role in so vast an urban renewal project." Adolphe Alphand's notable accomplishments include: The Square du Temple The Paris Observatory Avenue (Avenue de l'Observatoire) The gardens of Champs-Élysées Parc Monceau Boulevard Richard-Lenoir The Bois de Vincennes Parc Montsouris The Bois de Boulogne The Parc des Buttes-Chaumont The Square des Batignolles The Jardin des Plantes du Mans After the retirement of Baron Haussmann, his successor, Léon Say, entrusted to Alphand the position of Director of Public Works of Paris. Under this title, Alphand continued Haussmann's works. Alphand also became the Director of Water Works after the death of Eugène Belgrand in 1878. In particular, Alphand directed the construction of: The fortifications of Paris The Trocadéro Gardens, carried out for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1878 Preparation for the Universal Exposition of 1889 The promenade and the gardens of Paris's Hôtel de Ville Alphand died in 1891. He was interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery (division 67) after a grand funeral organised by the City of Paris. Avenue Alphand in Paris's 16th arrondissement was named after him in 1907. Bibliography Alphand, Adolphe (1867-1873). Les Promenades de Paris. Texte [Text]. Rothschild. Alphand, Adolphe (1867-1873). Les Promenades de Paris. Planches [Plates]. Paris: Rothschild. Reprint. Originally published Paris : Rothschild, 1867–1873. References Further reading Hopkins, Richard S. (2015). Planning the Greenspaces of Nineteenth-Century Paris. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. , 9780807159866. Jordan, David P. (1995). Transforming Paris: The Life and Labors of Baron Haussmann. New York: Simon and Schuster. , 978–0029165317. Komara, Ann (2004). "Concrete and the Engineered Picturesque the Parc des Buttes Chaumont (Paris, 1867). Journal of Architectural Education Vol. 58, No. 1, Construction and Context (Sep., 2004), pp. 5-12. Komara, Ann (2009). "Measure and Map: Alphand's Contours of Construction at the Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Paris 1867." Landscape Journal Vol. 28, No. 1 (2009), pp. 22-39 Picon, Antoine. "Nineteenth-Century Cartography and the Scientific Ideal: The Case of Paris." Osiris Vol 18 (2003), pp 135–149. University of Chicago Press. Shapiro, Gideon Fink. "Alphand and the Urbanization of Garden Art in Paris." In Urban Landscape Vol. 3 (pp. 162–175), Edited by Anita Berrizbeitia. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415706957 French civil engineers French gardeners French bridge engineers French urban planners 1817 births 1891 deaths Corps des ponts École Polytechnique alumni École des Ponts ParisTech alumni Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 19th-century French architects 19th-century French engineers French landscape architects