This is a view known to French people, francophiles and news-addicts the world over:
Yes, smarty-pants, I know it’s the Eiffel Tower! You see, what’s special about this photo is not the subject, it’s the place it was taken from. France’s TV culture and pretty much all of foreign reporting in Paris is all centered on a set of studios on the rue Cognacq-Jay in the 7th arrondissement. This is the place where the first TV broadcast was done in France (and the place which all French people of a certain age link with TV in general) and the place where CNN and the like do their reports on happenings in France.
It sounds very grand, doesn’t it? Well, it’s not, really (like all too many TV sites): It’s a metal platform on the roof of a building which is lethal for anyone in heels. Mine fell straight through the holes, nearly tipping me over an 8 floor drop whilst trying to get this picture!
The studios themselves, however, are as cool as ever and it was fun being amongst all the buzzing activity of a place such as this, especially considering its importance to modern French culture.
A vous Cognacq-Jay!
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