Mary Campbell Gallagher: "All over the world, lovers of Paris are alarmed by its ugliness!"

The International Coalition for the Preservation of Paris (ICPP) brings together many American personalities - like Leonard Pitt, writer and man of the theater, and Michael Mehaffy, town planner -, but also Italians, like Ettore Maria Mazzola, professor of architecture in Rome .

A book by the ICPP, “Paris without skyscrapers”, with contributions from 49 experts, will be published in May.

Mary Campbell Gallagher's op-ed was translated by Nadia Naty Everard and Elizabeth Dutertre.

The whole world loves Paris for its beauty.

Paris is the quintessential global city and most of us think its beauty is eternal.

However, Paris is in danger!

Its aediles are, in fact, on the verge of ruining its beauty.

The

"sacking of Paris"

by its municipality does not date from yesterday.

It is not limited to the offensive of bulky items piled up in the streets and new urban furniture.

This rampage is also manifested in the construction plans of Montparnasse-style skyscrapers (and worse) around

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