Tuesday, November 26, 2019

CULTURES INTERTWINE

 
TWO STREETS PIERCE THROUGH THE WHOLE SOUTHEASTERN FRINGE
(THE AVENUES DE CHOISY AND D'IVRY)

Adapted from a Google map

Start at "porte" (gate) de Choisy...


...and follow it to the crossroad:









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Come to the "Arch of Fraternity," which thanks France for welcoming the refugees:


Since 2014, The City has allocated 5% of its investment budget (100 million euros in 2018) to projects that citizens propose and vote for, in the fields of health, education, environment, the arts, sports... .  

The Grand Arch of Fraternity by Georges Rousse, 2015
It comes from the neighborhood vote in 2015

Voting in front of the 13th's City Hall, 2024. 

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There and elsewhere, a cultural mix...







...and a poster in the neighboring French area suggests that some passers-by can read Chinese...

Sign next to a French bookstore on rue de Tolbiac...

...learned through the classes in Chinese given next door? 

On rue Sthrau, around the corner



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