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Old Posted Dec 4, 2010, 8:37 AM
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Les Grattes-Ciel (which is French for skyscraper, fittingly) in Villeurbanne, France
(Villeurbanne is part of the Lyon central urban area)


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ratte-ciel.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...griculteur.jpg

There are two of these on either side of avenue Henri Barbusse, at the end of which stands the Villeurbanne city hall (place Lazare Goujon):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...are_goujon.jpg

The whole area was developed in the 1930s (obviously) in an ultimately successful attempt to give Villeurbanne a proper civic centre and avoid amalgamation with Lyon.
Altough the towers are short and quite plain for Art Deco, the whole avenue really warrants being seen in person.

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/s...e_generale.JPG

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