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Between Rue de l'Échelle and Rue Saint Augustin: demolition

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Year:
1877
Contributor:
Marville, Charles, 1816c.-1879 (photographer)
Subject:
Rue de l'Échelle (Paris, France)
Rue Saint Augustin (Paris, France)
Architecture > Dwellings
Art > Photographs
City Planning > Construction
City Planning > Demolition
Public Works > Streets
1871-1940 (The Third Republic)
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1 photograph

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The severity of the demolition depicted here between the rues de l'Échelle and Saint Augustin was not unusual for the Second Empire. The renovation and construction of new public roadways and parks oftentimes necessitated the complete destruction of various Parisian roadways and quarters. Photographer Charles Marville was well-known for capturing images of the older Parisian quarters prior to urbanization. In 1850, Marville was hired by the city of Paris to document the changes resulting from the demolition and reconstruction of the Haussmann era. He was named the official photographer of Paris in 1862.
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J. Paul Getty Museum

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"Between Rue de l'Échelle and Rue Saint Augustin: demolition" (1877). Paris: Capital of the 19th Century. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:80876/

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