The Porte de Clichy district is a changing working class area. It is lively and cosmopolitan and has a wide range of little stores, cafés, and inexpensive bistros. The area is popular with business visitors and families. Historically, the district was an industrial, working class suburb with a mixed urban fabric and a few surprises in store, like the fabulous Cité des Fleurs, created in 1847 on the private land of the commune of Batignolles-Monceau.