Visiting the Louvre was a nightmare even when I first went in the 1980s. I haven't been for ages, and don't even like being around it. But I feel like they could set up more entrances, and perhaps market tickets with different "parcours" to spread the visitors out and make the whole experience less exhausting and more enriching. The spontaneous strike this summer was a warning sign that things could fall apart.
Great post, and I am so with you on the eye-rolling of Cohen’s late discovery of greater Paris. I wrote a dozen or so pieces on that topic — datelined Pantin, where I live — for the NYT beginning in 2013 and interviewed the people he did more than a decade ago! https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/opinion/sunday/the-other-paris-beyond-the-boulevards.html And a long piece for the NYRB back in 2018. https://www.nybooks.com/online/2018/04/27/a-grand-redesign-for-paris/
Grrr.
Oh jeez it’s even worse than I thought, then! 😅
I needed that summary on the political dramaz. Thank you! Now diving into your Robb Report piece. Merci!!
Visiting the Louvre was a nightmare even when I first went in the 1980s. I haven't been for ages, and don't even like being around it. But I feel like they could set up more entrances, and perhaps market tickets with different "parcours" to spread the visitors out and make the whole experience less exhausting and more enriching. The spontaneous strike this summer was a warning sign that things could fall apart.
Thank you for this summary on French politics. It’s hard to get a sense of what’s going on from this side of the Atlantic.
I try! 🙏Thank you for reading!