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Paris Part One- Promenade Plantée & Le Viaduc des Arts

July 4, 2007 · Filed under travel

Perhaps not a typical first post about a trip to Paris… but one of my favorite places on my recent trip was to the Promenade Plantee and Le Viaduc des Arts.  The Viaduc des Art is the name of the arts & crafts stores located in the arches of the brick arcade– the Promenade Plantee is the lush garden path on top.  The structure is 19th-century railway viaduct that creased operation in 1969.  When you are walking on the Promenade through flowers and trees you are about 3 stories up and the view of the roof tops is beautiful.  People eat their “take-away” sandwiches for lunch up top and old men stroll in their straw hats…

Promenade Plantée

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Some links with information:

http://www.promenade-plantee.org/

http://www.viaduc-des-arts.com/GB/index.html

 -a

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The network of a Community

May 8, 2007 · Filed under community, travel

louisville view from sojourn

I spent the weekend in Louisville, visiting my dear friend E. Sunny weather, Derby pie, and lush green trees. We visited a new local coffee roaster, Sunergos, where indie rockers and moms from the neighborhood stop in for a cup of coffee. Sunergos was started by a few friends of E.

They supply the coffee for Sojourn Church.  Sojourn recently purchased their first building: a old elementary school in a developing neighborhood. They have spent a lot of time refurbishing the building. The first floor is where the services are held. The foyer has been turned into an art gallery, their current exhibition is called Cultivate Beauty. The second floor contains church offices, a community art studio and class rooms for community classes (GED classes, Heath Fairs, etc). The third floor is rented office and studio space for outside companies and artists. Sojourn publishes an interesting quarterly called Travelogue.

Some members of Sojourn have moved to live in the same neighborhood as the church, to continue to develop and build the local community.

……C

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