Impossible City: 21世紀巴黎；An attractive c. 1932 tourist pocket map of Paris.

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An attractive c. 1932 tourist pocket map of Paris. Covers the old walled city of Paris and the immediate vicinity. Important buildings are shown in profile, including the Eiffel Tower. Shows both the train and Metro lines throughout the city. It's undated but we can assign an approximate date due to the development of the subway system and the map's overall style and construction. Prepared by Robelin.

 As the eyes of the world are about to turn to the City of Light for this summer’s Olympic Games, Financial Times journalist and long-time resident Simon Kuper takes a look at what Paris means now. 

The most romantic city in the world has survived a series of major shocks in the last 10 years, from terrorist attacks to heatwaves, record floods and the destruction of Notre Dame by fire. 

Day by day the city is gentrifying and globalising and the gaps between have and have-not are becoming ever wider. But Kuper’s infectious love of Paris goes beyond the the clichés and this wry, witty memoir is just the thing to read on the Eurostar.ossi