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you simply take a ruler
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and then you tip off your friends about where the
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building's going to go, so they make a lot of money,
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and that's what Haussmann did,
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and then you plan the Avenue de l'Opéra.
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And there are three reasons, three, why Paris is rebuilt.
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First, to bring more light and air to Paris,
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to make it a healthier
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place--more sewers and all that;
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second, to free the flow of capital,
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for capital, to help business.
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It's not a coincidence that the big department stores that