Government
In Paris, Every Mayoral Candidate Has an Extravagant Plan to Revamp the City
Swimming pools in the Seine, restaurants in old metro stations, and more.
What's the best way to spruce up Paris's image? Could it be to float huge swimming pool tanks on the Seine? Or build a garden bridge across the river, linking green banks to form a Central Park a la française? How about burying the Boulevard Péripherique beltway underground, or turning abandoned metro stations into cinemas and nightclubs?
These plans are in fact all serious proposals put forward by this year's candidates to be the next mayor of Paris.