There's finally no one left in the buildings to be demolished, to make way to the supertall mixed-use twins.
damiers_01 by
mousquet, sur Flickr
For the record, this is what's going to finally be torn down. It's been more or less abandoned since the developer showed up and said he wanted his twins built there.
damiers_02 by
mousquet, sur Flickr
damiers_03 by
mousquet, sur Flickr
Long string of French red tape stuck to the concrete wall, to officially enforce demolition.
damiers_04 by
mousquet, sur Flickr
damiers_05 by
mousquet, sur Flickr
It took 10 long years to make everybody move out of there.
For those who like this kind of historic brutalism, don't be sad. The brutalist complex was made of 5 of these buildings and only 3 will be razed.
The 2 to survive will be refurbished by the developer. Dwellers made a deal with him.
I bet when there's only 2 left, people will appreciate and like them much better.