But a combination of remarkable communal solidarity and determination coupled with extensive private- and public-sector investment lie behind a recovery that is nothing short of astonishing.
The area's recovery is due to a confluence of factors.
Sadly, the area remains squalid and uninhabitable.
Someone was sitting on the balancing beam.
There is a trio of animals in liquid.
The woman is in a bright room
The children are outside.
A boy is lying in the grass.
It is possible to get there by taking the A11 or N10 from Paris or catching a train in Gare Montparnasse.