French president wants to use Croydon a blueprint for Paris (From Croydon Guardian)
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French president wants to use Croydon a blueprint for Paris
11:59am Monday 8th September 2008 in
With its wide boulevards, cafe culture and rich artistic history, Paris would appear to be a million miles away from Croydon.
But French president Nicolas Sarkozy has revealed he is planning to take inspiration from such wonders as the Whitgift Centre and the NLA Tower – more affectionately known by locals as the 50p building - for the future of Paris.
He has enlisted a British architect as part of his “Greater Paris” plan, and wants to adopt the high rise hubs that grace London’s unofficial third city.
Professor Richard Burdett, design chief for the London Olympics and one of the experts working on the “Greater Paris” project with the Richard Rogers architecture practice, wants to create high rise hubs in the suburbs of Paris.
These would be linked by an orbital railway, with the attempt to convince Parisians to move from the city centre and into the suburbs.
Sarkozy is said to have been impressed with London when he visited, and one his daughters lives there.
• What do you think? Would modelling Paris on Croydon improve the French capital? Have your say using the comment feature below.
Comments(15)
ANNE GILES
says...
3:33pm Mon 8 Sep 08
Geoff.P
says...
11:17pm Mon 8 Sep 08
I suggest anyone wishing to visit Paris does so in the very near future, before it ends up looking like Croydon.
JimboUK71
says...
11:59pm Mon 8 Sep 08
I think the French President should take a look at real cities around the UK before deciding this!!
alfred1
says...
11:38am Tue 9 Sep 08
The last time I was there they had "one or two" restaurants, bars and cafes.
Are you seriously saying that Croydon has better facilities than Paris???
Bob Peel
says...
8:39am Wed 10 Sep 08
alfred1 wrote:Smells more like a toilet than Paris though.
Anne have you ever been to Paris?
The last time I was there they had "one or two" restaurants, bars and cafes.
Are you seriously saying that Croydon has better facilities than Paris???
The last time I smelt something as rank as Croydon was Aden. (It's now the Yemen - was a Crown Colony and one of Britain's small wars).
ohdearyme
says...
12:12pm Wed 10 Sep 08
Bob Peel
says...
12:14pm Thu 11 Sep 08
ohdearyme wrote:There had to be one on here!
Quel Dommage!
ohdearyme
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2:30pm Thu 11 Sep 08
ANNE GILES
says...
3:33pm Thu 11 Sep 08
ANNE GILES
says...
3:34pm Thu 11 Sep 08
ANNE GILES
says...
3:39pm Thu 11 Sep 08
Io voglio un espresso, per favore y pasta napolitana.
Bom dia - el cafe Portugeis Giardino - uma bica.
Nice, cosmopolitan ambience here!!!
NastyMrTom
says...
4:42pm Fri 12 Sep 08
ANNE GILES wrote:
Und also ich liebe ein glas rot wein, bitte!Io voglio un espresso, per favore y pasta napolitana.Bom dia - el cafe Portugeis Giardino - uma bica.Nice, cosmopolitan ambience here!!!
It's auch Anne , thx
ANNE GILES
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11:28pm Sat 13 Sep 08
scoffer
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8:38pm Mon 15 Sep 08
ANNE GILES
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10:01pm Mon 15 Sep 08
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