Story of cities #12: Haussmann rips up Paris – and divides France

Georges-Eugène Haussmann is feted internationally for transforming the French capital with an audacious programme of urban planning. Yet 125 years after his death, his legacy at home remains much more controversial. Why?

Paris Was Rebuilt: Baron Haussmann and the “Haussmannization” of Paris

Haussmann's renovation of Paris - Wikipedia

The Man Behind The City Of Lights: Baron Haussmann

Haussmann's renovation of Paris - Wikipedia

Exploring Haussmannian Paris

Paris Reborn and Destroyed

Paris and War – Approaches to the Modern City

How Haussmann Rebuilt Paris in the 19th Century

Urbanism of Paris (EN) by Eléonore Champenois - Issuu

A Tale of Two Cities: Charles Marville's Photographs of Paris before Haussmann