Paris Rive Gauche - Seine Rive Gauche

Paris Rive Gauche, or Seine Rive Gauche, is a new district of Paris (ZAC) which occupies the part of the 13th district located between the railway tracks of the station of Paris-Austerlitz and the Seine, until the ring road. A part of the surface was recovered thanks to the covering of the railway tracks. The first building, built in the 1990s, was the National Library of France. The district alternates office buildings, mainly banks, residential buildings, interspersed with green spaces. The Diderot faculty (Paris VII) occupies the part of the district located near the ring road. Many French and foreign architects and landscape designers such as Christian de Portzamparc, Norman Foster (offices at the corner of rue de Tolbiac and avenue de France), Ricardo Bofill, Jean-Michel Wilmotte... have contributed to the project. The district is modern, aesthetic (the buildings are of very varied styles) and functional, but not recommended for lovers of the Haussmann style. The departure and arrival are located at the metro station "Quai de la gare" on line 6.