Park · 19e

Parc de la Villette

The Parc de la Villette is a public park located in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, in a north-eastern sector of Paris, in the Île-de-France region of France.

It was inaugurated on 12 October 1987, in the presence of President François Mitterrand. Wikipedia ↗

BMO archives since

1894

Deliberations 2000–2022

No subsidy, investment or public contract could be tied to this place in the open data: day-to-day running costs (upkeep, staff) are not broken down by place. Only subsidies to an operator, investment projects and public contracts that name the place appear here.

Key moments

SEPTEMBER 2002Birth of the Espace Périphérique, a circus workshopThe City subsidized the EPPGHV to set up a new creation centre for circus and street arts on the site of the former École Annie Fratellini.

JULY 2007The park called on to host the PhilharmonieThe Council authorized the Mayor to negotiate the creation of a public body to build a large auditorium (Philharmonie de Paris) on the park site.

MARCH 2007Tension between the City and the State over the site's governanceIn allocating €165,000 to the EPPGHV, an elected official questioned in session the Grande Halle's national EPIC status and the future director's holding of multiple roles.

MAY 2012Citizen mobilization around the future of a theatre in the parkA motion raised concerns about the future of the Théâtre Paris-Villette, based on the site for more than 25 years; its authors cited a petition with more than 6,000 signatures.

JULY 2022The park expands toward a biodiversity reserveThe Council approved State/City property exchanges (the Rouvray dock and hall) to allow the EPPGHV to develop and open the Rouvray zone, in the south-west of the park.

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JULY 2003The City maintains a theatre building in the parkThe Council authorized an equipment grant of €137,000 to the EPPGHV for the Pavillon de la Bourse, where the Théâtre Paris-Villette is housed.

NOVEMBER 2008Vélib' enters the park's groundsThe Council authorized an agreement for occupancy of the public domain with the EPPGHV to install bike-share stations within the grounds of the park.

APRIL 2019The park as a site for social prevention workThe City voted €124,000 for the Association de prévention du site de la Villette, which works with young people who frequent the park.

AI reading of 45 documents out of the 537 returned by the search — each line links to its deliberation.

In the Municipal Bulletin

In the Bulletin municipal, the Parc de la Villette first appears in the guise of the abattoirs that occupied the site. In 1894, a Council committee examined a proposal to refurbish the toll and police posts at the La Villette abattoirs; in 1921, the Council deliberated on putting the reconstruction of the abattoirs out to competition, with entrants required to submit their plans by 1 May 1922. In 1927, councillor Louis Sellier questioned the Prefect of Police about what he described as manoeuvres by the beneficiaries of the by-product processing trade to preserve their monopoly. The archive closes in 1973 with a question from three Paris councillors reporting that, despite assurances given, layoffs would affect eighty-two workers at the abattoirs by July.

Read the 4 citations in the municipal bulletin archives (Gallica)

1894“proposal by Mr Brard for the refurbishment of the toll and police posts at the La Villette abattoirs (Mr Foussier, rapporteur) Mr Foussier explains that the 2nd…”

1921“16. — Putting the reconstruction project for the La Villette abattoirs out to competition … Resolves: "The plans for the abattoirs shall be drawn up by the vari…”

1927“106. — Question from Mr Louis Sellier to the Prefect of Police on the manoeuvres engaged in by the current beneficiaries of the by-product processing trade at t…”

1973“No. 914. — Ms Michèle Camous-Potier, Mr André Sibaud and Mr Alain Lhostis, Paris councillors, have just learned that, despite the assurances that had been given…”

Account written by AI from the selected extracts of the city’s official bulletin — each extract links to the scanned page on Gallica.

Sources

Conseil de Paris (Débat-Délibs) ↗ · Bulletin municipal officiel (Gallica/BnF) ↗ · CA annexes, Ville de Paris · Wikipédia ↗

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