{"id":225215,"date":"2025-09-24T20:31:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.i2ud.org\/library\/wp\/?page_id=225215"},"modified":"2026-05-21T19:30:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:30:45","slug":"msda-photograph-collection-france-m27","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/library.i2ud.org\/library\/wp\/?page_id=225215","title":{"rendered":"MSDA Photograph Collection: France (M27)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MSDA \/ \/ Photographs \/ M27<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

France<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1987-2003<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 galleries of digitized film slides covering infrastructure and housing in France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Overview<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The following 5 galleries<\/strong> represent Mona Serageldin’s 35mm film slide collection on city revitalization, as arranged in box M27, “France: Peinture Rouge, St. Denis, Lyon, Datar, Plans, New Towns, Defense, Montpellier, Defense, Bonneval,” <\/strong>and consist of color photographs and planning maps and diagrams. Note that only some of the locations in the box title are included in this digital collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This selection of photographs documents infrastructure development and housing revitalization in communes and towns in the Paris Metropolitan region, including the northern suburbs of Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis, the planned communities of Marne-la-Vall\u00e9e and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, La D\u00e9fense business district, as well as the commune of Bonneval south of Paris. Views in the collection include streetscapes, a variety of housing styles and conditions, urban infrastructure under renovation or construction, and aerial views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of these locations have been included as case studies in I2UD’s executive training courses throughout the 1990s and 2000s on strategic planning, local development partnerships, and urban revitalization, among other topics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Galleries<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Gallery M27-1:<\/a> Saint-Denis, France (1991-2003)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gallery M27-2:<\/a> Aubervilliers, France (2003)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gallery M27-3:<\/a> France New Towns (1987-2001)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gallery M27-4:<\/a> La D\u00e9fense, France (1999)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gallery M27-5:<\/a> Bonneval, France (Circa 1993)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Related materials<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

For more context and access to project reports from I2UD\u2019s executive training program case studies in France, see relevant projects in the I2UD Digital Library:<\/p>\n\n\n\n