In
September last year I made a post about a walk along the right bank of the
Seine. I referred to the fact that a large part of the Seine banks around 1967
had been transformed to expressways, but that great efforts recently have been
made to give them back to pedestrians. This is now also, since a couple of
days, the case with a large part of the left bank – of course under protest from some car owners
(which I am not).
This is the
part of the left bank, which is concerned, westwards from the Orsay Museum to
the Pont’d’Alma. (Most of the left bank east of the Orsay Museum was never
opened to car traffic.)
I visited
the new installations the day of the “Fête de la Musique” in the afternoon and especially
in the evening when the weather was – reasonably - good. This may give you a
quite positive feeling, but to really see how successful all this is, I guess
you must wait until the autumn and days when no special events take place; the “looks”
are not quite like the more traditional Seine-River-Bank ones … But let’s be positive and
optimistic!
First some
general views.
Some green
space has been created...
… some
areas of rest…
… a number
of places for eating and drinking…
… a number
of installations for sports and other activities…
You will always
have the pleasure to watch the traffic on the Seine…
… and have
a look under the bridges…
As I said,
the day I went was when the “Fête de la musique” took place. In the afternoon
you could listen to some book reading (some of you may recognize Jean-Michel
Ribes), some music…. and in the evening more music.
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