4. Tourcoing — Les Halles, 1909

Tourcoing — les halles. Built in place of the château du bailly from 1878 to 1880 under the direction of louis le blan*, the building is intended to be a symbol of urban modernity advocated by the municipality and charles roussel-defontaines, mayor of the city from 1857 to 1879. In 1912 under the design of eugène pagnerre**, the building changed its destination to become under the direction of a. Picot, the l'hippodrome complex with cinema and performance halls which closed in 1935. → * https://www. Pss-archi. Eu/architecte/5850/ ** http://pagnerre. Blogspot. Com/p/tourcoing_08. Html stamp: semeuse cameo 5c green. → https://www. Francephilatelie. Com/les-semi-modernes/semeuse-n-134-au-n-142. Date: 1909.