Promenade Plantée

Former railway turned public open space. These first few photos are from the beginning, near the Bastille, where it is below grade. It then leads through a park called the Jardin de Reuilly, where a reggae band was playing, we all watched from the bridge. I thought the promenade was totally cool, especially during this part of below grade. It felt like you were in some sort of murky, humid world that was of another place. The part after the park, where it is elevated, is nice as well, it has a wide variety of plantings, but it is quite ornamental, which detracted a bit for me the character of the railway line. It was heavily used, and I think overall quite a remarkable space, especially when you consider the entire journey. It is very rich, you traverse many different spaces and plantings and textures.







Jardin de Reuilly