Paris had seen changes before that to make it easier to deal with/suppress riots: https://rmschwartz.wordpress.com/paris/the-new-streets-of-paris-an-investigati

Paris had seen changes before that to make it easier to deal with/suppress riots: https://rmschwartz.wordpress.com/paris/the-new-streets-of-paris-an-investigation-into-baron-haussmanns-controversial-urban-planning-project/the-strategic-repression-of-insurrection/ https://rmschwartz.wordpress.com/paris/the-new-streets-of-pa...