Gaudí vs Haussmann: should a city curve or command?

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ANTONI GAUDÍ vs HAUSSMANN go head to head — and every jab is rooted in real history.

ANTONI GAUDÍ

A city must grow like a forest, God's straight line does not exist in nature, and neither should it rule our streets.

HAUSSMANN

Sentiment! I tore through medieval filth and gave Paris light, air, and boulevards a carriage could actually cross.

ANTONI GAUDÍ

You gave Paris a grid a cannon could cross too, Baron, straight enough to fire down at your own people.

HAUSSMANN

And your Sagrada Família has confessed straight lines for a century, Señor, still unfinished while my Paris breathes.

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