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Old Posted Jun 18, 2020, 11:04 PM
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As I was born in 1990 and I didn't live in Paris until 2002.
Paris of the 1980s and even most of the 1990s is quite foreign to me.

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Originally Posted by bilbao58 View Post
In 1984, there was a dark, scary slum area just southwest of Tour Montparnasse that was filled with squatters and Nigerian drug dealers and no electricity so it was pitch black at night. I believe Place de Séoul and surroundings replaced that.
It's difficult to imagine how rough the south of Montparnasse used to be.

The same can be said for the area around Gare de Lyon.
There were some very rough blocks called Ilot Chalon next to Gare de Lyon railway terminal.
https://www.vice.com/fr/article/dpmb...coeur-de-paris

Almost everything has been demolished.
To enlarge Gare de Lyon, build a new square and new buildings.
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