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Fresnes’ collective housing history in France resurfaces amid new construction projects.
FRESNES, France, Oct 9 (SCSP) - In the southern suburbs of Paris, the 'Peupleraie' district legacy, a unique housing project by the...
cyrilleamoursky200
Nov 7, 20233 min read
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Paris suburb digs up playgrounds to make school more cool
By Lise Kiennemann CLAMART, France, Oct 24 (Sciences Po) - It is a playground that went back to school – old school, that is, with trees...
Lise KIENNEMANN
Oct 31, 20234 min read
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In the Confluence of Seine and Marne: A communist-held Parisian suburb fears gentrification
By Mascha Wolf IVRY-SUR-SEINE, France, October 24 – At the confluence of the Seine and Marne rivers southeast of Paris, the development...
Mascha WOLF
Oct 31, 20233 min read
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The Ghost of Communist Past: a Paris and a Berlin suburb grow apart
By Mascha Wolf IVRY-SUR-SEINE, France, Oct 25 – Bound by a shared communist history, Ivry-sur-Seine, a leftist stronghold in the "Red...
Mascha WOLF
Oct 31, 20233 min read
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'Peach walls' culture near Paris recognized as French cultural heritage. Next step: UNESCO
By Aurore Laborie MONTREUIL, France Sept 26 (ScPo) - Just four kilometres from central Paris lies a well-kept secret: 30 hectares of...
Elitsa GADEVA
Oct 25, 20235 min read
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Paris suburb town turns disaffected military land into eco-neighborhood and future high school
By Maëlle Lions Mayor Marie-Hélène Amiable and promoters inaugurate the new O'Mathurins eco district together BAGNEUX, Oct 19 2023,...
Elitsa GADEVA
Oct 25, 20233 min read
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Trappy Blog: In a controversial Paris suburb, young journalists tell a different story
By Bilge Kotan TRAPPES, France Oct 2 (Sciences Po) – Trappes, a working-class suburb thirty minutes west of Paris, is known for all the...
Elitsa GADEVA
Oct 25, 20233 min read
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In a Paris suburb, neighbors take security in their own hands
By Amanda Mayo Pérez VILLENEUVE-SAINT-GEORGES, France, Sept 18 (Sciences Po) - Amidst a plague of break-ins, the inhabitants of the...
Amanda Mayo
Oct 25, 20233 min read
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France’s deepest metro station takes shape near Paris
By Luca Matteucci The future Saint Maur - Créteil station is set to open 2026. October 18, 2023. Sciences Po/Luca Matteucci...
Elitsa GADEVA
Oct 25, 20235 min read
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Meet the Babayagas House, a feminist retirement home near Paris
By Aurore Laborie MONTREUIL, France Sept 18 (Sciences Po) - It's the only place in France like this. A retirement home for low income...
Elitsa GADEVA
Oct 25, 20234 min read
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Ancient Paris oak’s survival hinges on dead architect identity theft case
By Luca Matteucci The construction of the 10-flat Grand Chêne de Saint-Maur residence has been put on halt. September 14, 2023. Sciences...
Elitsa GADEVA
Oct 24, 20232 min read
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Notre-Dame’s stained glass restored as burned cathedral nears reopening
By Luca Matteucci SAINT-MAUR-DES-FOSSÉS, France, Oct 23 (Sciences Po) – The restoration of Notre Dame de Paris’s stained glass windows,...
Elitsa GADEVA
Oct 24, 20232 min read
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In Paris Red Belt suburb, communist councilors resist gentrification as new metro pushes up prices
By Maëlle Lions BAGNEUX, France, Oct 19 2023, (Sciences Po) - Cranes and building permits are popping up all around Bagneux’s new metro...
Elitsa GADEVA
Oct 24, 20234 min read
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In Paris suburb, sheep are looking after green spaces
By Lise Kiennemann CLAMART, France, Oct 23 (Sciences Po) - They somewhat look out of place. In the upscale suburb of Clamart, less than...
Elitsa GADEVA
Oct 24, 20234 min read
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In Paris suburb, job seekers give second chance to recycled fabric
By Lise Kiennemann CLAMART, France, Oct 2 (Sciences Po) - It is a place of a double renaissance: on the one hand, for recycled tarpaulins...
Elitsa GADEVA
Oct 24, 20233 min read
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As France bans short commercial flights, private jets fly under the radar
By Margaux Farran LE BOURGET, France, Oct 19 (Sciences Po) - Any future pears may have a slight taste of kerosene. On September 22nd,...
Margaux FARRAN
Oct 24, 20234 min read
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Paris cemetery rewilding creates birders’ paradise among tombstones
By Maëlle Lions BAGNEUX, France, Oct 09 (Sciences Po) - It’s a cool Saturday morning at the cemetery of Bagneux, south of Paris, and 15...
Elitsa GADEVA
Oct 17, 20234 min read
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Paris river port “Green Dock” project under fire from environmentalists, residents
By Elitsa Gadeva GENNEVILLIERS, France, Oct 17 (Sciences Po) – According to the promoters, a huge new dock at the Gennevillers river port...
Elitsa GADEVA
Oct 17, 20234 min read
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