Tour Montparnasse renovation halted amid disagreements between owners

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Plans to modernise ‘Paris’s ugliest building’ at a standstill after clashes over plans and pricingIt has been called a carbuncle on the Paris skyline, a sombre skyscraper where visitors to its viewing platform often joke that the city looks better when you can’t see the building itself.The…

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