At the end of the 1980s, Grand Lyon Habitat undertook one of the largest refurbishments of its social housing stock. The project was to take a decade to complete: the États-Unis district was renamed “La Cité Tony Garnier” with its 1,500 flats distributed in 45 buildings, totalling more than 4,000 tenants.

30 years afterwards, this ageing, poorly considered district has once again made its inhabitants proud to live there. Thousands of people come every year to visit it, and it has its own urban museum dedicated to helping them discover the murals. In a few years it has become a visual attraction high on the list of things to see in Greater Lyon.

This mural depicts a sports stadium in the city of Lyon.

It’s an interesting combination of styles:

an architectural drawing of the stadium at the top

a view of stairs and the entries to the stadium

a fresco-style depiction of a man running (as if you were making the images into a cartoon flip book to see him running).