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Rue La Fayette 18/05/2022 17h32
When a wall becomes an overpass (viaduc) above the tracks of Gare de l'Est in Paris.
A photo especially taken and uploaded for the
Rue La Fayette
Rue La Fayette is a 2,830 meters long street which runs from Boulevard Haussmann to Place de la Vataille de Stalingrad and Quai de Valmy (Jaurès). It is one of the biggest and major axes of the zone North-east of the city. There are numerous restaurants and bars and it starts with the most famous departmentstore of the city; Galeries Lafayette.
Métro line 7 follows the street underground besides a swing towards and from Gare de l'Est with 5 stations.
[ Source and much more information: Wikipedia - Rue La Fayette ]
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After planespotting for about 20 minutes, I went downstairs to the restaurant and ordered spaghetti and meatballs. It was here that I first heard the song "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" by Aretha Franklin and George Michael. I downloaded it.
As I ate my last supper in Europe for what would likely be several years, I reflected on what was different on my 2020 Europe trip compared to my 2008 Europe trip:
-On my first trip to Europe in 2008, I was 22 years old.
-Barack Obama was still a few months away from being elected President -- indeed, I was in Venice when John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his running mate.
-I had just worked my fourth summer at the Zoo, and was in the throes of perma-singledom.
-I had just graduated from university into the Great Recession, and I wasn't sure in which direction to take my career.
-I hadn't yet bought my first car.
-I was on my first flip phone.
-I was still living at home, and my parents hadn't separated yet.
-I had just recorded my drum parts for my band's first EP.
-I was much more into photography at that time, and had just bought my first DSLR.
-I had only lived in Ontario for four years.
Fast-forward to early 2020 (which is already five years ago):
-I was 34;
-I had been married for almost three years;
-Barack Obama was long gone and Donald Trump was three years into his first term;
-I had gone back to college twice and had been working as an addiction counsellor for over seven years;
-I had owned my second car for four years;
-I was on my second iPhone;
-I hadn't lived with either parent in almost seven years;
-My band fell apart eight years earlier;
-I bought my second DSLR in 2017; and
-I had been living in Ontario for almost sixteen years.
Naturally, my life had some ups and downs in the 11.5 years between my first and second trips to Europe, but for the most part, it got better.
In the five years since my second Europe trip, things have largely gotten worse for society, what with the COVID-19 pandemic; the increasingly-frequent elections of right-wing authoritarians; ludicrous inflation scapegoated on alleged supply-chain issues, and the cesspool of disinformation that social media has become.
Thankfully there have been some improvements in my personal and professional life since then, in spite of some setbacks. So, I guess after my third Europe trip (whenever that happens!), I'll do some more reflecting.
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On our way back to the hotel we picked up our tea (dinner), sandwich (veggie ham), crisps, strawberry yoghurts and some milk to drink.
Author : @Kiri Karma
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Rue de Dunkerque 28/07/2021 18h48
Rassemblement devant Gare du Nord...
ParisPeople (more candid and non-candid street shots of people made in Paris)
Point of view: Hotel Ibis Styles Gare du Nord
Author : @Kiri Karma
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Martelaarsgracht 15/04/2020 10h04
The corner of the Martelaarsgracht and Prins Hendrikkade on a very quiet morning. The silence has everything to do with the corona crisis and intelligent lockdown when taking this photo.
Café Karpershoek on the corner is one of the oldest café's of the city. The Karpershoek started in 1606 as an inn on the IJ for the sailors of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). There is still silver sand on the floor of this brown café, as was used in the 17th century.
Martelaarsgracht
Martelaarsgracht (Martyr's Canal) is a street and former canal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The Martelaarsgracht is an extension of the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal and runs in a northeastern direction to the Prins Hendrikkade and the Stationsplein in front of Central Station. Hekelveld square separates the Martelaarsgracht from the Spuistraat. The Martelaarsgracht has been a short but wide and busy street since the canal was filled in 1884, and has been an electric tram route since 1906. There are, among other things, hotels, snack bars and internet cafés.
The origin of the remarkable name is unknown. There are, however, different theories. The place could have been used as a gallows field, but there are no sources for that. According to the Amsterdam City Archives, there would once have been a house with a signboard depicting a martyr. In an old source there is a building "where the martyr hung".
The first Haarlemmerpoort stood on the spot where Martelaarsgracht and Nieuwendijk now meet. Around 1400 the bank of the IJ must have been at the level of the current plot boundary between Martelaarsgracht 6 and 8. When part of the IJ north of the area was filled in at the beginning of the 15th century, the canal came to lie within the city walls. Afterwards the water from the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal and that of the Nieuwezijds Achterburgwal flowed through the Martelaarsgracht via the Oude Haarlemmersluis to the IJ. Exactly how the urban expansion took place could be investigated locally when in 2003 a few derelict buildings were demolished for new construction in the northern corner.
[ Souce & More: Wikipedia - Martelaarsgracht ]
Quartier Impérial | Avenue Foch
Jugendstil hotel, now an Ibis Styles hotel.
Arch. Hermann Billing and Wilhelm Vittali
1905.
Martelaarsgracht 11/04/2020 16h30
A photo that can probably never be taken anymore after the corona crisis. A street almost without people. Many companies and hotels closed. "Amsterdam after people" in reality.
Martelaarsgracht
Martelaarsgracht (Martyr's Canal) is a street and former canal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The Martelaarsgracht is an extension of the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal and runs in a northeastern direction to the Prins Hendrikkade and the Stationsplein in front of Central Station. Hekelveld square separates the Martelaarsgracht from the Spuistraat. The Martelaarsgracht has been a short but wide and busy street since the canal was filled in 1884, and has been an electric tram route since 1906. There are, among other things, hotels, snack bars and internet cafés.
The origin of the remarkable name is unknown. There are, however, different theories. The place could have been used as a gallows field, but there are no sources for that. According to the Amsterdam City Archives, there would once have been a house with a signboard depicting a martyr. In an old source there is a building "where the martyr hung".
The first Haarlemmerpoort stood on the spot where Martelaarsgracht and Nieuwendijk now meet. Around 1400 the bank of the IJ must have been at the level of the current plot boundary between Martelaarsgracht 6 and 8. When part of the IJ north of the area was filled in at the beginning of the 15th century, the canal came to lie within the city walls. Afterwards the water from the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal and that of the Nieuwezijds Achterburgwal flowed through the Martelaarsgracht via the Oude Haarlemmersluis to the IJ. Exactly how the urban expansion took place could be investigated locally when in 2003 a few derelict buildings were demolished for new construction in the northern corner.
[ Souce & More: Wikipedia - Martelaarsgracht ]
Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin 20/09/2017 18h26
The combination of threatening skies and blue skies along Gare de l'Est in the Rue Faubourg Saint-Martin.
Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin
This is a 1,886 meters long street in the 10th arrondissement of Paris through three quartiers; Porte-Saint-Martin, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul and Hôptial-Saint-Louis. This street starts at the Boulevard Saint-Denis and ends at the Boulevard de la Villette and Place de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad.
The route of this road is the Roman road that ran from Lutèce going north through the current streets of Château-Landon, Philippe de Girard, the Chapel to get to Saint-Denis.
Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin owes its name to the fact that it is an extension of the rue Saint-Martin, but outside of the wall symbolized today by the Porte Saint-Martin: it is more so in the village but in the 'false town' (faux-bourg = Faubourg) that formed beyond the door.
It bore the name of Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin, between the Boulevard Saint-Denis and Rue du Château d'Eau due to its proximity to the door and rue du Faubourg Saint-Laurent beyond. Both parties were united under the current name during the Revolution wearing momentarily name Faubourg du Nord.
[ Source: Wikipedia - Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin ]
PA_1308 [30 points]
After PA_1298 on 30/08/2017 Invader was not ready at this mayor crossroad in Boulogne-Billancourt and came back in October to install this space cake at the other side of this location. Obviously above a renowned patisserie as well. This was the first of in total 5 new space invader Invader made this night. And this one was number 3567 worldwide for the ones who love numbers and facts.
FlashInvaders onscreen message: "DELICIOUS SPACE CAKE!"
All my photos of PA_1308:
Date of invasion: 18/10/2017 (Source: Invaderwashere, first seen on Flickr on 19/10/2017 by Olivier)
[ Visited this space cake PA_1308 for the first time 20 days after invasion ]
Rue de Dunkerque 01/12/2013 18h23
Evening admosphere on a Sunday evening in Paris.
Rue de Dunkerque
Rue de Dunkerque is a 1,095 meter and 12 meter wide street in the 10ème and 9ème arrondissement of Paris. Starting at the Rue d'Alsace (near Gare de l'Est) and ending at the Place d'Anvers and Boulevard de Rochechouart. Previous name was de Rue de l'Abattoir.
[ Source and more information: Wikipedia - Rue de Dunkerque (français) ]