this21 Original site of SOS Paris 2001-2016 English page Home > Newsletters and Archives Fights To research SOS PARIS: Safeguarding heritage and protecting the environment Who are we? The association was formed in 1973 to defend the architectural heritage of Paris, its environment and the living environment of Parisians. The association has acquired legal and technical know-how which enables it to intervene at all stages of the development of a project. It works with a president, a secretary general and at least one delegate per district, all volunteers. They are aware of requests for building or demolition permits, which allows them to dialogue on the one hand with the responsible authorities (the City of Paris, the mayors of the arrondissements), the architects of the buildings in France depending on the ministry. of Culture and on the other hand with real estate developers. Thanks to our participatory drive, a consultation charter was created in 1996. SOS Paris is also empowered to challenge permit authorizations that it considers abusive in the administrative court. It publishes a quarterly bulletin on its activities, distributed in 1000 copies, in particular to elected officials in Paris and visible online on this site. Our goal: to influence decisions affecting the development of Paris. We support elected officials in their efforts to prevent technocrats and promoters from having the last word. We bring together the diffuse energy of lovers of Paris by offering them a structure that does not exist in political bodies. This site is no longer updated, however the latest newsletters in PDF format are still available there, on the Newsletters and archives page .