La Tour Eiffel • Bon anniversaire! (edited re-post)

 

Above: I turned a corner in the 7th arrondissemnt

and caught my first glimpse of the Eiffel Tower.

Today Paris is celebrating the 130th birthday 

of the Eiffel Tower!

This is a re-post from September 21, 2012 

with some changes in the original text.

                                     

"Qui aurait dit il y a 130 ans que La Tour Eiffel deviendrait le symbole de Paris?  

130 ans et pas une ride!" (Site: Paris à Sortir)

 

Paintings by Maurice Utrillo and Raoul Dufy.

From Chez Toi en France, a bilingual children's book.

 

 Delauney was obsessed by La Tour Eiffel, painting at least 30 versions. 

He appreciated it as a radio tower & symbol for global communication 

as well as for its beautiful design.

This book is in a series on arrondissements of Paris. 

Gorgeous watercolors are by René Oghia.

 

ABC de Paris: Découvrir la capitale est un jeu d'enfant           

by Raphaëlle Aubert

Minou, a children's book in English, illustrated by Itoko Maeno. 

Features many Parisian landmarks.

 9 images in the Paris Calendar by Cavallini & Co. 

feature the Eiffel. 

When I first went to Paris it seemed like a cliché, 

& I almost didnt visit it. 

But was thrilling. 

Far more original, complex , & magificent than I had imagined!