C & I had dinner last Thursday night at a cute little Italian restaurant (thanks Groupon), and since it was a lovely night and there really wasn't any easy way for us to get back home via the metro, we decided to just start walking.
We strolled slowly through the Marais, past l'Hôtel de Ville and along the Seine. Which is where we came across this monstrosity:
The Conciergerie is one of my favorite buildings in Paris, and I was horrified to see it covered in advertising - and for Apple no less. Most of the time when they are redoing building facades here, they will put up scaffolding covered in a photo of the building, so you at least have an idea of what you're missing out on.
I understand that the French government is short on money for building renovations, but this is just atrocious. Not to mention that public buildings aren't supposed to show any external sign of religion or advertising - and you'd think that would be especially applicable in this case since the Concergerie is part of the Palais de Justice!!
Labels: Date night, Life in Paris
posted by Ksam @ 7:04 PM
4 Comments:
Oh, man, that is atrocious indeed.
Actually, the mairie de Paris owns all the public advertising space in Paris- there's a pretty interesting story about how the city paid for Velib via the advertising spaces. I think that the city has a long history of using and abusing its right to advertise...
I understand that - but national monuments aren't public space, or at least they shouldn't be in my mind. Especially in this case given it's link to the Palais de Justice, and the fact that government buildings are supposed to be ad-free by the law.
unbelievably tacky and disappointing.
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