skortebein
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Donald Potter:
Photo entitled: "Near Sacre-Coeur"
As we were climbing the stairs to get to the top of Montmartre in Paris, Sophomore Sally Leaf and her friends said they wanted to stop and look around. Sally was amazed by the graffiti just a flight of stairs away from one of Paris' most treasured landmarks. She was soaking in the area, surprised by how much it resembled certain low-income areas in the U.S.While the church on top of Montmartre, Sacre-Coeur, is considered one of the most beautiful places in Paris, it is surrounded by vagabond shops and graffiti-spattered walls. When discovering and understanding a culture, it is very important to see a place for as it is, not for just what it is known for. A 90% of Montmartre is not Sacre-Coeur, and is actually quite poor.
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Donald Potter:
Photo entitled: "Near Sacre-Coeur"
As we were climbing the stairs to get to the top of Montmartre in Paris, Sophomore Sally Leaf and her friends said they wanted to stop and look around. Sally was amazed by the graffiti just a flight of stairs away from one of Paris' most treasured landmarks. She was soaking in the area, surprised by how much it resembled certain low-income areas in the U.S.While the church on top of Montmartre, Sacre-Coeur, is considered one of the most beautiful places in Paris, it is surrounded by vagabond shops and graffiti-spattered walls. When discovering and understanding a culture, it is very important to see a place for as it is, not for just what it is known for. A 90% of Montmartre is not Sacre-Coeur, and is actually quite poor.