tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post3471042576263819879..comments2024-03-17T18:23:38.257+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: The Bièvre UncoveredAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-71727268187579613172018-04-03T17:12:42.207+02:002018-04-03T17:12:42.207+02:00Earth Law Center is partnering with Notre Affaires...Earth Law Center is partnering with Notre Affaires a Tous (Valerie Cabanes) to seek rights for La Bievre and as a result, petition for it's uncovering. if you know of any experienced Paris-based lawyers who might be interested in working with us on this - or local environmental activists, can you email me at Darlene Lee, dlee@earthlaw.org? Thank you!<br />dmlpartnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10028679624158026660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-4595363809389419482017-11-17T18:04:49.312+01:002017-11-17T18:04:49.312+01:00Interesting blog, thank you. I am an artist resear...Interesting blog, thank you. I am an artist researching hidden waterways in Paris, so I found your writings very interesting. Bid you create a walk? Would be interested to walk it if you diid.Anna Macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06925740833760738469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-1292373945183633802014-06-29T19:16:49.637+02:002014-06-29T19:16:49.637+02:00Great post! Well written and researched about a gr...Great post! Well written and researched about a great topic on "old" Paris. I'm doing some work on my own on Paris and found your blog quite helpful. Thanks! From http://written-in-stone-seen-through-my-lens.blogspot.com.Dr. Jack Sharehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09068066012491070695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-78568474435227130562010-06-26T03:02:51.984+02:002010-06-26T03:02:51.984+02:00I've read that the Bievre runs through a tunne...I've read that the Bievre runs through a tunnel beneath the Paris Mosque that during WWII was used to lead fugitives to pacquet boats on the Seine that carried them to safety. Do you know anything about this story? Can you pinpoint the spot where the tunnel gave onto the Seine from which the boats would have departed? Would it have been Quai Saint Bernard or Quai Austerlitz, or...? thank Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-85640204071797465562009-07-09T18:02:40.339+02:002009-07-09T18:02:40.339+02:00What a fascinating post - I love stories like this...What a fascinating post - I love stories like this. We stayed a block from the Jardin des Plantes last summer.<br /><br />Of course it's romantic to think of a little stream flowing through the city - I'm sure the reality was always pretty smelly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16110095428156694705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-34698552073504924292009-07-06T23:17:21.064+02:002009-07-06T23:17:21.064+02:00Peter (the other): What's 100 million Euros in...Peter (the other): What's 100 million Euros indeed! It is a figure that seems to have scared them off though, because I think they really were serious about uncovering it once.<br /><br />Peter: It seems to be a very difficult river to trace, although there is much mention of 'bras morts'. I guess the Rue de Bièvre connection is one of those, and yet if it got that far, you'd Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-88675718792666489512009-07-06T03:48:43.123+02:002009-07-06T03:48:43.123+02:00What a sad story... the inevitable (?) "progr...What a sad story... the inevitable (?) "progress" of man and his cities at the expense of flowing water. Makes me think of the Glen Canyon Dam, another case of flowing water perverted, diverted, converted to something totally and tragically other than what it was.<br /><br />Beautiful post !Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-27287298199829262892009-07-05T20:49:12.460+02:002009-07-05T20:49:12.460+02:00Several years ago, there was a great family restau...Several years ago, there was a great family restaurant on rue de Croulebarbe named La Touraine (which according to Google street view, is still there). I guess they were just closed for renovation, because it's a lot bigger now than when we had dinner there.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-35308680723777269322009-07-04T21:50:14.155+02:002009-07-04T21:50:14.155+02:00I didn't know that the idea to uncover it was ...I didn't know that the idea to uncover it was definitely abandoned, unless... ! Somehow, I can understand the decision to cover it, when that decision was taken; it was obvioulsy not that attractive any more and of course completely polluted. Today, you would see it differently, it would be a nice attraction.<br /><br />If your read about rue de Bièvre, it indicates that the river passed PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-23000833871435794772009-07-04T08:09:41.463+02:002009-07-04T08:09:41.463+02:00As an American, I really know how to say "wha...As an American, I really know how to say "what's a 100 million Euros?!" Why we spend that on....<br /><br />Anyway, I am sad to hear your pessimistic prognosis, as they had talked about uncovering the section on the annex grounds of the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, perhaps fifty yards from my little Paris hideaway (anything to brighten the neighborhood). But I suspect you are Peter (the other)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13566863953900423495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-84126664671077946982009-07-04T08:03:55.449+02:002009-07-04T08:03:55.449+02:00Great topic.
The Bièvre story is one of the most f...Great topic.<br />The Bièvre story is one of the most fascinating one about Paris I think.David in Setouchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895289419248698831noreply@blogger.com