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
Makhtumkuli Avenue Makhtumkuli Avenue Makhtumkuli Avenue (, ) also spelled as Magtymguly Avenue in English is an avenue in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It is cobsidered to be the longest and most prominent avenue in the capital When it was originally created, Makhtumkuli Avenue (then Mervsky Prospect) ran through the entire city and then merged with the road leading to Merv. Later during the Soviet period under the Turkmen SSR, the avenue was known as Liberty Avenue, which hosteed military and civilian parades on the occasion of many holidays, with most being held on Revolution Day (November 7), Victory Day (May 9), and International