14.7.16

Origami birds… and a park.


Close to  “Porte-d’Italie’ in southern Paris you can for a while find a building, originally white, now with a black painted facade full of origami birds. The building has been evacuated and will soon be demolished. “Mademoiselle Maurice” got the opportunity to make the – temporary - largest example of street art in Paris.


This brought me to visit the close-by “Parc Kellerman”. This park with a design from the 1930’s is on a slope between the Boulevard Kellerman and the “Pérephérique”, the Paris ring road.

On the lower parts, as we can see on this 1867 map, the River Bièvre used to flow, now covered.

If the design from the 1930’s can be felt in its higher parts…

… the lower parts are much more idyllic…

… with space for the kids to play…

… and for picnicking, resting, reading, sunbathing…


Some of the old trees are really impressive.   

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think this is the park where they have fine specimens of that elusive Rosa Centifolia Bullata a.k.a. Rosier a feuilles de Laitue.
Merci:
carpediemcras

Creamcheese said...

Summer in Paris is described beautifully in your photo's M.Peter.Sunshine and relaxation and an apprecition of the beautiful parks and greenspaces. The Origami birds are incredible! I thank Paris for it's appreciation of Urban art.
An enlightening post Thank you M.Peter

Anonymous said...

La felicito de todo corazon a la Srta. Maurice. ¡Su obra es un primor!
Las tomas de ese fotografo impecable: Como siempre, fantasticas.
Muchisimas gracias, M. Peter por pasearnos, una vez mas, por su maravillosa ciudad.
Maria

Studio at the Farm said...

What a beautiful and inviting park! And it is always a joy to see Paris' exuberant street art.
Kathryn