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Adolphe Alphand

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297: 31: 224:, established on the site of a former quarry, complete with waterfalls and grotto. In total, during the French Second Empire period, Alphand oversaw the creation or renovation of two large parks outside the city walls, three mid-size parks within the city walls, approximately 20 small garden "squares," and numerous tree-lined walks along avenues and boulevards in Paris. Although public parks had previously existed, according to one scholar, "Never before, in Europe or beyond, had landscape architecture played such a prominent role in so vast an urban renewal project." 313: 197:, a role which soon expanded into director of the newly formed parks department (Service des Promenades et Plantations) in 1855, as well as later into an all-around director of public works. Under Napoleon III, Alphand participated in the renovation of Paris directed by Baron Haussmann between 1852 and 1870, in the company of engineer 336:, entrusted to Alphand the position of Director of Public Works of Paris. Under this title, Alphand continued Haussmann's works. Alphand also became the Director of Water Works after the death of Eugène Belgrand in 1878. In particular, Alphand directed the construction of: 489: 364:(division 67) after a grand funeral organised by the City of Paris. Avenue Alphand in Paris's 16th arrondissement was named after him in 1907. 174:, working on improvements to the port, railways, as well as other infrastructure. It was in Bordeaux that Alphand met and earned the trust of 830: 419: 825: 702: 835: 840: 820: 465: 375: 845: 131: 110: 719: 504: 385: 139: 691: 660: 617: 406: 167: 790: 608:
Shapiro, Gideon Fink (2015). "Alphand and the Urbanization of Garden Art in Paris". In Berrizbeitia, Anita (ed.).
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Alphand created walks, parks and gardens designed to embellish and sanitise Paris. He also heavily remodeled the
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In 1854, the year after Haussmann was promoted to the powerful role of prefect of Seine in Paris by Emperor
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in Paris's 12th and 16th arrondissements, respectively. Among the most dramatic transformations was the
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in the second half of the 19th century. In 1889, Alphand was elevated to the rank of Grand Cross of the
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Measure and Map: Alphand's Contours of Construction at the Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Paris 1867
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among others. As head of the parks department, Alphand worked closely with his chief architect
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and later as Director of Public Works at Paris City Hall from 1871, he was instrumental in the
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Picon, Antoine. "Nineteenth-Century Cartography and the Scientific Ideal: The Case of Paris."
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Vol. 3 (pp. 162–175), Edited by Anita Berrizbeitia. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415706957
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Concrete and the Engineered Picturesque the Parc des Buttes Chaumont (Paris, 1867)
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Shapiro, Gideon Fink. "Alphand and the Urbanization of Garden Art in Paris." In
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The Promenades of Paris. Alphand and the Urbanization of Garden Art, 1852-1871
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in 1837. He began his career as an engineer in the coastal city of
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Reprint. Originally published Paris : Rothschild, 1867–1873.
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in 1835 and continued his engineering studies at the prestigious
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After the retirement of Baron Haussmann, his successor,
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Vol 18 (2003), pp 135–149. University of Chicago Press.
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Planning the Greenspaces of Nineteenth-Century Paris
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Planning the greenspaces of nineteenth-century Paris
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Alfred Philippe Roll
Petit Palais
Grenoble
16th arrondissement of Paris
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Corps of Bridges and Roads
[ʒɑ̃ʃaʁladɔlfalfɑ̃]
Corps of Bridges and Roads
Baron Haussmann
large-scale renovation of Paris
Legion of Honour
AcadĂŠmie des Beaux-Arts
Grenoble
École polytechnique
École des ponts et chaussées
Bordeaux
Baron Haussmann
prefect
Gironde
Napoleon III
Bois de Boulogne
Eugène Belgrand
Jean-Pierre Barillet-Deschamps
Gabriel Davioud
Bois de Vincennes
Bois de Boulogne
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont
Square du Temple
Paris Observatory

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