The area surrounding the François Mitterrand branch of the Bibliothèque nationale de France is one of my favorite sites in all of Paris. It’s a sparsely populated, spacious, green, modernist oasis off the tourist trail.
The neighborhood is mostly known for the four high-rise buildings in the shape of open books that host the French national library; the MK2 movie theater, with its special large seats made for couples; and a host of modern office buildings – the headquarters of pharmaceutical, telecommunications, and consulting companies.
Here are a few photos taken there last night at dusk (click on the photos to enlarge them).
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