Fertile Theatre

“But it is all an illusion. Paris is no more Paris without its smart young people chattering outside at now closed cafes than New York is New York without skyscrapers. Paris reduced to its architectural essence is grandiose but cold, an unreal postcard.

Yet it is also a fertile theater for the imagination. “

- Adam Nossiter in The New York Times, 24th April 2020

Image from National Geographic

full article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/world/europe/coronavirus-paris.html?campaign_id=51&emc=edit_MBE_p_20200427&instance_id=17970&nl=morning-briefing&regi_id=72104902&section=longRead&segment_id=26036&te=1&user_id=9ea62738cd72ffb8b3bb86cb0b170895