July 05, 2002

The Gray City (II)

You can get out of the metro in Paris and find that the quarter is essentially the same as the one you left. All the buildings are around 6 or 8 stories tall, they're all constructed in continuous rows along the blocks (not like NYC townhouses that separate very sharply), uniform colors in the neutral pallettes, uniform architectural period. Even the central Opera district (2nd admnt) is currently being rebuilt to look exactly the way it did before.





Various views. 20-30 Juin.

"A gray city peopled by whites." The quote from Klein really is telling; cuts to the heart of more than just images of this old city in this old country.

Posted by amol at July 5, 2002 12:52 PM
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