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| Walks Through Lost Paris: A Journey Into the Heart of Historic Paris | 
 enlarge | Author: Leonard Pitt
Creator: Alexandre Gady
Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 24788
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 1593761031
Dewey Decimal Number: 711.40944361
EAN: 9781593761035
ASIN: 1593761031
Publication Date: May 24, 2006
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Product Description
When he discovered that the city he lived in for many years was actually entirely rebuilt during the mid-1800s, Leonard Pitt plunged into Paris's history and began photographing what he learned had changed. Eventually, he led tours and gave lectures on the demolition and reconstruction that changed the city forever. Walks Through Lost Paris chronicles Paris's great periods of urban reconstruction through four walking tours. With a special focus on the work of Georges-Eugene Haussmann, this book provides a history of each site along with the motives behind the urban redesign and the reactions of Parisians who witnessed it. Detailed maps take the traveler through a city whose changes were captured by photographers and artists in each stage. Hundreds of color photos, diagrams, and engravings splendidly survey the massive transformation that resulted in the Paris of today.
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 Make it bigger please! May 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Walks Through Lost Paris: A Journey Into the Heart of Historic Paris
This is a wonderful book, except for one thing. It is so small that the maps are almost unreadable, and the print is not so easy to read either. I've been to Paris twice and walked through all four areas in the book before, but the book opened my eyes to a lot of history and details I'm looking forward to seeing first hand. I am taking it to Paris in a couple weeks, and I'm looking forward to the walks, but I'm going to have to blow up the maps so I can read them without a magnifying glass. This book would be far more enjoyable in a larger format.
book purchase January 12, 2008
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
I received the book in very good condition and came very well wrapped and quickly. I am very satisfied with it.
Absorbing history of the city and its development December 3, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Whether one takes the recommended walks or just reads the words, this is a great little book, full of wonderful then and now photos (I especially like the photo of the people in the boat on Rue Jacob during the flood of 1910--see the hats!) and interesting discussions of how Paris came to be what we see today, how sections of the city were saved by those who loved them, and how other sectors were changed and updated. I have a number of walks-around-Paris books, some written for Parisians themselves, and I think this is the best and most interesting. It entertained my husband when he recently spent a week in the hospital. It is not especially touristic, and not a book for those dropping in for a day or two to see the highlights of Paris. This is a book to wallow around in. I found the English version first, but will look for the French, as I'm suspicious of translations.
Paris revisited September 19, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you love Paris (and who doesn't?) you'll appreciate this book. It takes us over well-trod streets, past ancient buildings, and brings them alive by examining their past. Atget documented Paris as it was; this book predates that.
Beautiful & Original Book August 28, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Beautifully produced book with superb use of 19th century & current photos to show changes in Paris locations pre & post Haussmann. A great read for anyone who loves & knows Paris, and doubles as an "advanced" and specialized walking guide for those lucky enough to be on site.
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