"In March 1970, Paris announced an amateur photography competition [...] to create an archive of a city undergoing [...] large-scale urban development projects. A grid system divided the city into 1,755 squares and a photographer was charged with documenting each square during May 1970."

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jun/07/paris-frozen-in-time-in-may-1970-in-pictures

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