This will be updated as soon as I find the pre-WWII map
I had, but lost!
1. Districts and building types
When speaking of a number (like 16th) I am referring to the arrondissement
, that is to say the adminsitrative subdivision of Paris. You will find
them on any touristical map. In typical Parisian slang, "the 14th" means
"in the 14th arrondissement located in southcenter".
1.1 "Grands boulevards" and prestigious areas - the Haussmanian building
Named after urbanist Haussmann, a very standardized type of building found
on all major boulevards and in smaller streets in prestigious areas (mainly
the north of the 16th and southwest of 17th, north 15th, all of 6th and 7th).
7-story high, with luminous stone in beige, sometimes slighly "butter" or
golden colours, black forged steel balconies on the 3rd and 6th floor. Black
slate slanted roof at the 7th story's height. Clear metallic top roof.
Mostly built during the 19th century.
Examples in large boulevards in prestigious areas:
Boulevard St-Germain, 7th
Boulevard de Courcelles, 17th:
Boulevard Malsherbes, 8th:
Bd Malsherbes, 8th:
Very often there is a row of trees on each side of the main boulevards.
Example in a small street in a prestigious area: Rue de Lasteyrie, 16th
1.2 Smaller streets - the standard building
Usually 6-story high, painted white, with few balconies and no adornment.
Mainly found in smaller streets, or larger street in less prestigious areas,
also very common in the suburbs.
Rue de Belleville, 19th
Boulevard de Charonne, 20th
1.3 The "old village"type building
There are places in the external part of Paris that look like villages,
or small towns, swallowed by the big city. There are generally composed
of a little church, and a couple tortuous, narrow streets with 2 or 3-story
buildings. The most typical are:
Auteuil (south 16th)
Montmartre (18th)
Charonne (20th)
La Butte-aux-Cailles (13th -perhaps other parts in the eastern 13th
looked this way, but this would require research as this area was totally
rebuilt postwar)
.
Rue St-Blaise, 20th (Charonne)
Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 18th (Montmartre)
Rue d'Auteuil, South 16th
Passage du Moulin-des-prés, 13th
Rue de la Butte-aux-Cailles, 13th
1.4 The suburbian house
Ugly, narrow brick or dark stone house with boring garden. Optional fake
well and dwarf statue. Found outside Paris. Massively built from the late
1920s on.
Must find pic.
2. Landmarks and special places
2.1 Famous landmarks
The usual touristic stuff: Eiffel tower, Obélisque de la Concorde,
Arc de Triomphe, le Louvre, le Musée d'Orsay, Notre-Dame de Paris,
Les Invalides, le Panthéon, the awful Sacré-coeur. What did
I forget?
The Eiffel tower is already modelled.
Notre-Dame de Paris is modelled too IIRC, but the colour was wrong. It
should be clear beige as most stone buildings in the area.
2.2 Less famous landmarks
2.2.1 Train stations and railways
(potential flag buildings) Gare St-Lazare, Gare du Nord (vast warehouse
area at the outskirts along the train lines up north), Gare de l'Est, Gare
de Lyon (Bercy warehouses), Gare d'Austerlitz, Gare Montparnasse.
The "chemin de fer de ceinture", railway line and small stations in a
circle around the city.
2.2.2 Aerial metro lines
Ligne 2 between Anvers and Colonel Fabien.
Ligne 6 between Bercy and Place d'Italie, between Place d'Italie and Pasteur,
and between La Motte-Piquet-Grenelle and Trocadéro.
Ligne 5 between Quai de la Rapée and Saint-Marcel
2.2.3 Industrial buildings
(potential flag buildings?) Citroën factories in west 15th along
the river, Panhard factories in south 13th, southeastern 13th along the
river. Renault factory in Billancourt. Large slaughterhouses in la Villette
(northeastern 19th). Morane-Saulnier factories in Puteaux (location unknown
to me)
Panhard factories, avenue d'Ivry, 13th
Renault factories, Seguin island, Billancourt (Note - unsure of 1930s appearance of these - gotta check)
2.2.4 Military buildings
(potential flag buildings) Barracks... let me get a list of these.
Forts around Paris
Navy HQ at place de La Concorde
Ecole militaire
Navy towing tank facility in southwest 15th
117 air base (buildings only) in south 15th
Vincennes castle
2.2.5 Parks
Bois de Boulogne
Parc Monceau
(Parc de La Villette did not exist yet... right?)
Parc des Buttes Chaumont
Bois de Vincennes
(Parc de Bercy did not exist yet... right?)
Parc Montsouris
Jardin des Plantes
Jardins des Tuileries
Jardins du Trocadéro
Parc de Sceaux
2.2.6 Rivers
The Seine obviouslty, the Marne upstream, but also the St-Martin / La
Villette canal.
2.2.7 Large hospitals
(potential flag buildings) Lariboisière (north 10th), St-Louis
(south 10th), La Pitié-Salpétrière (13th)
