[cobralibre]

Paris shouldn't be too surprising. While the city is quite old, it was reshaped and modernized in the mid-19th century.

See, for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haussmanns_renovation_of_Paris

[ggchappell]

Interesting article. But the link does not (currently) work without the apostrophe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_Pa...

[Dinoguy1000]

Now it does. ;)