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Around the roaring 20's artists of the avant-garde abandoned Montmartre district to moved to Montparnasse area, shifting the core of Paris's artistic and cultural life to the area around bd du Montparnasse. Picasso, Modigliani, Miro, Kandinsky, Hemingway, Henry Miller and Cocteau as well as political exiles such as Trotsky & Lenin all hung out here at various times. Montpamasse remained an artistic center until the 1937. Since the construction of the massive new Montparnasse train station as well as the addition of many fashionable cafes, bars, restaurant sand cinemas.
However, the area remains picturesque because of its lively atmosphere at night and of the monumental Montparnasse Tower, built in the 60s. It started as a redevelopment scheme of the Montparnasse and Maine railway stations in 1958 and had strong support from the new government. The tower itself was built between 1970 & 1973. During construction, the tower was very popular as it became a symbol of the new modern Paris. This changed however when the 210 m tall Tour Montparnasse was completed. The 58 floors of the tower are mainly occupied by offices, while two floors are open to the public for viewing the city; the 56th floor with a restaurant, and the terrace on the top floor.
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