Square Charles Péguy

Square Charles Péguy occupies a space that once echoed with the industrial clatter of trains. Created in nineteen fifty-nine, this park sits directly on a former branch line of the railway that once linked the historic Petite Ceinture to the Bastille to Vincennes line. The transformation of this rail infrastructure into a public garden represents a major shift in how the city utilizes its decommissioned transit routes. The site is a terraced garden featuring a cascading basin, a design choice that acknowledges the steep elevation changes inherent to this piece of former rail land.