Demolition of Marie Curie's Paris Lab Suspended Amid Historic Monument Campaign

French Culture Minister intervenes as campaigners petition President Macron to preserve the lab and surrounding trees planted by Curie.

Demolition of Marie Curie's Paris lab, located at No26 rue d’Ulm in Paris’s Latin Quarter, has been temporarily suspended as campaigners fight to get the building marked as a historic monument.
French Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak announced the suspension after consulting the property owners, The Curie Institute, to examine possible alternatives.
The last minute intervention comes after people petitioned President Emmanuel Macron and other government ministries to preserve the lab and the lime and plane trees surrounding it that Curie planted.
Campaign leader, Baptiste Gianeselli, called the last minute news “fantastic,” but said the work isn’t over yet, as the threat is not completely gone as long as the building is not classified as a historic monument.
The Curie Institute plans to build a 2,000-square metre five-storey research centre at the site, which would be the first centre for cancer-related chemical biology in Europe.