http://tinyurl.com/ykn5hwm
I knew I'd seen that place before. It's in the Place du Pantheon and is the Mairie for the 5th Arrondissement. I think you were walking on the pavement towards the rue Cujas, which runs down the side, or possibly the rue Soufflot. Bob > > > > Working on my 2010 engagement calendar... using my photos > from my 1981 > > trip and there are a couple of locations I'm unsure of... > can you guys > > help? > > > > I know we were walking on the left bank not far from Notre > Dame... and > > I once knew what these buildings are but not anymore... > > Of course I can just caption it "along a street on the left > bank" but > > I'd rather be more specific. > > > > Now this one ... a story with it... I know I had just come from the > > "Objets Perdu" place at > > 36 Rue des Morillions... which I figured out from my > journal notes as > > I hadn't made any photo notes on this photo. > > > > When I was in Paris it seemed everything was in a state of > repair... > > and the objects in this photo looked like they were about to adorn > > something.. > > http://tinyurl.com/ykn5hwm > > No idea where this is, but I had a pleasant time being a > Googlemaps-flaneur trying to find it. > > > > > Yesterday I did some map questing and some street views in the area > > and found this... > > > > http://tinyurl.com/ykjsffm > > > > So I guess I was at the Place Jacques Morette, non? > > > > Don't know what the signifigance of the bull is... > > The bulls on either side of the entrance to the Parc Georges > Brassens are apparently by one Auguste Cain, who specialised > in animal sculptures. They used to adorn the entrance to an > abattoir but were moved, presumably when you were there to see it! > > <http://bonbonze.net/v2/img1/photo/index.php?num=66> > > According to this site: > <http://www.fra.cityvox.fr/visiter_paris/parc-georges-brassens > _103102590/Pro > fil-Lieu> > the park is on the site of the former Vaugirard abattoirs, > which seem to have been on a similar scale to La Villette. > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
