Gas stations and parking lots: the titans of urban ugliness, yet absolutely necessary. They're there alright, but they're all hidden underground. Indeed, beauty has its price, and we can start with that sign for 95 octane gasoline: €1.43/L = $7.30/gallon.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Got Gas?
After cruising around Paris for a while you start to wonder how can every single avenue and square look so nice, and then that leads to the question of why can't my city back home look this good? Well, first of all, once you get out of the touristy center things quickly start to look much more mundane, and second, Paris has spent exorbitant sums to hide the ugliness of modern urbanity.
Gas stations and parking lots: the titans of urban ugliness, yet absolutely necessary. They're there alright, but they're all hidden underground. Indeed, beauty has its price, and we can start with that sign for 95 octane gasoline: €1.43/L = $7.30/gallon.
Gas stations and parking lots: the titans of urban ugliness, yet absolutely necessary. They're there alright, but they're all hidden underground. Indeed, beauty has its price, and we can start with that sign for 95 octane gasoline: €1.43/L = $7.30/gallon.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment