Haussmann
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"Celine Dion's presence in Paris for a month and a half should definitely benefit business on Boulevard Haussmann," he said, referring to the high-end street that is home to Galeries Lafayette's flagship store.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Architect Jean Nouvel hollowed out the 19th-century Haussmann building to easily adapt tech-heavy immersive installations, including a typically trippy James Turrell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
The sight of residents dangling precariously out of their windows left you wondering what George-Eugène Haussmann, the man who carefully rebuilt Paris in the 19th Century, would make of it all.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024
The Boulevard Haussmann store was outfitted with tags that fluttered under the awning, while puppet seagulls and owls made of paper flapped in the windows among piles of wish lists.
From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2023
His French businessman father and British mother named him Jacques Haussmann.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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