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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2011 21:02:33 GMT
Time to start ripping out the trees...... and then in about two months they'll start ripping down the buildings. They haven't finished evicting everybody yet.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2011 19:55:42 GMT
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Post by fumobici on Feb 22, 2011 3:30:27 GMT
Hmmmm. This project has the distinct advantage over many redevelopment projects that it has a low bar to clear to be an improvement over what was there previously. Pity the trees had to give their all for it though.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2011 20:54:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2011 16:12:50 GMT
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Post by Vaycee on May 8, 2011 12:51:48 GMT
OK Kerouac I had envisioned visiting Les Halles, now I'm not so sure. Never been to that part of Paris before (really wanted to go in the 60s when they were still markets ). We shall be there in first week of July. Perhaps I should reconsider. Will be visiting Sainte Chappelle which I haven't done before - where do you suggest from there if not Les Halles?
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2011 15:00:11 GMT
Vaycee, there are things to explore in every direction -- just on the other side of Les Halles is the Montorgueil area, and rue Montmartre going to the Grands Boulevards -- lots of fascinating neighborhoods all through there.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2011 17:31:03 GMT
Even when you know a new park is going to return, it is a bit distressing to see an existing park totally destroyed. And it is also strange to see buildings that you once saw under construction being demolished. The "Porte Lescot" is the main entrance to the shopping mall and also to all of the rail transportation underground, so it needs to be reopened as quickly as possible. But they are already behind schedule because the buildings being torn down are much sturdier than expected.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2012 18:11:07 GMT
The very popular stone head next to Saint Eustache has not been moved, but when will children climb on it again?
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Post by nycgirl on May 29, 2012 1:21:39 GMT
The very popular stone head next to Saint Eustache has not been moved, but when will children climb on it again? Or me?? (I still like to scramble on things like a child). Hope the place looks nice when the dust settles.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2013 17:59:11 GMT
The beast has begun to emerge from the depths!
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Post by fumobici on Jan 8, 2013 22:45:07 GMT
Looked at the promo video again, one hopes the new shopping mall américaine will age more gracefully than the last. Maybe modern retail spaces are intrinsically stylistically ephemeral but I don't think so, they just build them that way. At least Halles 3.0 has une salle pour le hip hop. That's a relief.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2013 22:49:34 GMT
It is still strange for me to have reached an age in a city where I saw buildings built and then torn down 30 or 40 years later -- especially when there are so many buildings 100, 200, 300, 400 years old and more.
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Post by bjd on Jan 9, 2013 8:20:00 GMT
It's because they don't build'em like they used to. Or else, the ones as badly built as many today have fallen down and we don't seem them any more.
I walked through the university campus here in Toulouse the other day -- some of the new buildings (built within the past 10 years) already look like hell. Can't they do something to the concrete so it doesn't get all black and streaky?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2013 18:06:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2016 4:45:16 GMT
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Post by htmb on May 6, 2016 20:15:56 GMT
One of the few things that is helping me to get through my several "busy" weeks is thinking about coming out of the RER and seeing the finished work first hand. Not that I expect it to look all that great, but it will officially mean I'm on an extended vacation.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2017 13:52:25 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 15, 2017 15:59:44 GMT
Looking at this again, I see it's important to note the dates on the photos. The people in the nearby buildings must think it's taking forever.
This is an impressive chronicle, Kerouac. I wonder if even the city or any of the contractors have thought to record it as you have.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2017 17:34:11 GMT
Oh, I very much doubt that I have a huge set of photos when I see the number of people taking photos of the construction site just like me every time they pass by.
It is very true that the people living next to the site must really feel that the construction is interminable. It is supposed to be finished finally in 2018.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2017 18:16:44 GMT
Here is a very small fraction of the photos that I took of the project from 2010 to 2016.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 17, 2017 19:33:22 GMT
Wow wow wow ~ what a fabulous feat of selecting and editing, plus the music is perfect. Even if one didn't care about Les Halles, the video is mesmerizing -- really super photography, pacing, etc. Quite honestly, I often don't have the patience to sit through sequential presentations, but I enjoyed this one so much that I will be watching it again. Thanks~
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