PARIS - It's a view of Paris that only a handful of people have seen in 500 years. The Tour Saint-Jacques, a Gothic bell tower in central Paris, opened to the public last month for the first time ...

Paris is known as one of the world's most elegant cities, captivating visitors with the charms of Montmartre, the romance of the Left Bank, graceful architecture and tree-lined boulevards. In the ...

The balloon will lift off into the sky each summer evening from June 21 to Sept. 14, for the next three years.

Residents and visitors of Paris who love the city's low-lying skyline have reason to be afraid. Unless we act, politicians may soon pierce the lovely sky with towers.

The Paris city council votes to consider erecting tall buildings on the rim of the low-rise capital. Six new sites, under consideration for completion between 2012 and 2014, could host buildings ...

While the skyline of London surges upward on a tide of new and startling towers, its eternal rival in Paris has taken the opposite approach. After the deeply unpopular Tour Montparnasse was built ...

One of the things distinguishing Paris is its skyline. Except for the Eiffel Tower and one 59-story office building, there are few buildings taller than 12 stories. But that could be about to change.