I love public art, but I’m not a huge fan of most modern public art. With few exceptions — the Calder works come to mind — a lot of the public modern art looks like rusting hunks of junk that people tend to avoid, whereas the whole concept of public art is to engage and, [...]
Archive for May 5th, 2011
Best Modern Public Art Ever
Posted in Art, Travel, tagged Art, Les Halles, Modern Art, Paris, Public Art, St. Eustache, Travel on May 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Love Locks
Posted in Family, Travel, tagged bridges, Family, Ile de la Cite, Locks, Paris, Pont des Arts, Travel on May 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Pont des Arts is a wood-slatted pedestrian bridge across the Seine with a short chain-link fence and hand rail on each side. It runs from the Louvre on the right bank to the Institute de France on the left bank and offers a splendid view of the tip of the Ile de la Cite. [...]
At The Water’s Edge
Posted in Travel, tagged bridges, Ile de la Cite, Ile St. Louis, Musee d'Orsay, Paris, rivers, Seine, Travel on May 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Paris started as a city on an island in the middle of the Seine River, and the river has always been important part of the city and its charms. Richard and I have taken several walks along the river banks. You get a wonderful perspective on the city from the water’s edge. In those areas [...]
