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A map of Haussmanns
streets confusing
impression. However, a
closer examination does
reveal, if not any
superordinate plan, at
least a guiding idea,
namely to facilitate
communications within
the central parts of Paris
and between these areas
and the peripheral
districts of the city.
Streets included in Haussmanns
improvement and regularization
programme. White sections of street
were built before 1854, solid black
sections before 1870 and dotted
sections after the fall of the Second
Empire, but still largely in accordance
with Haussmanns intentions. The
hatched area indicates the