Sunday, 4 October 2026

Paving on rue du Temple in Paris compared with street improvement in Moscow

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Granite paving slabs on a pavement with sandy gaps between them and a bicycle wheel at the top.

Paris paving on the rue du Temple sends envious greetings to Moscow's street improvements. Whenever I feel like complaining about some oversight of Sobyanin's, I remember that somewhere in the heart of Europe there is Anne Hidalgo, and, you know, all my discontent vanishes as if by magic.

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