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How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City Tots_Gift_Guide *WINNER OF THE WOMEN WRITING"This lively history charts the growth of Paris from a city of crowded alleyways and irregular buildings into a modern marvel." New Yorker At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like other European cities, it was still emerging from its medieval past. But in a mere century Paris would be transformed into the modern and mythic city we know today. Though most