Paris A Journey Through Time

In Paris: A Journey Through Time, Leonard Pitt presents a stunning array of archival and contemporary photos that peel away the many layers of this iconic city to document its architectural transformation. Readers can easily follow along to see where old cobblestone roads and buildings have given way to wide streets, avenues, and boulevards. Detailed maps for walking tours are accompanied by old schematics and plans for construction, illustrating the strange ways that Paris has developed over hundreds of years. Painstakingly researched and gorgeously illustrated, Paris: A Journey Through Time is a tour through Paris, seen through the lens of photographers who lived during each golden age of demolition and constructionùand all compiled into Leonard Pitt's tremendous account of the true hidden Paris.