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figure 1. Slum district or îlot insalubre in 1955 46
figure 2. A vegetable street trader in Montmartre, 1955 52
figure 3. Dockers at the pont d’Austerlitz, June 13, 1950 55
figure 4. Construction of the Maison de la Radio, August 4, 1959 60
figure 5. Jacques Prévert, 1955 72
figure 6. French-fry sellers, rue Rambuteau, 1946 76
figure 7. Avenue Simon Bolivar, Belleville, 1950 78
figure 8. Neighborhood bal populaire, place des Abbesses, 1950 87
figure 9. Crowd at the Foire du Trône, place de la Nation, March 29, 1948 93
figure 10. Ridgway Riots, May 30, 1952 125
figure 11. The 1953 May Day march 127
figure 12. Demonstration in support of Abbé Pierre, December 23, 1954 141
figure 13. Tent city along the Seine River, October 1, 1955 142
figure 14. Abbé Pierre with housing prototype, February 20, 1956 143
figure 15. North Africans at La Ville d’Oran Hotel, April 1950 151
figure 16. North Africans gathering at the Grand Mosque, March 9, 1956 155
figure 17. Demonstrators at the place de la République, September 4, 1959 160
figure 18. Îlot 4 and the rue du Château-des-Rentiers, March 8, 1951 174
figure 19. The rue Sauvage, September 29, 1953 190
figure 20. Léo Malet and Felix Labisse, October 31, 1958 194
figure 21. The rue du Château-des-Rentiers, October 28, 1961 197
figure 22.The Deux Moulins redevelopment project, June 12, 1969 202
figure 23. Roger Pigaut and Claire Maffei as Antoine et Antoinette, 1947 211
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