Template:Did you know nominations/Eugène Hénard

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The result was: promoted by  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:13, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Eugène Hénard

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• ... that French architect Eugène Hénard was interested in increasing the amount of green space in Paris?

Created by Aymatth2 (talk). Nominated by Dr. Blofeld (talk) at 21:57, 25 May 2013 (UTC).

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• age, size & hook check out still the hook leaves me a little uninterested. Much more interesting is that he introduced the "give way to the right" rule or introduced the roundabout to Paris....what do you reckon? Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:33, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

• Very interesting article, and agree that the hook with "interested in increasing the amount of green space" is a bit of an understatement. Changing that to "proposed a network of new parks" would be better. His influence on Corbu could be also used as a hook, perhaps something along the line "Eugène Hénard's urban planning visions for Paris strongly influenced Le Corbusier..." --ELEKHH^T 12:19, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

• I just spotted this nomination. The radial artery/ring road/green belt ideas are probably the most important, and the influence on Corbusier is interesting too, but maybe not all that hooky for the general public. How about one of the ALTs below? Aymatth2 (talk) 19:46, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

• ALT1 ... that Eugène Hénard proposed a moving sidewalk (pictured) for the Exposition Universelle (1889)?
• ALT2 ... that Eugène Hénard envisaged roof-top helicopter landing pads in 1910, before helicopters had been invented?
• ALT3 ... that Eugène Hénard pioneered Parisian roundabouts?

• Moving sidewalk sounds catchy, and there is illustration to it. --ELEKHH^T 23:36, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

• Agree - I like the helicopter one too. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:43, 26 May 2013 (UTC)