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From Marie de Medici to Simone de Beauvoir, from Descartes to Derrida – well, of course we’re talking about the design of Paris’s great parks, public spaces and promenades. This four-century scan looks at how Paris has evolved in its use of pubic space, from passive to active, and how it’s changing its modes of movement
From Marie de Medici to Simone de Beauvoir, from Descartes to Derrida – well, of course we’re talking about the design of Paris’s great parks, public spaces and promenades. This four-century scan looks at how Paris has evolved in its use of pubic space, from passive to active, and how it’s changing its modes of movement
Lots of pictures of Paris’s contemporary parks – Andre Citroen and Promenade Plantee – as well as the cherished Luxembourg Gardens. Not to mention that extraordinary new pedestrian bridge, Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvour.
Paris and many other cities are taking road space away from cars and giving it to sustainable transportation. Vancouver is behind the times.
Beautiful pictures, Gordon. Looks like the trip was well worth it. Thank you for documenting all of this. This issues shows what a city can do about alternative transportations when they have the will to do something.
I like how the trees are pruned in Paris so that they remain uniform and compact – right back to nubby balls at the end of each branch (from which new growth appears each year). I think tulip trees (like those around Library Square) can be pruned in this manner.
Mind you, that would have a Vancouver arbourist shreiking in horror!!!
Came across this article the other day regarding housing in Paris – sounds like the Downtown Eastside and the APC:
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=559691