Paris to Turn Champs-Élysées into Expansive Urban Garden


Courtesy of PCA Stream

Courtesy of PCA Stream

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has approved a comprehensive plan to transform Champs-Élysées, the city’s most famous avenue. Though the €250m makeover will not happen before the French capital hosts the 2024 Summer Olympics, the proposal aims to turn a 1.2 mile stretch of central Paris into an expansive garden. The proposal includes reducing space for vehicles, turning roads into pedestrian green areas, and creating tunnels of trees to improve air quality.

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