kerouac

Okay, this is a first for me, because I have made a preliminary report on the gigantic "Nature Capitale" project before it even opened this morning. I think it's interesting to see how they put everything in place before actually visiting the final result.

Here is my report: http://tinyurl.com/39po4fo

(I'll add my report about actually visiting during opening hours a little later.)

zeppole

Has there been any discussion in Pari about the carbon footprint of this?

There is a kind of Cartesian mania in France for rearranging nature into straight lines.

zeppole

I just read up on it. I see it is another Gad Weil event.

Coquelicot

Fantastic! What a production. Is that one of Patrick Blanc's vertical gardens on the Monoprix? Also, do you know what breed of cattle those are? Thank you, Kerouac.

swandav2000

Completely delightful! Both the event and your report. Wish I were there!

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Nikki

Very, very interesting.

That isn't you in the roller skates, right?

ira

Hi K,

Sacre Bleu! Sonderbar.

Looking forward to your report.

ThinGorjus

You'd think that Parisians, at least, would have work vests designed by Lanvin.

Thin

sap

Spectabulous, kerouac! Thanks for sharing.

TPAYT

Very, very cool! I wish I was there to see it.

How long is it there?

kerouac

It's finished tomorrow at 6 p.m.

(Still working on the report about the ambience this afternoon.)

Cathinjoetown

Another thank you for taking me "there."

crefloors

Wow, what a production. I'll bet it looks amazing. Thanks so much for posting.

TDudette

If that IS you on the skates, I'm considering cougar-dom!

Neat, neat, neat!

lainie2285

Loved your report,I was there about 11 am amongst the first million.

cynthia_booker

All of that work for just two days of display?
A week might have been better.

kerouac

Okay, I finally finished the report, so you can now visually wallow in the crowds.

http://tinyurl.com/39po4fo

zeppole

Does any of the media coverage deal with how EU agricultural subsidies -- French farmers are the biggest recipients -- have destroyed rural economies in Africa and other parts of the world -- in no small part why immigrants from these places end up in France?

http://www.globalpolicy.org/componen...213/45629.html

Nikki

On the one hand, I am glad that you did the wallowing in the crowds so we wouldn't have to. On the other hand, you are in Paris and I am not.

Thank you so much for your on-the-spot reporting, this was truly fascinating.

cigalechanta

Yes, a wonderful report with detail photos but it looks like a pickpocket's paradise. What happens to all the growing vegetables after the event closes?