Paris

Hitchens, on the meaning of bohemia and the West Village

In Development, London, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Urbanism on 16 June 2008 with no comments

Christopher Hitchens recalls bohemia’s eclipses in London, Paris, and San Francisco, and worries that New York’s West Village may soon become another victim of the skyscraper’s shadow. The loss would be immeasurable.
[T]ry picturing American culture without the contribution of this unique square mile. Inter alia, you would have to subtract Bob Dylan and the Cafe [...]

Is China the external drive of the French built environment?

In Architecture, China, France, Paris on 15 June 2008 with no comments

“Could China be the USB external hard-drive of the French built environment?”

Cultural guerilla entrepreneurs restore Parisian clock

In Crime, Maintenance, Paris on 26 November 2007 with no comments

A group of underground “cultural guerillas” broke into the Panthéon in Paris and restored its clock. The allowed themselves to be locked in one night, found an unattended entrance, and set up shop in Autumn, 2005. It took the group, who call themselves Untergunther, one year to restore the famous clock.
The hardest part of the [...]

Paris is greener than you think.

In Environment, Landscaping, Livability, Mapping, Paris on 6 November 2007 with no comments

What’s in the middle of those oddly-shaped Parisian blocks? Peter Levine uses Google Earth to find Paris is much greener than a stroll down its boulevards might reveal.

The Times-Online guide to nightlife in six so-called “party cities.” No mention of Chattanooga.

In Amsterdam, Belgrade, Berlin, Livability, Milan, New York, Paris, The Netherlands on 31 October 2007 with 1 comment

Spending the night in Milan, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Belgrade, or New York? The Times-Online offers you a guide to the nightlife in six so-called “party cities.” Belgrade’s inclusion intrigues me.