At this time King Louis Philippe was on the throne and on the 22nd and 23rd February riots broke out across the city. The poorest citizens and the middle class came together and built barricades in the streets using anything they could find. In the last few years there had been a massive population boom in Paris causing the divide between the rich and poor to grow ever bigger. The city itself was unmapped and had become a dark and polluted warren of ally ways which overwhelmed the senses. It was not uncommon for pedestrians to get badly injured or killed due to the sheer amount of horse and carriage traffic crowding the narrow streets.
It was not until 1870 that Paris got its wide tree lined streets it is now renowned for. The new Paris was built on the plans drawn up by Napoleon III.
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