I already
wrote about « the only one left » here – soon 11 years ago – how time
flies! I will not repeat what I wrote then, about the “vespasiennes”, about the
1200 of them in Paris during the 1930’s etc…
So, the
last one is still there. It was obviously repainted, cleaned… some ten years
ago. It seems obvious that something has to be done again - it’s in very bad shape.
As it’s the last one I hope it will remain there and will be saved forever,
after some refreshing, please!!. It’s still used, but you need some courage!
This has
nothing to do with the “vespasienne”, but very close you find this building (71
bis, bouldevard Arago) with a very particular architecture. I haven’t been able
to find any more information except that it was built in 1900.
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J'ai bien connu dans mon enfance, les odeurs aussi d'ailleurs.
Ne serait-ce que pour la mémoire, une bonne restauration serait la bien venue.
Effectivement curieuse la façade de cet immeuble.
I recall them too... incredible, these rélquiea des années trente...
Comment dirais-je ' Reliqien ' en français ?
Squeamishness, where art thou?
Did some people - at the time of those urinals's creation in France - perhaps knew that urine was sterile? It said so in Professeur Léo Testut's "Traité d'anatomie humaine", my father's other bible. Of course it smells! It is organic! How do you say it in that most beautiful language? Ah, yes! Biologique?
But of course, that was in another century! Nowadays, according to Google, it is no longer sterile.....
Thank you, Peter.
Maria
Does Paris still have those open sidewalk urinals (uritrottoir) that came out last summer ? And I was wondering if there are still turkish toilets in paris ?
I suppose when you've gotta go, you've gotta go. Yes, it looks as though it could use a bit of a refresher. Or maybe an air freshener.
the building is quite lovely,,, nice architecture,,,
Peter do you know what the building is currently used for?
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