THE REST OF THE STREET SEEMS ORDINARY AT FIRST

TREES ARE PLEASANT, BUILDINGS BANAL... 

Rue de Tolbiac beyond the crossroad.

But soon you pass what sets the neighborhood apart:

• Street art

• A City-run center for center for youth 

PHOTO

• An escalator: Please read on.  

View from the top of the escalator.

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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 avocados, mangoes and herbs,

and the smiles of courage and good humor.

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Added in August 2025: 

These vendors are back!

But a month later they had left. 

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3.1.3.

High-rises built ahead of their time