CHAMPS-ELYSEES

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Title	CHAMPS-ELYSEES
View	View looking west along Champs-Elysees toward Arc de Triomphe
Work Type	street boulevard
Creator Name	Haussmann, Georges-Eugene, baron
Creator Nationality	French
Date.Creator Birth	1809
Date.Creator Death	1891
Major Design Aspects	radiating plan
Elements & Spatial Types	sidewalk
Climate Type	temperate
Country	France
City	Paris
State/Province	Ile-de-France
Alternate Place Names	Place de l'Etoile
Dates	begun in 1667
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Date Photographed	7/31/1989
Subject Information	This boulevard is the most famous of the twelve grand avenues radiating from the Place de l'Etoile created during the urban redevelopment of Paris in the 1850s under Napoleon III. Baron Eugène Haussmann was responsible for this substantial modernization of the city which witnessed the demolition of the crowded, unsanitary medieval quarter and the creation of an organized and well ventilated grid of streets, public squares and parks.
Credit Line	Archivision Inc. (all images copyright Scott Gilchrist / Archivision.com)
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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