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/ 11 November 2007

High-rise vision sparks Paris revolt

A dizzying controversy will grip the French capital this week as its mayor tries to convince recalcitrant Parisians of the beauty of high-rise buildings. Two years after riots swept through the tower blocks of the Paris suburbs, mayor Bertrand Delanoe will unveil artists’ impressions of skyscrapers planned for three areas within the capital’s ringroad.