THE REST OF THE STREET SEEMS ORDINARY AT FIRST

ON RUE DE TOLBIAC BEYOND THE CROSSROAD, BUILDINGS ARE BANAL AND ANIMATION ABSENT 

But soon you pass what sets the neighborhood apart:

• A wall that street art covers leads to a space to play...

• ...beyond it, a City-run center for youth...

• Then, an escalator:

    View from the top:

To be continued.

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At the bus and métro stop, vendors from Bangladesh sold exotic fruit and vegetables...

A vendor under the snow.

Until the police forbade them (in 2022).

I miss the affordable avocados, mangoes and herbs,

and the smiles of courage and good humor.

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Added in August 2025: 

Vendors are back!

But a month later they had left. 

End of this section.

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The next section,

3.1.3.

High-rises built too soon