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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2013 6:00:17 GMT
Place de le République in Paris has been closed for nearly two years for total renovation. It used to be a giant rectangle with cars swirling around it and through the middle. The street in the middle has now been removed and the street on the northern side is gone, too, although municipal buses have a lane to get through. Yesterday, the square was reopened to the public, and Parisians had clearly been missing it sorely, because they were most definitely out en masse. I'll return for a few more pictures when things have calmed down a bit. In any case, République will always be a hub of Parisian activity since in the past, most major protest marches began here. It just wasn't the same these past two years when the marches and démonstrations happened elsewhere. And of course it is also the place where the greatest number of metro lines intersect.
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Post by mossie on Jun 17, 2013 7:30:41 GMT
Thanks K, it is so good to see the square given back to the people. The traffic had made it a nightmare.
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Post by htmb on Jun 17, 2013 16:26:43 GMT
It will be nice to walk through there and not have to deal with cars or construction.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2013 12:26:45 GMT
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Post by bjd on Jun 18, 2013 12:58:03 GMT
I'm happy to see they planted trees. From some angles it looks awfully big and empty on a weekday.
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Post by tod2 on Jun 18, 2013 14:24:41 GMT
Great to see the end result Kerouac. We had dinner at Leon de Bruxelles one night and the construction made walking around very awkward. I think they have done a marvelous job. Your photos are lovely and the happy atmosphere with the children having a wonderful time is almost tangible!
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Post by lagatta on Jun 19, 2013 17:56:49 GMT
bjd, it should look less desolate once the newly-planted trees have grown somewhat. Here is an official site: www.placedelarepublique.paris.fr/ The Asian baby and the somewhat-older little boy (Maghrebi, I think) who is obviously fond of him are adorable.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2013 22:32:41 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2013 23:34:24 GMT
And here are the skaters... get out the Mercurochrome!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2013 10:47:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2013 10:57:18 GMT
Place de la République is the intersection of 3 arrondissements -- the 3rd, 10th and 11th -- so I suppose that each arrondissement can claim it for certain purposes. The 3rd arrondissement has an annual rock festival, so they moved it to République this year. I was out of town for some of the acts I would have most liked to see -- Biffy Clyro, Jake Bugg or the Naive New Beaters among others, but I did catch a little bit of the Algerian rock star Rachid Taha on the final night.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2013 22:26:34 GMT
The Nuit Blanche took place the day I returned from Brazil, so I was in no condition to see anything, but as evening began to fall, I still went to Place de la République to see it envelopped in fog.
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Post by lagatta on Oct 8, 2013 0:44:02 GMT
A Medal of Traveller Valour for K2!!!!
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Post by htmb on Oct 8, 2013 0:53:46 GMT
It appears the new camera works well. Are you happy with it?
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Post by woody77 on Oct 25, 2013 12:48:11 GMT
The cafe there is good, although a bit on the pricey side. They've also been using the Place for various events. I was there on a less crowded Sunday morning in July, and the fountains had plenty of children (and a number of adults) playing in them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2016 23:06:29 GMT
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Post by mossie on Sept 14, 2016 6:47:28 GMT
Good to see the monument cleaned up at last, it has been attracting graffiti for some time.
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Post by whatagain on Sept 14, 2016 13:07:59 GMT
They moved some of the ex-votos and candles to a corner of the place.
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Post by lagatta on Sept 14, 2016 20:31:14 GMT
Well, the people commemorating the terrorist acts were Parisian as well (alas, so were some of the terrorists) - perhaps "Daily Life takes back la place de la République ?"
Nice to see the cleaned up monument - imagine it had to be restored a bit as well.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2016 20:37:51 GMT
Not really - the clean-up just took one week of steam cleaning.
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Post by tod2 on Sept 25, 2016 9:35:47 GMT
I noticed the clean surfaces as we went past in the bus. That was around the 11th Sept just before we left Paris. It looked so different.
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