Saturday, October 7, 2023

THE OPÉRA: HIDING THE DONORS' VOID


ON THE SIDE OF THE EDIFICE WAS A GIANT VOID WHERE THE CITY'S WEALTHIEST MEN LEFT THEIR CARRIAGES: FOR ITS SIGNIFICANCE, PLEASE CLICK.

Like the rampart vestige at the Louvre, a way is found to hide it.

Claude Abron

The only way to know it exists is by an aerial photo, which cannot erase it. The multitude of ground-level shots on the web leave it out. 


The visitors' exit leads to a passage that follows voids' wall.  


An opening to it is blocked off. 


The passage is long because the void is huge. 


It finally reaches the street.


 
Passers-by follow the route in reverse. 


It is covered over... 
(in September 2025)



...like the Opéra itself. 



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