A STREET THAT SEEMS ORDINARY

THE TREES ARE PLEASANT BUT THE BUILDINGS NONDESCRIPT 

Nothing incites taking rue de Tolbiac beyond the shops, but... 

Beyond the crossroad

You soon pass what sets the 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 selling exotic products...

A vendor under the snow.

Until the police forbade them (in 2022).

I miss the cheap avocados, mangoes and herbs,

and the smiles

that showed courage and good humor.

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