# Georges-Eugène Haussmann — Sticks and Stones character guide

> Georges-Eugène Haussmann in Sticks and Stones by Lewis Mumford.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Haussmann

**First appearance:** 0030-ii

## Who they are

Prefect who modernized Paris with wide boulevards and parks.

## Relationships

### [Benjamin Latrobe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/characters/benjamin_latrobe)

_professional_

Both were influential urban planners and architects, though Latrobe preceded Haussmann and their work was connected through broader neoclassical trends.

### [H. H. Richardson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/characters/h_h_richardson)

_professional_

Haussmann's grand urban planning in Paris influenced Richardson's approach to civic architecture and monumentality.

### [Benjamin Latrobe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/characters/benjamin_latrobe)

_professional_

Both were influential urban planners and architects, though Latrobe preceded Haussmann and their work was connected through broader neoclassical trends.

## In the story

### [Chapter II: The Imperial Age and the City Beautiful](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/ii)

His Parisian boulevards and round-points are cited as a model for the City Beautiful movement, though criticized for neglecting deeper urban beauties.

### [The Imperial Age and Its Architectural Legacy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iii)

His sweeping reconstructions in Paris led to slums behind grand avenues.

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