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Baron Georges Eugène Haussmann
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Baron Georges Eug è ne Haussmann Baron Georges Eug è ne Haussmann (1809-1891), as French prefect of the Seine...of Paris. During the administration of Baron Haussmann, 71 miles of new roads, 400 miles of pavement...
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Georges Eugène Haussmann, Baron
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Georges Eugène Haussmann, Baron , 1809-91, French civic official and city planner...laid out, as well as a number of smaller parks. The Boulevard Haussmann in Paris commemorates his name. Bibliography: See H. Saalman...
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Boulevard du Temple
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...with its sideshows, waxworks, fireworks, museums, cafés, concerts, and perambulating ballad-singers, was swept away in Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris in 1862, and the boulevard Voltaire now occupies most of the site.
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Alan Bennett
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...and "An Englishman Abroad," all in 1982; "The Insurance Man" in 1986; "Talking Heads" in 1987; and "102 Boulevard Haussmann" in 1991. He also wrote screenplays in the 1980s, authoring A Private Function in 1985 and Prick Up Your Ears, an adaptation...
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Cairo
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...river ports Bulaq and Old Cairo was developed. Inspired by the municipal improvements effected in Paris by Baron Georges Haussmann and determined to impress the Europeans at the ceremonies celebrating the Suez Canal's completion, Isma ʿ il instructed...
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Funambules, Théâtre des
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...pantomimes in which he starred were given with wonderful scenery, transformation scenes , and trickwork , the stage being excellently equipped. The theatre was finally demolished by Haussmann in 1862 in his building of the great boulevards.
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Jean Louis Charles Garnier
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...ra in Paris (1861-75), which is his principal work. It provided an impressive focus for the new boulevards of G. E. Haussmann's city planning. It is an ornate interpretation of Renaissance architecture, especially noted for the grand staircase...
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Paris
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...began to assume its present-day form. The work of modernization was continued during the reign of Napoleon III , when Baron Haussmann was commissioned to plan the boulevards, bridges, and parks. Although occupied during the Franco-Prussian War (1870...
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Houseman, John
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Houseman, John [ Jacques Haussmann ] (1902–88), American producer, director, and actor, born in Romania. He became known in 1935 when he produced...
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Urban Planning
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...1879), influenced by his visit to Paris, tried to follow for Cairo the urban plans of Baron Georges-Eug è ne Haussmann. Later, in Iran, Reza Pahlavi Shah (r. 1925 – 1941) promoted a grid design for Tehran and constructed wide...
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