Toulouse: the facades change color, does the Pink City still deserve its name?
Will the Pink City lose its pretty complexion? Homeowners complain of having to cover the ocher brick of their building in the city center with gray or white when renovating the facade and plan to create a defense association
“My father bought the building in 1952, at 21 allées Jean Jaurès. He then renovated the facade of this 18th century building.e century by highlighting the brick walls adorned with pretty little columns of the same material “, remembers Robert Clavère, the current owner,” I am now being forced to reduce this facade, which is in very good condition, and the town hall’s town planning department imposes a gray coating on me. “This owner of the town center plans to” create an association for the defense of Toulouse’s heritage “and in particular of its facades of pink or ocher brick.” We are offered a proposal. a palette of colors only for the openings, windows and shutters “, specifies Riobert Clavère. This inhabitant of the alleys Jean Jaurès points out that this avenue is rather disparate, with towers and older buildings with exposed brick, like his:” I do not understand that we are forcing owners to do major work, 50,000 euros, even with the participation of the city (20%) it remains for me 40,000 euros, and we are imposed a color because a guy got up one morning in an office and decided it would be gray, ”adds the resident.
Compulsory cleaning
“No question of imposing a color, we do not oblige anyone”, retorts Claire Nison, the elected municipal officer in charge of heritage and facades renovations, explains: “There is an obligatory renovation campaign for Jean Jaurès, the 10e in Toulouse, which forces us to cut back if this has not been done within ten years. Architects from the Heritage department are recognized on the spot and recommend a color among the palettes of seven guides published by the department, with the approval of the Buildings of France and Historical Monuments, depending on the seven historical eras concerned “, assures the elected.