Avenue Foch, Le Havre
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Avenue Foch in Le Havre is a grand, central boulevard known for its wide, tree-lined layout and its role as a key axis in the city’s postwar urban design.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Avenue Foch (Le Havre) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avenue
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street in Le Havre ⓘ |
| associatedWithArchitect | Auguste Perret NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | road network of Le Havre ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Le Havre seafront
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Place de l’Hôtel de Ville (Le Havre) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| designedInContextOf | post–World War II reconstruction of Le Havre ⓘ |
| hasBuildingTypology | reinforced-concrete apartment blocks ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
postwar urban design axis
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rectilinear axis ⓘ tree-lined ⓘ wide boulevard ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
aligned modernist buildings
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broad sidewalks ⓘ regular building heights ⓘ rows of trees ⓘ symmetrical layout ⓘ |
| hasLandUse | mixed residential and commercial ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | roughly east–west ⓘ |
| hasPart | central median ⓘ |
| hasPavementType | asphalt carriageway ⓘ |
| hasPostalCodeArea | 76600 Le Havre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSidewalkMaterial | paved sidewalks ⓘ |
| hasTransportFunction |
public transport corridor
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urban traffic artery ⓘ |
| hasUrbanDesignStyle | modernist ⓘ |
| hasVegetation | street trees ⓘ |
| hasView | Atlantic seafront of Le Havre ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage component NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOfUrbanPlanBy | Auguste Perret’s reconstruction plan for Le Havre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Le Havre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Normandy
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Seine-Maritime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ferdinand Foch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | Marshal of France ⓘ |
| namedForPersonRole | First World War military leader ⓘ |
| partOf |
UNESCO World Heritage site "Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret"
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city center of Le Havre ⓘ |
| streetType | boulevard ⓘ |
| urbanRole |
ceremonial boulevard
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major east–west axis ⓘ structuring element of reconstructed city plan ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local traffic
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parades and civic events ⓘ pedestrian circulation ⓘ |
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UNESCO World Heritage Site: Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret
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subject surface form:
Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret
this entity surface form:
Avenue Foch (Le Havre)