Rue du Dr Paquelin was pedestrianized so crosswalks aren't really needed.

It's a very small street.

Yeah. I'd do more little islands instead, which would also give space for other stuff, like benches or other seating areas, bike racks, etc.

Definitely agreed. Strictly better than cars, but there has to be something we're missing here, else this is a huuuge pain in the ass for literally no reason.

Over 20 years ago I moved from my native Portugal to The Netherlands.

Then over time I've moved backwards in this - in the sense of moving to countries with progressivelly worse urban planning and increasing pro-vehicle mindsets - first to Britain, then back to Portugal.

It's pretty infuriating when you actually know first hand how it feels to live in a place that doesn't put cars uber alles and are now living in one where its painfully obvious in everything from urban planning to how drivers tend to break mostly the rules that are there to protect pedestrians, that you're in a society which at least in this has a mindset from 40 years ago.

This is Haussmannien architecture, it looks pretty and unfiform because the prefect of Napoleon III in the 19th century got the permission to destroy most of the shitty medieval districts with poor people inside and build good looking housing with modern accomodations for rich people instead. That's largely why Paris is pretty today.

I'm a bush.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1UCbMqAAvI

I have similar trees in front of my apartment building and I love them, they make me feel like I'm living in a tree house in the summer.

Not every tree essence grows as much as oak. I know some linden trees, older than I am, that were pruned properly one or twice a year and have kept a manageable size. I think hackberry tree don't get much thick with time and there essences of tree that are chosen to be put in the street because they don't grow that much in European climate.

It took two years to do the transformation. Do you think it'll be difficult to do another transformation when the time comes?

Street trees are trimmed regularly in France when it's needed. People enjoy to see the green and the added privacy when it reaches their windows.

In the usual way trot trot

Between the bushes. How would one get off the sidewalk with the cars parked in the way?

Patiently

He couldn’t be in the photo because he was too busy taking his underaged son to P Diddy’s sex parties.

By what measure? You don't like green?

I agree. The 2022 pic looks like shite.

Rent has doubled everywhere in the past few years. Real estate industry is to blame

So: keep cities horrible so that the rent stays low. Got it.

I think your statment here is actual in reverse of what you may want to point out.

An increase in rent shows a induced demand for the property. More people are wanting to live in this location, thus the rents have gone up because of this demand. The rent did not go up because of the cost of installing those trees, but because the trees are there.

Similarly homes located near public parks, schools, hospitals, or transit may have a higher price tag because more people want said properties.

The rent would have doubled anyway. Paris is Paris.