PARIS CENTER City Plan Proposal by Urbanist Perrymond

Description: Perrymond's Plan for the Improvements of Central Paris Another Fine Quality Print from Martin2001 Print Specifics: Type of print: Intaglio, Steel engraving Year of printing: 1843 Publisher: Cesar Daly, Paris, Rue de Furstemberg No. 4. Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair)When I received this scarce print, it was affected by age and folded in half (by the publisher) as shown in the last two photos (not included). I had the print cleaned, removed the original paper binding strip, smoothed out the fold and applied archival tape on the back to prevent it from reoccurring. The fold is now barely noticeable. Dimensions: 20 x 13 inches, (50 x 33 cm) including blank margins (borders) around the image.Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNote: 1. Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. Print detail is sharper than he photo of the print. 3. Due to its dimensions, the [print will be mailed in a sturdy tube.Narrative (Machine translated from french, not edited): Perreymond's "Studies on the City of Paris" (1842-1843). A precursor of Haussmann, this Saint-Simonian engineer develops a bold and intelligent analysis of the state of operation of Paris and the urgency of restructuring work. ; The problem of the neighborhoods is relative to that of the city as a whole and, consequently, repositions it in its meaning and importance. Through a long historical argument, Perreymond demonstrates the defects of the dismemberment of the city, the drifts of its main center and excess concentration. According to him, the formula is applicable "with some modifications, to the history of any city." [...] The normal prosperity of Paris, in the different periods of the history of this capital, depends on the more or less perfect coincidence of the center of configuration of this city, with the center of all the movements that take place. in its bosom. Every time vital action was divided into many centers, the existence of Paris was all the more irregular the further these centers were from each other, and their mutual relations became more difficult. Since then, the prosperity of each neighborhood was directly proportional to the importance of the center it possessed, and inversely proportional to its relative distance from the other existing centers and the intermediate obstacles. Finally, if only one social function became preeminent at a time, and if an eccentric part of the city possessed, by chance or as a consequence of some influence, the center of this action alone, this part must have acquired an exuberant development; "it must have attracted all the forces of the body of the commune and almost completely paralyzed the other members." ; Another formulation of this balance: «The city no longer has its force of unity, of cohesion» due to the fact of the emergence of secondary centers «according to the whims of chance. Paris is no longer homogeneous: it forms many cities under a collective designation. The scattered members of the great city [...] find themselves without ties among themselves; hence the tug-of-war, the crises experienced by the different neighborhoods of the city. ; We are at the beginning of the 1840s during which the great concern is the displacement of Paris from its traditional center towards the north-west, Perreymond regrets this neglect. At the same time, piers and railways were established; Perreymond criticizes the timid retail measures that support and reinforce its poor functioning; when the advent of this modernity in transportation, ingeniously associated with the improvement of traditional means, should allow another circulation and consequently a good development of the neighborhoods in themselves, among themselves, and with the main center of the city. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

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