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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
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
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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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