A STREET THAT IS ALMOST ORDINARY

NONDESCRIPT BUILDINGS AND TRAFFIC GIVE NO INCENTIVE TO CONTINUE ON THE STREET BEYOND THE SHOPS 

Rue de Tolbiac beyond the crossroad

But within a few minutes you pass what sets this neighborhood apart:

• Street art

• A City-run center for center for youth 

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• An escalator that leads to the Towers  

It leads to Olympiades...

As seen from the top of the escalator.

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At the bus and métro stop, vendors from Bangladesh sold exotic products until 2022...

A vendor under the snow.

When the police forbade them.

I miss the cheap avocados, mangoes and herbs,

and the smiles

that showed courage and good humor.

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