Paris is striving to present its best image ... In the heart of the city, the 19-acre Place de la Concorde will host an "urban park" with skateboarding, climbing and BMX biking, as well as DJs ...

"We are going to the heart of the city and leaving the stadiums," Pierre Rabadan, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of ... La Concorde will be home to an 'urban park' hosting skateboarding, climbing ...

The Paris City Council on Wednesday adopted its highly anticipated local urban development plan (Plan local d’urbanisme ... “The goal is to turn them into a real park,” he said.

Paris (AFP) – The centrepiece of the Paris Olympic strategy to rejuvenate the Games and retouch the host city's image is an "Urban Park" in the upmarket Place de la Concorde. Skateboarding ...

In Paris, skateboarders usually flock to the steps of Le Dome, in front of the Le Palais de Tokyo. In other ways, the Concorde Urban Park—integrated within one of the most quintessential parts ...

According to Roofscapes Studio, a startup founded by three MIT graduates, up to 80% of Paris' roofs are made of zinc, a material that absorbs and radiates heat, exacerbating the urban heat island ...