Say "No" to Skyscrapers in Paris!
Dear friends,
The Paris City Council voted to build skyscrapers that will blight the city's historic skyline. We can
stop them now. Paris is the most visited city on earth, and it belongs to
the world. Yet an earlier Paris City Council voted to allow skyscrapers and let the city
of light and of romance be vandalized by giant ugly towers. Do Parisians
want these skyscrapers? No! Polls show 63% against. We must act now! Sign the emergency petition now!
We know we can get this decision
reversed. When the city of St. Petersburg, Russia, approved a 100-story tower
that would have blighted that city's horizon, worldwide outrage finally
prompted the country’s president to stop it. When Venice wanted to accept Pierre
Cardin's proposal to build a skyscraper that would have blighted the historic
city’s skyline, again the world protested, and the municipal government
reversed its decision. Naturally, developers and star architects want Paris to
build bigger and flashier buildings. But insider allies say a massive show of worldwide opposition will
defeat skyscrapers in Paris and restore the traditional height limits. That
opposition must gather now!
We have no time to lose -- work on one
40-story tower has already begun. Sign the emergency petition now!
Are these skyscrapers for housing? No, they are for offices and a
courthouse. Are they needed? Absolutely not. Will they produce jobs? No, once they are built, they cannot produce jobs. Will Paris turn into a "museum city" without skyscrapers? Nonsense! Paris is one of the liveliest cities on earth. Even world-renowned architect Sir Norman Foster says, "Paris does not need towers." And Parisians strongly oppose the towers. See the INFORMATION below for more details about these catastrophic decisions.
SOS Paris and other Parisian organizations demonstrated three times
last year at the site for the so-called Tour Triangle. This monstrous pointy
48-story building will tower over the six- and eight-story buildings of Paris,
right in the line of sight of the Eiffel Tower. The developer and the star
architect have proved that this skyscraper is unneeded, because they have
repeatedly changed the announced use, finally deciding on offices. But in fact,
Paris has millions of square feet of unused office space. Let's stand with the
people of Paris. The City Council just voted against this tower, but skyscraper proponents are challenging the vote in court. Let's support Parisians
and oppose these unwanted towers and sign the petition now!
We cannot leave the beauty of the world's most beautiful city in the hands of
developers, star architects, and the politicians who support them.
With hope,
Mary, Leonard, and the rest of the Americans for the Preservation of Paris team
MORE INFORMATION:
Proposed "Duo" by Architect Jean Nouvel
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1508436
Proposed "Tour Triangle" by Architects Herzog & de Meuron
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=714816
The BBC (U.K.): Parisian skyscrapers raise sky-high concerns http://www.marketplace.org/topics/world/parisian-skyscrapers-raise-sky-high-concerns
International Making Cities Livable: UNESCO says No to Paris Skyscrapers http://www.livablecities.org/articles/unesco-says-no-paris-skyscrapers
Paris Does Not Need or Want Skyscrapers (Bonjour Paris)
http://www.bonjourparis.com/story/paris-does-not-want-or-need-skyscrapers/
Deutsche Welle (Germany): Will Paris' plan to build 12 new skyscrapers ruin the city?
http://www.dw.de/will-paris-plan-to-build-12-new-skyscrapers-ruin-the-city/a-16960617
Paris Embraces New Height Regulations With 12 Skyscrapers http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=206399
The BBC (U.K.): Does Paris need new skyscrapers? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-22811518