Archive for May 4th, 2007
Fire Eater Paris 1982
Fire Eater Paris 1982, originally uploaded by Stephen Rees.
I am pleased I found this print. I don’t think I have scanned it or posted it anywhere before.
This photo was taken in the square around the Pompidou Centre. The old Parisian fruit and veg market (Les Halles) had been moved out, and Richard Rogers had designed his new exhibition/art gallery with the insides out.
Here is a picture of the building from Wikipedia that I found on Bill McEwen’s blog.
Street performers were actively encouraged – something London picked up on later with the renewal of the Covent Garden market (see below). There we kept the buildings but created an equally lively space.
Street performer Covent Garden 2007
This is (in part) what cities are supposed to be like.
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