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Chapter 1
Renovating the Champs-Élysées
The €250m revitalisation of the Champs-Élysées is taking place before and after the 2024 Olympic Games. The initial phase will see new vegetation and general repairs to buildings. The second stage includes a reconfiguration of the avenue’s traffic and improvements to public areas – a project that has fallen to architecture studio PCA-Stream.
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Chapter 2
Looking forward to the Quality of Life Conference 2022
By now most of the Monocle team is in Paris as our Quality of Life conference begins. One of them is culture editor Chiara Rimella, who joins Andrew to give you a sneak peek.
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Chapter 3
How to enjoy life
We wanted to bring you a little explainer on what makes Paris such a fun city to go out and let off some steam in. And who better than Monocle’s Robert Bound to be your guide?
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Chapter 4
Promeneurs de la Petite Ceinture
Like many European cities, Paris is home to a network of unused and abandoned railway lines. A new project by L’Association des Promeneurs de la Petite Ceinture wants to connect these 32 kilometres of railway and turn them into walking routes with bars, cafés and cultural activities all around.
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