Gallery: 60-Year-Old French Apartments Look Like a Utopian Dream

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    Les Tours Aillaud, Cité Pablo Picasso, Nanterre, 2014.
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    Joseph, 88, Les Espaces d’Abraxas, Noisy-le-Grand, 2014.
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    Alain, 80, Les Damiers, Courbevoie, 2013.
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    Le Pavé Neuf, Noisy-le-Grand, 2015.
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    Jean, 89, Puteaux-La Défense, 2011.
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    Les Orgues de Flandre, 19e arrondissement Paris, 2014.
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    José, 89, Puteaux-La Défense, 2012.
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    Jacques, 82, Le Viaduc et les Arcades du Lac, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, 2015.
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    José, 89, Les Damiers, Courbevoie, 2012.
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    Denise, 81, Cité Spinoza, Ivry-sur-Seine, 2015.
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    Les Tours Aillaud, Cité Pablo Picasso, Nanterre, 2014.
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    Joseph, 88, Les Espaces d’Abraxas, Noisy-le-Grand, 2014.
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    Josette, 90, Vision 80, Esplanade de La Défense, 2013.
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    Les Tours Aillaud, Cité Pablo Picasso, Nanterre, 2013.
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    Roland, 85, Les Arcades du Lac, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, 2015
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    Denise, 81, Cité du Parc et cité Maurice-Thorez, Ivry-sur-Seine, 2015.
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