30.3.17

Changed plans...


My intention was to visit “Le Hameau d’Alleray”, the little kind of alley where some of us would like to live. However, the gate was closed and I found nobody to open it, so here is just a photo taken through the gate.

Well, I had to find something for my blog, so I took a little walk. Here is a picture of the war memorial of the 15th arrondissement. It dates from 1934, but later received some additional text referring to WWII and also to the Indochina War. You find a mixture of personalities on the left, noblemen, revolutionaries…, supposed to be anonymous. However it seems quite obvious that one of the revolutionaries must be Danton?   
       
I continued my walk to the nearby Square Saint Lambert. This park replaced an important gas factory (1894 map, 1900 illustration - below) and was created during the 1930’s. The park is quite large … and a nice spring day quite occupied – it was lunch-break hours. 







5 comments:

martinealison said...

Bonjour cher Peter,

N'étant pas toujours très présente, je me suis autorisée un petit retour en arrière sur tes publications.
C'est constamment du plaisir et de la découverte... Une vision différente lorsque je reconnais...

Il est bon ces derniers jours de profiter de la douceur du printemps et de flâner dans les parcs, la campagne et être contemplatif...

Très joli billet accompagné de magnifiques photos.

Gros bisous 🌸

Shammickite said...

Ahhh... spring comes to Paris, how beautiful.
I really like the little back alleys, wouldn't it be wonderful to live there?

joanna said...

Sweet Springtime in Paris, the photo's say it all, people and plants, nature bursting forth,
merci, Peter, the photo's put me in a "Paris state of Mind"

claude said...

Ah, Paris au printemps !

Studio at the Farm said...

Ahhh ... you have Spring there, Peter. We are still waiting ...
I savoured your photos :)

Kathryn