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Paris: Beaugrenelle, the model slab that has become an urban jungle

2021-01-29T18:56:13.816Z


REPORT - The inhabitants of the Parisian architectural ensemble do not have enough harsh words to describe the recent outbreak of violence, and castigate public managers.


The decor is controversial, but has the merit of uniformity.

Nothing distracts the visitor from an afternoon, transported to the heart of the 1970s. Why did Beaugrenelle, “

slab

” which projected Paris towards a peaceful and “

functional

town planning

from 1967, became the place of election of many budding thugs, to the chagrin of its thousands of inhabitants?

Brought to the attention of the French on the occasion of the aggression of Yuriy, 15,

Le Figaro

tries to understand why many residents feared the tragedy.

Read also: Beating of Yuriy: arrests, investigation ... Update on the case

On this January day, very little commotion in the central square, called “

place de la fresco

”, where we meet several inhabitants.

They go back over the chain of events that led to Yuriy's assault, in the same place.

"

All these gatherings, these fights, it came quite quickly

" explains a resident who dates the start of the clashes to 2019, "

even before the Covid, which made things worse

".

For Jean-Louis Moreuil, president of the Defense Association

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Source: lefigaro

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