The scaffolding is going up at the Arc de Triomphe as work gets underway to clean the four huge groups of sculptures mounted on its walls. It'll take three months to do the job. To my way of thinking, it's not the worst looking public building around (go check out the Palais de Tokyo if you want to see a real candidate for renewal) but then again, we can't have Napoleon looking like this, can we?
But fear not tourists! The building is still open to visitors. I think it's kind of cool that they made the extra effort to cover the scaffolding with large panels depicting the work being cleaned underneath. (As you can see above, the panel is up on the right hand side but not yet on the left.)
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Whew! I have a friend flying out to Paris tomorrow! I would hate to think she wouldn't be able to see this!
good luck to the friend flying out to anywhere tommorrow....
I love it when they put up scaffolding that depicts the building/art underneath! Such a little step but it honestly makes a huge difference to visiting tourists. They do the same thing in Berlin for buildings that haven't been built yet!
We'll be staying only a few blocks from there in Octobre.
Yes, it's great that in Europe, they hide the scaffolding with a pic of what's underneath. I saw it done in Paris and in Brussels:) Very considerate of tourists and locals alike (not to mention good business;)
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