Walks Through Lost Paris: A Journey Into the Heart of Historic Paris

Leonard Pitt

Shoemaker & Hoard, 2006 - Travel - 192 pages

When he discovered that the city he lived in for many years was actually entirely rebuilt during the mid-1800s, Leonard Pitt plunged into Paris's history and began photographing what he learned had changed. Eventually, he led tours and gave lectures on the demolition and reconstruction that changed the city forever. "Walks Through Lost Paris chronicles Paris's great periods of urban reconstruction through four walking tours. With a special focus on the work of Georges-Eugene Haussmann, this book provides a history of each site along with the motives behind the urban redesign and the reactions of Parisians who witnessed it. Detailed maps take the traveler through a city whose changes were captured by photographers and artists in each stage. Hundreds of color photos, diagrams, and engravings splendidly survey the massive transformation that resulted in the Paris of today.

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Review: Walks through Lost Paris: A Journey into the Heart of Historic Paris

User Review  - Marcy Heller - Goodreads

I have walked most of the streets in this book. And I have even blogged about some of the same buildings and neighborhoods, but Pitt's book adds a terrific amount of photographic research to compare ...

Review: Walks through Lost Paris: A Journey into the Heart of Historic Paris

User Review  - Terrance Gelenter - Goodreads

A labor of love-Pitt knows where all the buildings are buried.

About the author

Leonard Pitt is Professor Emeritus of History at California Leonard Pitt is Professor Emeritus of History at California State University, Northridge. He is the coauthor, with Dale State University, Northridge. He is the coauthor, with Dale Pitt, of "Los Angeles A to Z: An Encyclopedia" (1997). Ram nPitt, of "Los Angeles A to Z: An Encyclopedia" (1997). Ram n A. Guti rrez is Associate Chancellor and Professor of Ethni A. Guti rrez is Associate Chancellor and Professor of Ethnic Studies and History at the University of California, San Dc Studies and History at the University of California, San Diego, and is coeditor of "Contested Eden: California before iego, and is coeditor of "Contested Eden: California before the Gold Rush" the Gold Rush

Bibliographic information

• Title: Walks Through Lost Paris: A Journey Into the Heart of Historic Paris
• Author: Leonard Pitt
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2006
• ISBN: 1593761031, 9781593761035
• Length: 192 pages
• Subjects: Travel / Europe / France; Travel / Hikes & Walks; Travel / Pictorials