Who Tried to Change the Soul of Paris
▻http://www.theatlanticcities.com/housing/2013/02/man-who-tried-change-soul-paris/4686
A new exhibit at Paris’ Pavillon de l’Arsenal, “Olympiades, Paris 13e,” chronicles the 13th Arrondissement (on the Left Bank, at the east and south of Paris), where 44 towers were built between 1960 and 1970. Almost three-quarters of the district’s surface area is new since 1950.
A Buddhist temple nestles in a corner of the parking garage underneath Olympiades. Image courtesy of Pavillon de l’Arsenal.
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