Square Auguste Balagny

Square Auguste Balagny sits behind a tall iron fence, marked by a bronze bust of the man it honors. Balagny served as the mayor of the seventeenth arrondissement for over thirty years starting in the late nineteenth century. He earned a reputation for efficiency while overseeing the rapid transformation of this district from farmland into dense city blocks. The small park serves as a green pocket for locals, containing a playground and rows of trees that hide the bustle of the neighborhood streets.