| kerouac |
Mar 19th, 2007 10:09 PM |
WLS, if you go to La Défense and go outside to the main plaza, you will see and understand where everything is located. Facing the Grande Arche, the shopping mall is the massive building on your left and you will see the UGC cinema just to the left of the arch. It is very distinctive due to the huge former Imax dome that is part of the complex. On your right side, you will see the amazing (for 1957) architectural edifice called the CNIT. It is a big folded white triangle with only 3 points touching the ground -- more shops inside it.
The MK2 Bibliothèque cinema in a stunning white building more than 300 meters long at metro Bibliothèque. This is a totally new section of Paris where a new university campus has been built, next to the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand. An added treat is taking the line 14 metro to go there -- that's the automatic one with no driver. Both the front and back of the train are glassed in, so you can see what it is like to be in control of a metro train in the tunnels.
The UGC Bercy is just across from Seine from the MK2 at metro Cour Saint Emilion on the same metro line. It is notable for being in the Bercy Village shopping complex, created from the old wine warehouses which served Paris for 150 years or so.
All of these areas are major zones of nightlife and present no danger if you stay there late.
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