Will Place de la Concorde become a symbol of… concord? In any case, that’s what Anne Hidalgo hopes. In mid-January, the socialist mayor of the capital announced the semi-pedestrianization of the largest square in Paris. A configuration that already exists provisionally since the installation of the Rugby World Cup village last September.
The idea is now to work on lasting developments for these 7.8 hectares, witnesses of several major episodes in the history of France. Prospects for transformation which are already upsetting some heritage defenders. Greening this mineral square does not mean taking the risk of distorting a site classified as a Historic Monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site? Others, on the contrary, highlight the urgency of adapting this heat island to climatic imperatives and new mobility.
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