as you Zhan now in Lyon, you may find interesting investigating 'traboules' - secret pasageways existing in old town, inhritance of silk trade.
those can serve as example of city fabic that is in paralels, for exaple 'traboules' were really handy for resistance against Nazis, during WW2, as these secret pasageways are difficult to map and therefore controll.
would be great if you could make some photos of that.
Myself I never been to Lyon, have a good stay there.
meantime there are some links to sites i found about 'traboules':
http://www.lyon.fr/vdl/sections/en/urbanisme/cours_traboules_lyon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traboule
http://www.lyontraboules.net/
this one is ineresting as it talks about Lyons oldtown replica that will build in Dubai:
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/lyons-dubai.html
Jonas
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