In Vienna, a large social housing stock keeps overall housing costs down. In Paris, not so much. The year of the 2024 Olympics, the City of Light is too expensive for ordinary Parisians.
Working on the inside of the City of San Diego (e.g., The Subdivision Advisory Committee, The Urban Design Task Force) in the 1970's, I found the pitches for (affordable housing) to be largely a snare and a delusion to facilitate subdivision approval for profit maximization. The next to last time I saw Paris, wrecking balls were destroying the "old" buildings, classic furniture and all, to make way for more profits. Le Moluin (Fannie), the artist and wife of an ambassador, sketched me in her apartment (slated for the ball?) in 1977. I wonder how density has changed over the years? Tall, "modern" buildings lurked to the north.
Working on the inside of the City of San Diego (e.g., The Subdivision Advisory Committee, The Urban Design Task Force) in the 1970's, I found the pitches for (affordable housing) to be largely a snare and a delusion to facilitate subdivision approval for profit maximization. The next to last time I saw Paris, wrecking balls were destroying the "old" buildings, classic furniture and all, to make way for more profits. Le Moluin (Fannie), the artist and wife of an ambassador, sketched me in her apartment (slated for the ball?) in 1977. I wonder how density has changed over the years? Tall, "modern" buildings lurked to the north.
While I was writing and editing this article, I listened to Mano Solo's "Allo Paris" and Bertrand Belin's "Choses nouvelles," among other stuff.
"Allo Paris" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7fuV0qMP7cBAApFvleb1T9?si=7usWHiAaTpCzrk2Rsb0sSw
"Choses nouvelles" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5zkuCR656H1I6QOIomlwuh?si=kcvyqylRRm2BVo3g3ieSfA&context=spotify%3Asearch%3Achoses%2Bnouvells