Jump to content

Front de Seine

Coordinates: 48°51′3.87″N 2°17′7.61″E / 48.8510750°N 2.2854472°E / 48.8510750; 2.2854472
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 188.66.85.172 (talk) at 18:21, 14 November 2012 (→Description). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The Front de Seine district by night.
The Pont Mirabeau in front of the Front de Seine district with the Eiffel Tower in the back.
Front de Seine as it seen from Pont Mirabeau

Front de Seine (also known as Beaugrenelle) is a district in Paris, France, located along the river Seine in the 15th arrondissement right at the South of the Eiffel Tower. It is, with the 13th arrondissement, one of the few districts in the city of Paris containing highrise buildings, as most have been constructed outside the city (notably in La Défense).

Description

The Front de Seine district is the result of an urban planning project from the 1970s. It includes about 20 towers reaching nearly 100 m of height built all around an elevated espalanade. That esplanade is paved with frescos that can be seen only from the elevated floors of the towers. As opposed to Italie 13, the design of the towers is much more varied. The Hôtel Novotel Paris-Tour Eiffel (formerly known as Hôtel Nikkō), for instance, has red-encircled windows, while the Tour Totem consists of a stack of several glassed-blocks.

Furthermore, while 13th arrondissement towers are predominantly residential and La Défense towers are predominantly commercial, the towers from the Front de Seine are of mixed commercial and residential use.

High-rise buildings

Among the tallest towers in the district, we can find rising to 98 meters:

  • Tour Avant-Seine (1975): 98 m, 32 storeys.
  • Tour Mars (1974): 98 m, 32 storeys.
  • Tour Paris Côté Seine (1977): 98 m, 32 storeys.
  • Tour Seine (1970): 98 m, 32 storeys
  • Tour Espace 2000 (1976): 98 m, 31 storeys.
  • Tour Évasion 2000 (1971): 98 m, 31 storeys.
  • Hôtel Novotel Paris-Tour Eiffel (1976): 98 m, 31 storeys.
  • Tour Totem (1979): 98 m, 31 storeys.
  • Tour Beaugrenelle (1979): 98 m, 30 storeys.
  • Tour Panorama (1974): 98 m, 30 storeys.
  • Tour Perspective 1 (1973): 98 m, 30 storeys.
  • Tour Perspective 2 (1975): 98 m, 30 storeys.
  • Tour Reflets (1976): 98 m, 30 storeys.
  • Tour Rive Gauche (1975): 98 m, 30 storeys.
  • Tour Keller (1970): 98 m, 29 storeys.
  • Tour Cristal (1990): 98 m, 27 storeys.
  • 79 quai André Citroën: 24 storeys.
  • Tour Mirabeau (1972): 18 storeys.
  • Immeuble le Village (1973): 17 storeys.
  • Bureaux Hachette Livre (1969): 12 storeys.
  • Tour Mercure (1973): 12 storeys.

Other Structures

Cheminée du Front de Seine (1971): 130 meters

See also

48°51′3.87″N 2°17′7.61″E / 48.8510750°N 2.2854472°E / 48.8510750; 2.2854472

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Front_de_Seine&oldid=523025259"