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City of bricks

Roubaix, an industrial city

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Discover the city of Roubaix, a former industrial town in northern France, through its façades—beautiful or ugly, but certain to leave no one indifferent.

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  • Modern Building, rue du Grand Chemin
  • House Adorned With Three Small Red Pots
  • Brick Facade of an Old Bourgeois Building
  • Green on red, façade of an old brick house.
  • Small White Brick House With Blue Shutters
Modern 1960s building with smooth bricks
Brick façade of two houses side by side in the Trichon district
Facade of an old brick bourgeois building with a weathered wooden door, shuttered window, and stone details.
Old brick house façade with green woodwork sharply contrasting against the red brick. A 1930s house.
A small white brick house with blue shutters, whose charm still shines through despite the wear.
Yellow house façade with red shutters in the Trichon district of Roubaix.
A mid-20th century building façade covered with small square mosaic tiles. The structure has three levels with simple rectangular windows framed in wood and concrete. The ground floor includes a wooden garage door, a main entrance door with geometric patterns, and a closed shutter. The overall look is plain yet balanced, with a touch of retro elegance.
Building, place du Trichon
Red brick house with blue woodwork. Architecture from the 1930s, or perhaps even earlier.
Palais de Justice Roubaix
A building set at the corner of two streets, shaped like a triangle reminiscent of a “flatiron.” Its façade is made of dark brick, with several openings either bricked up or sealed with metal shutters. On the ground floor, a glass-panelled door with decorative details stands at the pointed tip of the building, framed by a lighter plaster section contrasting with the brick. Electrical cables run across the façade, and a streetlamp juts out above. On the sidewalk, trash bins and a traffic sign complete the scene. The overall impression is one of abandonment, a place where time seems to have stopped.
Façade d’un immeuble ancien en briques peintes en noir, à deux niveaux. En bas, une grande porte en bois et deux fenêtres, tous recouverts de graffitis et marqués par l’usure. En haut, quatre fenêtres étroites avec rideaux ou volets, encadrements dégradés et peinture écaillée.
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