To accompany the reading of Paris Reborn, this annotated map shows the location of the streets, squares, parks and buildings created during the Second Empire transformation of Paris (1848-1870). Click on any item for more information or zoom for a better view. If you click through to the Google Maps page you can also scroll down the left to see the list of places.
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Legend
Roads in yellow: First network, launched before the arrival of Haussmann in 1853
Roads in red: Second network, projects included in the “180 Million Franc Treaty” of 1858
Roads in blue: Subsequent projects launched by Haussmann, funded by the city of Paris
Roads in mauve: Projects built after the end of the Second Empire (i.e. post 1870)
Green: Second Empire parks
White: Second Empire squares
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“[Kirkland] clearly knows Paris intimately, writes lucid and engaging prose, and is both spirited in his advocacy of Napoleon III and clear-eyed about how he was able to do what he did.
Paris Reborn is now in stores. Here it is at left sitting on the shelf of the Barnes & Noble in Union Square, New York.
