A New Station in Life

the entrance to the abandoned Arsenal Métro station                       ZeMeilleur

There are 16 unused Métro stations beneath the streets of Paris. They're called ghost stations, and most were abandoned between the 1930s and 1970s ~ many at the start of World War II in 1939. A couple were built and never used. Now, a mayoral candidate is proposing turning one of them, Arsenal, into a community center of sorts and has commissioned illustrations of possibilities, including a swimming pool, theater, and nightclub. She says that, if elected, she will ask Parisians for their ideas on how to renovate and reuse other stations (story, slideshow): http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/10/travel/paris-metro-station/index.html