Thursday, March 13, 2014

old Orléans


This old home in Orléans is a classic... and in such near perfect condition.

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    1. Yeah, and talk about making good use of one's property. This is somewhat like the flat iron in NYC.

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  2. Une merveille et en effet dans un état parfait. You laughed on me concerning my barn comment hey hey as a student I helped two summers on a farm and I learned a lot. To collect the eggs was my favorite job.
    Tess

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    1. Oh no laughing here. I was born on a farm ! But no chickens... just cows.

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  3. it has so many different things going on with it architectually, i really like it!

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  4. Quite tall! I really like its style!

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  5. Yes you can see the wood trim is perfect. What a very lovely lamp! Wouldn't it be so interesting to see how these obviously proud owners have decorated inside, would be weird if it was ultra modern :)

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    1. Well, you never know here. It could be modern or traditional. In any case, I would love to see the inside.

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  6. I wonder when it was built... Hopefully before the Flatiron!

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    1. I would guess long before ! But I don't know when it was built.

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  7. Goodness, where did you take the photo from?

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    1. This house is on rue de la Poterne where it's making a climb up from the Loire towards downtown. Just across the street is a park that looks out over the plaza with the movie theater. Anyway, steps leading up to the park (and also an interesting modern restaurant) give one the opportunity to shoot the house from a higher than street level vantage point.

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  8. SO different from our architecture here in the south. And beautiful.

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    1. Well I find the architecture in Provence to be equally interesting... but yes, quite different. I love the subtle colors of the walls there.

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