How “One-Plus-Five” Is Shaping American Cities

Re:How “One-Plus-Five” Is Shaping American Cities by matthewaveryusa on Thursday December 13, 2018 @10:49AM (#18673141)

Agreed, there's a bit of survivorship bias. For an idea of poor construction in the 19th century, look at some of the streets pre-Hausmann's renovation of Paris:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_Pa...

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Re:How “One-Plus-Five” Is Shaping American Cities by Terr_ on Thursday December 13, 2018 @10:35PM (#18678247)

> The Bievre river was used to dump the waste from the tanneries of Paris; it emptied into the Seine.

Even before reading the caption, that picture -- absent any obvious tourist landmarks -- immediately made me think of the same location rendered in one of the Assassin's Creed games... I can't tell whether that's funny, sad, or bizarrely positive. Maybe all three.

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