Great Art Cities Explained: Paris

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Before and after: The lost, second river of Paris and its neighborhood and Goblin factory

Very recommendable! Enjoy the heavy French accent of the English speaking French guide! 😊 Tres jolie!

Edgar Degas: Reluctant Rebel

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Donald Trump hilariously trolls Jill Biden after she was caught looking at him 'lovingly' in Paris

Did the First Lady flirt with Trump inside a catholic church? 😊

The organ of Notre-Dame resonates in the cathedral, for the first time since the 2019 fire

This probably sounds incredible, but the sound quality of the video is not great!

Trump sits in the front row between Macron and Macron's wife. Jill Biden just one over. We probably have to thank the First Lady that her husband has not resigned three years ago for fitness reasons!

Olympic Games 2024: Paris votes in referendum to triple SUV parking fees—but only 5% of voters showed up and only 55% voted in favor

Let the games begin!

When you combine socialism and environmentalism! 

Let's hope she will not become the next president of France!

"Parisians have voted to triple parking fees for vehicles over 1.6 tonnes, hitting gas-guzzling SUVs with a $20 price tag [per hour] for inner-city parking.

The change spares inner-city residents with parking permits, focusing on non-Parisians. Electric vehicles are affected only if they weigh over two tonnes.

However, the decision was far from unanimous, with a mere 5.7% turnout (78,000 voters), as 54.6% favored the increased fees.

“The question posed is first and foremost a subject of ecology, how to breathe better, have healthier air,” Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said in a statement. ...

Hidalgo, a socialist, has adopted aggressive policies to improve the livability of Paris for its citizens.

She has overseen the creation of 84 kilometres of cycle lanes since 2020 ...
reminiscent of Paris’s ban on e-scooters last year, when less than 8% of eligible Parisians turned out to cast a vote. ..."

Paris votes to triple SUV parking fees—but only 5% of voters showed up | Fortune Europe

Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo

Paris: Life along the Seine: Diving into one of the world’s most romantic rivers

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Paris votes to ban electric rental scooters with less than 8% participation in the referendum!

What an absurd referendum and ban! This is only about electric rental scooters not private owned ones! 

The Black Amelia Earhart

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January 26 was Bessie Coleman’s 122th birthday. The picture on her aviation license portrays a good looking black woman with daring can do attitude.

Some Notes On A Very Unusual Woman

Why is this woman so much less known than Amelia Earhart?

Long before Josephine Baker, she traveled to Paris to become an aviator. She also got to know Mr. Anthony Fokker in the Netherlands.

She certainly had to overcome many more hurdles than Amelia Earhart to become an accomplished aviator. Her upbringing was very humble (“tenth of thirteen children to sharecroppers”).  She was never married to someone like George P. Putnam.

“Coleman became not only the first African-American woman to earn an international aviation license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, and the first American of any gender or ethnicity to do so, but the first African-American woman to earn an aviation pilot's license.”

She obtained her international aviation license about two years earlier than Amelia Earhart (“June 15, 1921”).

Several man helped her more or less in her career as an aviator: “No black U.S. aviator would train her either. Robert S. Abbott, founder and publisher of the Chicago Defender, encouraged her to study abroad. Coleman received financial backing from a banker named Jesse Binga and the Defender.” Jesse Binga was a black, very successful banker, a story by itself for another time.

She became a barnstorming stunt flier on air shows.

She died too young at age 34 in 1926.

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