For people interested in what Paris looked like before it became the Paris we know, I strongly recommend to have a look at Vergue (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;vergue.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;vergue.com</a>), and especially at the work of photographer Charles Marville (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;vergue.com&#x2F;category&#x2F;Auteurs&#x2F;Charles-Marville" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;vergue.com&#x2F;category&#x2F;Auteurs&#x2F;Charles-Marville</a>) who was commissioned to take pictures of streets that were going to be demolished or completely renovated.<p>Vergue is doing a fantastic job of not only renovating these photographs, but also provides a crazy amount of details for each of them (What were these posters about? What is that tool we see next to the entrance of that café ? etc.)… in French only, sorry :)