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[–] ChanceofRain 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

That is a very interesting field of study. There is some great reading on how Paris was transformed to accommodate modern vehicles. Entire historical neighborhoods were removed in the process. Check out the book How Cities Are Saved by Herbert Lottman (1976) if you can.

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[–] frailsnail 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

It was Georges-Eugène Haussmann, yeah? Napoleon basically chose him to knock everything down and rebuild from the ground. Contemporary Paris is basically his work! Will check that book out once I get the chance.