Having acquired a vélib pass from Tristie (perhaps the only good thing about arriving after all the people I knew here left Paris), I took a ride down along the Seine and ended up in Parc Bercy. I couldn't imagine a similar park existing in the states.
This canyon does not dictate or limit itself to one activity, but encourages people to be creative in their use of the space. I wish public space did this more often. Sure, big flat open landscape or plaza can support nearly any activity, but the flatness does not suggest anything and often goes unused. Even a slight slope (as at the centre pompidou) is enough to suggest inhabitation.
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