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How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City

At the start of the 17th century, Paris was known for a few monuments, but it had not yet put its brand on urban space—it was still emerging from its medieval past.

But within a century, Paris would be transformed into the modern and mythic city we now know. While most associate these changes with the 19th century, Joan DeJean demonstrates that the Parisian model for urban space was in fact invented two centuries earlier, when the first full design for the French capital was implemented.











When: Thu., Mar. 27, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
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At the start of the 17th century, Paris was known for a few monuments, but it had not yet put its brand on urban space—it was still emerging from its medieval past.

But within a century, Paris would be transformed into the modern and mythic city we now know. While most associate these changes with the 19th century, Joan DeJean demonstrates that the Parisian model for urban space was in fact invented two centuries earlier, when the first full design for the French capital was implemented.

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