15 January 1927: After 70 years and two wars, the long Parisian thoroughfare is finally inaugurated by the president Paris, Friday Tomorrow with simple ceremony President Doumergue will formally open ...

The iconic Champs-Élysées in Paris was taken over by writers on Sunday in perhaps the world's largest-ever dictation event. Instead of car traffic, the famed boulevard was covered by some 1,779 desks ...

Paris' famous Périphérique ring road could have its car lanes slashed by half and replaced by a playground in the switch to driverless cars, says Carlo Ratti. The Italian architect, who is one of the ...

The Périphérique cuts wealthy central Paris off from its working-class suburbs – but as France’s capital finally takes steps to merge these two worlds, Justinien Tribillon discovers that the biggest ...

Paris's Champs-Elysees will host le grand piquenique, a massive open-air picnic event to revive the iconic avenue, organised by the Champs-Elysees Committee. The centrepiece of the event will be a 216 ...

This picture taken through the car window of a taxi shows the deserted Pont d'Iena leading to the Eiffel tower in Paris on April 20, 2020, on the thirty-fifth day of a lockdown in France aimed at ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Negative marked: "Exterior Boulevard ...