Tour of: The Marais

imagine building this without modern day machinery...

a building from the 12th century.

"In memory of the small children of this preschool
deported from 1942-1944 because they were Jewish,
innocent victims of the Nazi barbarianism with the
complicity of the Vichy government.
They were exterminated in the death camps."

a building from the 12th century. or 13th.
but I think that it was 12th.
The dark brown is wood.

This made me think of madeleine: wasn't that the
book with the house covered in ivy in Paris?

all the angles, the shapes, the shadows.
it almost looks like there are three ladders:
the real one, the shadow, and the stone and edge of the building.

they found this wall when they were building the metro.
old paris used to be at least 3 feet under newish paris.
there is a courtyard behind the gates where you can be on
the same level as "old" paris

sometimes it bothers me when there is modern art in an ancient space,
but I felt that this really fit well.
The building was from the renaissance;
the courtyard was made of stone so that the residents could hear
when a horse/carriage approached.
 This was in stark contrast to the buildings (from the beginning of this post)
from the 12th century, when you were right on the street
and there was no privacy.
I like this mole because it represents today in a place from yesterday.
that and it was pretty damn cute and funny to see a huge mole in a manicured garden.

swiss chard in a garden in paris!!

triangles

I love how the grounds are so manicured,
but then you have this ivy that is
uncontrollable.

The Marais is definitely up there with my favorite places in Paris.

love, 

Alexandra