Paris plans summer swimming in canal basin
October 24, 2016
Where swimming was banned as recently as last summer, Paris plans seasonal swimming pools starting next summer.
Where swimming was banned as recently as last summer, Paris plans seasonal swimming pools starting next summer.
The tall column that stands in the Place de la Bastille as a memorial to past revolutions will be re-opened to the public .
Weapons, toilets, bicycles and even a drone turn up as workers clean the bed of Paris’s iconic canal.
Paris has drained the Canal Saint-Martin for cleaning and repairs; Venice is seeing unusual low water levels
I’ve never set out to document Paris at night, never had a conscious plan to record a particular area or its life. These are just
The Canal Saint-Denis, just a bit past its junction with the Canal Saint-Martin and the Canal de l’Ourcq in northeast Paris, appears to flow downhill to pass under a bridge. It so much appears to that I had to stand there for a few minutes to remind myself that it couldn’t be.
Each of Paris’ 20 arrondissements has a Town Hall, the Mairie, and a district mayor responsible for local services; each Mairie also includes a district court that handles minor civil and criminal offenses, and each is housed in a suitably impressive building.
As reader Port Moresby guessed correctly, Gumbo’s Where in the World photo shows one of the cast-iron bridges crossing the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris—a popular attraction with a fascinating past, and familiar to millions through its movie roles.
Where swimming was banned as recently as last summer, Paris plans seasonal swimming pools starting next summer.
The tall column that stands in the Place de la Bastille as a memorial to past revolutions will be re-opened to the public .
Weapons, toilets, bicycles and even a drone turn up as workers clean the bed of Paris’s iconic canal.
Paris has drained the Canal Saint-Martin for cleaning and repairs; Venice is seeing unusual low water levels
I’ve never set out to document Paris at night, never had a conscious plan to record a particular area or
The Canal Saint-Denis, just a bit past its junction with the Canal Saint-Martin and the Canal de l’Ourcq in northeast Paris, appears to flow downhill to pass under a bridge. It so much appears to that I had to stand there for a few minutes to remind myself that it couldn’t be.
Each of Paris’ 20 arrondissements has a Town Hall, the Mairie, and a district mayor responsible for local services; each Mairie also includes a district court that handles minor civil and criminal offenses, and each is housed in a suitably impressive building.
As reader Port Moresby guessed correctly, Gumbo’s Where in the World photo shows one of the cast-iron bridges crossing the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris—a popular attraction with a fascinating past, and familiar to millions through its movie roles.