More than 43,000 people have signed the petition defending Paris’ classic news kiosks, which it calls “guardians of the spirit of Paris of days past.”
The newsstands, dark green and topped with a dome, are threatened not just by the decline of print media around the world, but by the city of Paris itself. Threatened with replacement.
Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s administration has proposed swapping all 400 or so kiosks on the streets of Paris with a newer, sleeker model.