tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post7478933924879826903..comments2024-03-28T11:43:03.678+01:00Comments on wcs: La Tour Montparnassewcshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-52229909907255167492008-10-19T12:53:00.000+02:002008-10-19T12:53:00.000+02:00Hi just passing by to say i enjoyed your post abou...Hi just passing by to say i enjoyed your post about the montparnasse tower, <BR/>last time i was there i stayed in a <A>Paris apartment rental</A> in the 14eme, Montparnasse, very near the tower. The apt is managed privately by his owner. the apartment is really cosy, very clean and the location is excellent: 14th arronsisement in the chic left bank but a bit awary from the mad tourist crowd, still very easy to walk to some of the main sights and the area is superb, packed with street markets, resto and brasseries. I highly recommend<BR/><BR/>EdwardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-88740144179804787422008-10-12T13:21:00.000+02:002008-10-12T13:21:00.000+02:00I get to see the Gherkin every working day – first...I get to see the Gherkin every working day – first from the train, then walking past it on my way to my office (it looms over the courtyard my office building is situated on). Every day as I leave the office there is always one or two tourists photographing the building. Both the restaurant and the café/patisserie have excellent reputations, but somehow I have never got round to going to either. Perhaps if you are in London sometime we should test them out.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-58855704272889479852008-10-12T07:41:00.000+02:002008-10-12T07:41:00.000+02:00justin, thanks!melinda, that's for sure, and I've ...justin, thanks!<BR/><BR/>melinda, that's for sure, and I've never had to wait in line.<BR/><BR/>susan, I don't know London very well at all, but I have seen the gherkin from a distance (and in photos) and think it's very interesting. I'd love to see it up close.wcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-21795970642193679622008-10-11T18:42:00.000+02:002008-10-11T18:42:00.000+02:00Hmm...this photo doesn't sell it to me. The diffe...Hmm...this photo doesn't sell it to me. The different light and different crop of the photo in the post you link to is getting there though. This building reminds me of the Gherkin in London. Up close it is badly proportioned in itself, and in terms of its surroundings, but seen at a distance from outside Stepney Green Underground Station (where it appears as a punctuation point at the end of the Mile End Road) or from the train at Limehouse, where you see it in relationship with nearby large buildings, I have a certain fondness for it. After all, it is so absurdly phallic, how can you not be amused?<BR/><BR/>The Lloyds building, at the other end of the street to the Gherkin, on the other hand, is an absolute joy close up but compromised by its mostly formulaic baroque revival neighbours, which crowd around it and prevent the view of this marvellously creative building from any distance at all, which is a shame.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-13300285277620663362008-10-11T15:48:00.000+02:002008-10-11T15:48:00.000+02:00and the view from the top ain't bad eitherand the view from the top ain't bad eitherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-18596380810783380022008-10-11T08:41:00.000+02:002008-10-11T08:41:00.000+02:00I love all the lines in this photo... such a beaut...I love all the lines in this photo... such a beautiful shot and great composition! I love itJustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11313092689739313021noreply@blogger.com