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When Pompidou wanted to turn the Saint-Martin canal into a highway | History of Paris

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It was August 4, 1964. An expressway from Porte d'Aubervilliers to Porte d'Italie was planned to replace the boats and barges of the Canal Saint-Martin! Faced with massive protests from local residents, the project was abandoned in 1971.