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How Emmanuel Grégoire wants to make Paris even more beautiful

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This Sunday, March 22, after a hard-fought race, Emmanuel Grégoire was elected mayor of Paris against Rachida Dati. While he won’t officially take office until next week, on March 29, during the next Paris Council, he has already started to unveil a number of measures, beginning with those related to the aesthetic transformation of the capital.

Paris is undeniably one of the most beautiful cities in the world. However, every day, the capital endures a number of degradations, in the form of tags, busted traffic lights, twisted posts, and dirty benches. These may seem like small details, but they are truly a real issue for the image of the City of Light, and Emmanuel Grégoire is determined to take action.


An Artistic Director for the Capital

Every day, it welcomes hundreds and hundreds of tourists from all corners of the globe, eager to admire its legendary beauty. This historic aesthetic is characterized by a number of recognizable elements among thousands: the Wallace fountains, the benches, the paved streets, and so much more.

"> street plaques, the street lamps, and even the Morris columns. A unique appearance that, according to our brand new mayor, is extremely important to preserve.

So, from the Clignancourt door to the Place d’Italie, covering the 16th to the 20th arrondissements, Emmanuel Grégoire is determined to preserve the unique heritage of the capital. To achieve this, the mayor plans to appoint a « artistic director » who will have a comprehensive vision of Paris, overseeing every maintenance, renovation, and cleanliness project, as well as establishing specifications in relation to the Old Paris Commission.


Measures of all kinds

More concretely, the mayor of Paris hopes to lighten the space and protect it from damage, for example, by removing a number of signs, which currently total 1,800 in the capital and were installed during Chirac's time, and have never been updated since. In the same vein,

A new signage that is clearer should be set up for bicycles. A big contest will also be organized to imagine the urban furniture of tomorrow, and the 85 fountains in the capital will be refilled for a good part of the year.

Finally, Grégoire also wants to preserve the historical heritage of the capital by investing 200 million euros in the maintenance of monuments and churches. The thirty unused kiosks in the capital will now host florists, artisans, and initiatives. And, unlike his predecessor, he has also expressed his desire to support the application for the Eiffel Tower to be classified as a heritage site, in order to give a new recognition to the "jewel of Paris."