Friday, April 18, 2014

Sewer street!

Had you walked in this street (Léopold-Bellan) about 500 years ago, you would have needed a good pair of boots or even a small boat for this was a huge sewer (it was even called sewer street - rue des Aigouts - at that time. It's only around 1815 that the sewers were covered and the street turned into a "real" street. If the people who used tho live there would come back today, they would certainly be surprised to see that it's now a pretty trendy area ;-)

6 comments:

  1. People from then would not recognize the world as it is today.

    A brilliant, breathtaking shot!

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  2. J'aime bien la photo et l'explication historique. J'apprends toujours quelque chose ici et ça, c'est beaucoup de plaisir. La photo zoome sur les pavés .... Les pavés parisiens apportent sur le plan esthétique, c'est incontestable ! Mais rouler sur des pavés, à vélo, ou marcher sur des pavés avec des chaussures de ville (surtout des chaussures à talon), c'est inconfortable. Il faut choisir entre esthétique ou confort ... J'ai une préférence pour esthétique ! Le pavé est durable quand le sable par exemple est tellement plus doux. Mais les pâtés de sable ne résistent pas aux vagues... ! Sous les pavés, qu'y a-t-il déjà?

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  3. Perfect Tenin perspective shot :-)

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  4. The perspective and the sun flare both make this shot special—and the fact that it was once called Sewer Street. :~} Much better this way!

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  5. What a striking photo, especially of what was once Sewer Street!

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