Rainy Rue des Martyrs
Tall buildings i.e. skyscrapers, impressed the European visitor, in European cities, the most impressive urban monument were public structures.. "Commercial towers were symbols of the entrepreneurial American city. The tall office building not only made money for its corporate owner but also celebrated and symbolized the making of money." City Life Witold Rybczynski
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Pretty much demarks the differences between Americans and Europeans- as mentioned in a previous post.
Last night I went to a bookreading about this book: Walks Through Lost Paris: A Journey Into the Heart of Historic Paris by Leonard Pitt. Paris, city of layers and palimpsests. Yet another mysterious glimpse into this city.
