A candidate in Paris' mayoral race is proposing to transform the city's disused metro stations into vibrant communal spaces.
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Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet of the UMP party has commissioned a series illustrations displaying how one of the city's so-called ghost metro stations might be transformed.
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The arresting images include a swimming pool, theater, restaurant and sculpture area (pictured) in the Arsenal metro stop which has lain idle since 1939.
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A proper underground scene? An artists impression of a nightclub in the Arsenal metro station in Paris.
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The mock-ups were produced by Parisian firms Oxo architectes and Laisné Architecte. If elected, Kosciusko-Morizet says she will ask Parisians for their own ideas on how to spruce up the metro stations.
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There are 16 so-called ghost stations beneath the streets of Paris. Some can be found in the heart of the city, such as those at Champ de Mars and Croix Rouge.
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The stylish city-scene above ground at the Arsenal station, Paris.
