Palais Royal - la trottinette

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLSk9fDU8nV1lDsLrmY88F-YB4zUUxub_QIm3DD7B0zCPd4uXwt_IWZB5oBpqjHYBB0NDEdXl9ODIKGpuA8QsQ6JzGbV1806GoQFfSu-ngDmcE6o8qRn-aAieWB6gfSfkYjBO03hRLT4/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_81DSC_3950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLSk9fDU8nV1lDsLrmY88F-YB4zUUxub_QIm3DD7B0zCPd4uXwt_IWZB5oBpqjHYBB0NDEdXl9ODIKGpuA8QsQ6JzGbV1806GoQFfSu-ngDmcE6o8qRn-aAieWB6gfSfkYjBO03hRLT4/s1600/2013+0518+Sat_81DSC_3950.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Les Colonnes de Buren</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Amid the 280 truncated black and white columns </div><div style="text-align: center;">of Palais Royal's Les Colonnes de Buren </div><div style="text-align: center;">one often sees children of all ages (adults included).  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They pose on top of the columns, </div><div style="text-align: center;">hide behind the rows, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and even ride in on a trottinette from time to time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Les Colonnes de Buren</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Palais Royal</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Palais Royal - la trottinette

Les Colonnes de Buren Amid the 280 truncated black and white columns  of Palais Royal's Les Colonnes de Buren  one often sees children o...

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Nettoyage des colonnes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VFYVPle6HexVWIlyvxDgJrWcnJMwawtokRmD2D3Bit6zTUNArU1RPYPykODhjw46MsqsBB6juKvyNOBqRl1BNtleUShV_ifIrpLoshZXDa5_rTBptHh3O95BDWfj0JFPCxBSVJc8olY/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VFYVPle6HexVWIlyvxDgJrWcnJMwawtokRmD2D3Bit6zTUNArU1RPYPykODhjw46MsqsBB6juKvyNOBqRl1BNtleUShV_ifIrpLoshZXDa5_rTBptHh3O95BDWfj0JFPCxBSVJc8olY/s640/2010+June+18+DSC_0511.jpg" width="640" yda="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Even the Buren columns need cleaning now and then</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Palais Royal</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Nettoyage des colonnes

Even the Buren columns need cleaning now and then Palais Royal 75001, Paris 

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Colonnes de Buren - une étude en noir et blanc

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3wSakFBwUTG7b1ObVEM7PeXpcFmFRFAG85imOuRlkZiLn0v9nbK5wLs2rge69WPt3YmSY21NtSroJMA-3J_C8ACtuChLgm45pAcRcKFj2dnTLDkdD4MJ6SJinxNCGxJEbbZ5BtjAvSc/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3wSakFBwUTG7b1ObVEM7PeXpcFmFRFAG85imOuRlkZiLn0v9nbK5wLs2rge69WPt3YmSY21NtSroJMA-3J_C8ACtuChLgm45pAcRcKFj2dnTLDkdD4MJ6SJinxNCGxJEbbZ5BtjAvSc/s640/2010+June+18+DSC_0521.jpg" width="594" yda="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Les Deux Plateaux</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>more commonly known as Colonnes de Buren</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(Buren Columns)</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Since their installation in 1986 in the Coeur d'Honneur of the Palais Royal, they have been a source of controversy.  Made of steel, concrete, marble, stone, and aluminum their presence invites <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/02/blanc-et-noir-et-rouge.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong>playful children of all ages</strong></span></a>... and photographers.  The angles and points of view are limitless, with or without a human subject.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When the lines begin to run together, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">then it is time for rest, play and a good weekend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Les Deux Plateaux</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Buren Columns, La Coeur d'Honneur</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Palais-Royal</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span><br /><br />

Colonnes de Buren - une étude en noir et blanc

Les Deux Plateaux more commonly known as Colonnes de Buren (Buren Columns) Since their installation in 1986 in the Coeur d'Honneur of th...

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Petit Bureau - Place Colette

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaRNmYH2s3SNfi1Advq4g2D_HysxZvJtdNA-vBYhlZkIP7oBoAeOvH3PLscYzp3byyvbBDkjX0n8o8TwNcgi3j-kfULpPuNIARdufkNC1x4gSgobVEBfsNd8HCVscsoYl24EPrCbmr48/s1600/2010+dec+paris+3+DSC_0019.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585935422801053186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaRNmYH2s3SNfi1Advq4g2D_HysxZvJtdNA-vBYhlZkIP7oBoAeOvH3PLscYzp3byyvbBDkjX0n8o8TwNcgi3j-kfULpPuNIARdufkNC1x4gSgobVEBfsNd8HCVscsoYl24EPrCbmr48/s640/2010+dec+paris+3+DSC_0019.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">In Place Colette, the very building of Comédie française, is this small office on le premier étage. The office is not be too petite and the view is stunning as the office worker can see the entrance to Métro Palais Royal Musée du Louvre and probably watch the Parisians on the terrasse of Le Nemours. Can you imagine working in an office with the Buren Columns and the fountains of Pol Bury just down the stairs? </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Holly, Peter, and I walked by twice and she was steadily at work both times. She is a better worker than I would be!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">16, place Colette</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Métro Palais Royal Musée du Louvre</span></div>

Petit Bureau - Place Colette

In Place Colette, the very building of Comédie française, is this small office on le premier étage. The office is not be too petite and the ...

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Blanc et Noir...... et Rouge!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAMvlr-HSPbOPri83ZtuvL73odN9zqyP1kI43EZ3wG5o2AcoXYz9sOMjCWYnMAQ_sRxaMopVwLfIwKKrRqfbLqc1WEojwZQsKUei914Y6oamT7BUU_LJ82rWEeLAe5MlBQ-V_x1A7SdR4/s1600/2010+dec+paris+3+DSC_0033+holly.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571468798412103522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAMvlr-HSPbOPri83ZtuvL73odN9zqyP1kI43EZ3wG5o2AcoXYz9sOMjCWYnMAQ_sRxaMopVwLfIwKKrRqfbLqc1WEojwZQsKUei914Y6oamT7BUU_LJ82rWEeLAe5MlBQ-V_x1A7SdR4/s640/2010+dec+paris+3+DSC_0033+holly.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">What can I say? This apple did not fall far from the tree*... </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">With the Buren Columns there is a temptation to get a little silly and most everyone we saw there was standing on or hiding behind the black and white columns. In the late 1700s this </span><a href="http://www.paris-walking-tours.com/jardindupalaisroyal.html"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Jardin du Palais Royal</strong> </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">was opened to the public and closed to the police, making it a place of much activity. The Court of Honor shown here was updated in the 1980s with this landscape of columns designed by Daniel Buren. People generally love or hate the columns, but the children are in agreement that there is much to love here.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>*"The apple did not fall far from the tree" is an expression meaning that children often take after their parents, be that good or not... Holly and I do have fun in Paris and Beyond!<br /></em><br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Jardin du Palais Royal</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Rue de Mentpensier et Rue Saint-Honoré</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>

Blanc et Noir...... et Rouge!

What can I say? This apple did not fall far from the tree*... With the Buren Columns there is a temptation to get a little silly and most ev...

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