Paris during the Second Empire the Service des Promenades et Plantations, directly under the Prefect Haussmann. The first director was Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand, who designed all the new parks of Paris and the avenues and trees along the boulevards, small squares and gardens in the city. The most popular promenade for the wealthier Parisians began at the Place de la Concorde, went up the Champs-Elysees to the Place de l'Étoile, and then turned onto the Avenue de l'Impératrice (today the Avenue Foch), the widest avenue in the city, which was the ceremonial entry to the new Bois de Boulogne. Once in the park, the promenaders
Seneca Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line) Seneca Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line) Seneca Avenue is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Palmetto Street and Seneca Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens, it is served by the M train at all times. This elevated station, which was opened on August 9, 1915 by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, has two tracks and an island platform. The platform has a steel canopy supported by black and green columns in the center. To the northeast (railroad south) of the station, the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line curves east to