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OPINION: The new luxury Samaritaine store is an example of the 'Disneyfication' of Paris
Here is a parable of modern Paris - the parable of La Samaritaine - another piece of authentic Paris grittiness reinvented as a luxury attraction for foreign tourists, writes John Lichfield.