At the first Olympic Village 100 years ago, athletes slept in wooden huts and drank wine twice a day. See what it was like to stay there.

• The first Olympic Village was built in Paris in 1924 to “foster cordiality” among athletes.
• Competitors slept in wooden huts and were offered wine with lunch and dinner.
• The village also had a post office, a salon, and laundry.

Ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony at the  $1.85 billion to build, will revitalize an area long associated with poverty and crime.

Its sheer size — over 126 acres spanning parts of Saint-Denis, Saint Ouen, and L’Île-Saint-Denis — and price tag indicate just how far the Olympic Village has come since its first modest iteration in the city 100 years ago.