One of the neat things about the Arc was that the city seemed to spoke out from its traffic circle; wedges like this surrounded the structure.It was from the top of the Arc that I noticed for the first time that Paris actually has a downtown with modern buildings, which can be seen in the upper-left corner. It's a good thing that those are concentrated off to the side, with very few exceptions (such as the one in the middle here).
If you'll look to the very far left, exactly at the end of the tree-lined street, there is a building that looks like a big box. Well, that's exactly what it is...a huge box with a big hole running through. It does my heart good to see that, even at that level, the creative spirit is allowed to soar, thumbing it's nose at convention. The French are amazing people.
A much closer view will be seen in tomorrow's posting, as for this blog I created a special two-picture panoramic of the downtown area.
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