Observations From Paris

How Paris became one of the world's most beautiful cities, and what we we can learn from it

Paris is, perhaps, the most beautiful city in the world. This might seem almost too obvious to write given how widely acknowledged and thoroughly documented its beauty is. On one hand, that’s fair. It’s a magnificent city that enjoys near unanimous admiration from around the globe. More than 44 million people visited Paris in 2022, with nearly 20 millio…