Jardins des Tuileries, Paris 1er

Shadows in the park.

Subjects: Paris, 75001, parks, Tuileries.

Rue Saint-Sauveur, Paris 2e

So many old cobblestoned narrow streets, all so picturesque!

Subjects: Paris, 75002, streets, architecture

Rue de Medicis, Paris 6e

The fences of the Luxembourg Gardens are often used as an exhibit gallery, and the people watching the art make good subjects!

Subjects: Paris, 75006, art, street, people, exhibits, Luxembourg

Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris 13e

We could call this The Red Sneakers and forget about the harmonious lines of the steps going up to the plaza of the National Library.

Subjects: Paris, 75013, street, people, steps

Parc de la Villette, Paris 19e

Approaching the enormous, exuberant Philharmonie, the concert hall of the Orchestre de Paris, designed by Jean Nouvel. Quite overwhelming!

Subjects: Paris, 75019, Philharmonie, modern architecture, Jean Nouvel

Rue de Rivoli, Paris 1er

Journee Sans Voitures, a Day without Cars, Paris becomes quiet, and we, who love to walk, own the streets, if only for a day.
Pour un Jour,
Pour un Jour Seulement...

Subjects: Paris, 75001, streets, architecture, Journee Sans Voiture

Rue au Maire, Paris 3e

One of the old medieval streets of Paris, it is the center of the Asian neighborhood. In the 1930s and 1940s, Chinese from Wenzhou settled here. They worked as leatherworkers and set up sundries and small markets, and later moved into the wholesale trade. Their stores, tiny, overstuffed with goods, harshly lit, line the street.

Subjects: Paris, 75003, streets, architecture, history

Passage Jouffroy, Paris 9e

The long perspective of one of the oldest Passages in Paris, with its glass roof and tiled floor, and a fascinating bookstore.

Subjects: Paris, 75009, Passages, shopping, architecture

Rue Francois Miron, Paris 4e

In a 17th c. Mansion refurbished into a tribunal stands this little treasure of a spiral staircase with an intricate wrought-iron handrail.

Subjects: Paris, 75004, architecture, staircases, Marais

Palais Royal, Paris 1er

The courtyard of the Palais Royal, with Buren's columns, from the balcony of the Constitutional Court. If you want to go, it will have to be during the European Heritage Days (Journees du Patrimoine) and you will have to stay in line for hours...

Subjects: Paris, 75001, architecture, art, people, street, Buren, history

Avenue Mahatma Gandhi, Paris 16e

When Daniel Buren proposed to clad Frank Gehry's gigantic glass sails with colored panels, we thought it was a sacrilege... Then we saw it!

Subjects: Paris, 75116, architecture, modern, art, Buren, Gehry, Fondation Vuitton, museums

Place Dauphine, Paris 1er

A bench on a leafy square, something good to read, and even a cloudy day is a bright day.

Subjects: Paris, 75001, squares, benches, trees, people, street