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Dreams of metal and glass (The High Places #3)

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Paris (France), October 2015

The Tour Montparnasse, rising almost at the junction of three Parisian arrondissements (the 6th, the 14th and the 15th), may boast a better location along the ley lines of the French capital than the Eiffel Tower, but it never threatened the iconic status of the latter. Despite being admittedly its only rival for the skies of Paris (clutches of minor high-rise buildings in the Front de Seine area or the 13th arrondissement do not qualify) and the tallest occupied building in the city, the Tour Montparnasse, unloved at birth, has remained controversial ever since and structural issues, most notably linked to the presence of asbestos, have done nothing to improve its image. Riding to its top off-season, when the tourist crowds have mostly gone, is a strange experience, sometimes suffused with the bitterness of an "I coulda' been a contender" lament.

This does not prevent the view from the panoramic roof from being breathtaking, as it should. To add insult to injury, it is probably one of the best places in town to enjoy the stately majesty of the Dame de Fer -- framed here against the towers of glass of the business district of La Défense.

The "High Places" series :
#1 - 
Montmartre : A Space Odyssey
#2 - 
New perspectives
#4 - Beyond the rainforest
#5 - Behold my beating heart
#6 - Disturbance in the Matrix

Image size
5472x3648px 3.14 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot G7 X
Shutter Speed
1/159 second
Aperture
F/4.0
Focal Length
37 mm
ISO Speed
160
Date Taken
Oct 18, 2015, 6:30:56 PM
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