'A serious urban mistake': why Paris went sour on the new Gare du Nord

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The Guardian newspaper: International | guardian.co.uk

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10/10/2019 08:00

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'A serious urban mistake': why Paris went sour on the new Gare du Nord

 

10/10/2019 08:00 // The Guardian newspaper: International | guardian.co.uk

As developers aim to turn France’s busiest train station into a gargantuan airport-style mall, Parisians fear for the local neighbourhood – and the station’s soul

“When you tell people in Paris you live near the Gare du Nord, they usually grimace,” sighed Sarah, a French academic in her 50s who has lived on a narrow, traffic-choked street next to Europe’s busiest station for 30 years.

“Architecturally, the station building is superb. But neighbourhoods around stations are never easy, wherever they are in the world.”

The area around the station is the hottest part of the city - we have to limit motorised vehicles and find ways to plant trees

This project will spend colossal sums but not improve travellers’ journeys and their experience of the station

I don’t think it needs more shops. People are so rushed these days, they just want peace and quiet

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