^ What we call La Défense is that business district that sits on 3 suburban municipalities. Those of Courbevoie, Puteaux and Nanterre. The district area even encompasses a bit of La Garenne Colombes today, a 4th suburban town. Its administrative boundaries were recently enlarged.
None of this is on the Central (City of) Paris territory. But the population density of these suburbs is close to that of the central city proper, so you could call la Défense 'downtown' by North American customs indeed, as it is by far the most visible high-rise cluster of the metro area. That's no problem at all, at least to me.
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Originally Posted by LondonParis
A tower proposal next to the courthouse
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Do you think this could be approved in a near future? Excuse my English, that would be too f€cking good for now. I don't dare believe it (yet). I guess once more, much patience will be required before we get another tower over the Clichy-Batignolles area.
Although I may be overly skeptical or pessimistic here. But it would depend on the goodwill of the (conservative) mayor of the 17th arrondissement. The conservative branch of the inner city is not really in favor of high-rises over their territory.