MENU: 4.4. A Communard bastion transformed
THE 13TH, ONCE THE CITY'S POOREST DISTRICT
Being in the east where prevailing winds blow pollution, proximity to the river, cheap land on the city's outskirt and a railroad explain the area's exceptional industrialization.
And so its exceptional misery.
Paris, 4 place Pinel "The Ragmen" by Eugène Atget toward 1900 / for more photos from the National Library, zoom
That site now
The arrow refers to the panels below.
The green panel indicates the Gustave-Mesureur square, saying that he founded a school for nurses at the very large medical center nearby (Pitié-Salpétrière). Next to it, a sign announcing a circus.
The victory of the left and the discredit of the right after World War II — more here and here — explain France's social safety net.
But the particularly miserable nature of this part of the city lies behind the particular depth of its change.
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