Friday, October 26, 2012

Spooky!


Can you guess what this is? A new Mc Donald's? A Macarons vending machine? A Morgue? All wrong... this is a brand new metro station! I found it yesterday, while I was coming back from a little gathering with the vacation rentals service ParisSharing community. It's located at Porte de Vincennes, that is in the very east side of Paris, where they recently installed a new tramway - and therefore reshuffled the whole underground public transportation. Pretty cool isn't? A quite a change from the traditional Hector Guimard's Art Nouveau style!

12 comments:

  1. It is very different, but in time I imagine Paris' residents and guests will come to love these entrance signs the way they have loved their predecessors.

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  2. I like the older style - not so sure about this new one! Doesn't seem like Paris!

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  3. I have to admit, I like the old ones personally. (My son just asked, "Is that a hologram or something?") It is intriguing and will be interesting to see if this is "Redesigned Art Nouveau".

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  4. A pavement level LED sign. Fascinating. So...do I stand on the grid and it lowers me into the Metro? Do I walk into it like Stargate? Is the entrance behind the sign? I'm intrigued. Thanks for the info, I'll now know to be aware of the new signage.

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  5. I wondered if it was a display for a line of designer clothing, or perfume.

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  6. Noooooo!!!!! This reminds me of transit style in North America.
    BTW, is there free WiFi at the stations now, as I read about it few months ago?

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  7. Curiously or not, I love your photo, so you make me love this new entrance sign. I don't know why.
    Have to see it now by myself.
    Thank you Eric. I would miss Paris without you :)

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  8. @Martin "BTW, is there free WiFi at the stations now, as I read about it few months ago?" Well, not really, I think they have it in a couple of stations, but you have to go through several steps, etc. Not convenient at all.

    @Cn ;-)

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  9. Certainly hard to miss this one, but I prefer the hunt for the old style Metro signs. :)

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  10. What is the name of the new stop? I will have to get a new Metro map now to decorate my wall.

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  11. @PHX. It's not a new stop actually, it existed before: Porte de Vincennes, near Nation.

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  12. I'd say it's easy to spot, but it looks to be almost at ground level—or maybe it's really big? I just hope they never try to get replace the few Art Nouveau signs that still exist (Cité, Abbesses, etc.) with this.

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