Palais Royal - blanc et noir et rouge

Palais Royal

The Colonnes de Buren in the Coeur d'Honneur

is a site for wedding photos or children's play...

or a photo reminder of wonderful

trips to Paris with a daughter.

Joyeux anniversaire, ma chère Holly!

Colonnes de Buren

Coeur d/Honneur

Palais Royal

75001, Paris

 

 

Palais Royal - vide

Palais Royal - empty

The Palais Royal was empty 

with no tourists posing on the Buren Columns.

After the period of mourning,

the garden and the gates were open again.

Palais Royal

75001, Paris

 

Palais Royal - la trottinette

Les Colonnes de Buren

Amid the 280 truncated black and white columns 

of Palais Royal's Les Colonnes de Buren 

one often sees children of all ages (adults included).  

They pose on top of the columns, 

hide behind the rows, 

and even ride in on a trottinette from time to time.

Les Colonnes de Buren

Palais Royal

75001, Paris

Nettoyage des colonnes

Even the Buren columns need cleaning now and then

Palais Royal

75001, Paris



Colonnes de Buren - une étude en noir et blanc

Les Deux Plateaux

more commonly known as Colonnes de Buren

(Buren Columns)

Since their installation in 1986 in the Coeur d'Honneur of the Palais Royal, they have been a source of controversy.  Made of steel, concrete, marble, stone, and aluminum their presence invites playful children of all ages... and photographers.  The angles and points of view are limitless, with or without a human subject.

When the lines begin to run together,

then it is time for rest, play and a good weekend.

 

Les Deux Plateaux
Buren Columns, La Coeur d'Honneur
Palais-Royal
75001, Paris

Petit Bureau - Place Colette

In Place Colette, the very building of Comédie française, is this small office on le premier étage. The office is not be too petite and the view is stunning as the office worker can see the entrance to Métro Palais Royal Musée du Louvre and probably watch the Parisians on the terrasse of Le Nemours. Can you imagine working in an office with the Buren Columns and the fountains of Pol Bury just down the stairs?

Holly, Peter, and I walked by twice and she was steadily at work both times. She is a better worker than I would be!

16, place Colette

Métro Palais Royal Musée du Louvre

Blanc et Noir...... et Rouge!

What can I say? This apple did not fall far from the tree*...

With the Buren Columns there is a temptation to get a little silly and most everyone we saw there was standing on or hiding behind the black and white columns. In the late 1700s this Jardin du Palais Royal was opened to the public and closed to the police, making it a place of much activity. The Court of Honor shown here was updated in the 1980s with this landscape of columns designed by Daniel Buren. People generally love or hate the columns, but the children are in agreement that there is much to love here.

*"The apple did not fall far from the tree" is an expression meaning that children often take after their parents, be that good or not... Holly and I do have fun in Paris and Beyond!

Jardin du Palais Royal

Rue de Mentpensier et Rue Saint-Honoré