Remembering History: Baron Haussmann- redesign of Paris 1860's: Commissioned by Napoleon III to instigate a program of planning reforms in Paris. Haussmann's plan tore up many of the old, twisting streets and rundown apartment houses, and replacing them with the wide, tree-lined boulevards, expansive gardens, uniform building heights, and anchoring elements including the Arc de Triomphe and the Grand Opera House.

Baron Haussmann- redesign of Paris 1860's: Commissioned by Napoleon III to instigate a program of planning reforms in Paris. Haussmann's plan tore up many of the old, twisting streets and rundown apartment houses, and replacing them with the wide, tree-lined boulevards, expansive gardens, uniform building heights, and anchoring elements including the Arc de Triomphe and the Grand Opera House.

Baron Haussmann- redesign of Paris 1860's: Commissioned by Napoleon III to instigate a program of planning reforms in Paris. Haussmann's plan tore up many of the old, twisting streets and rundown apartment houses, and replacing them with the wide, tree-lined boulevards, expansive gardens, uniform building heights, and anchoring elements including the Arc de Triomphe and the Grand Opera House.