Mr. Magne's project, one of the most noted in the competition for the reconstruction of the Town Hall, Theodor Josef Hubert Hoffbauer, between 1875 and 1882
Here is a spectacular direct view of the renovated hôtel de ville from the place d'arcole. After the paris commune's near-complete destruction of many parts of the hôtel de ville, it was up to many public architects - such as magne - to plan the reconstruction of the monument during the late 1870s and 1880s. Date: between 1875 and 1882. Dimensions: 9.5 x 20.7 cm. Medium: lithograph. Collection: Brown University Library. Projet de M. Magne, l'un des plus remarqués au concours fait pour la reconstruction de l'Hôtel de Ville