It's been unwrapped, but looks like a major project going on?
Posted by
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA
13934 posts
I think that is still the unwrapping process. There was framework built out over the sculpted stone areas on the Arc.
Posted by
Paris
9569 posts
Pam is right. Indeed, the fabric has been removed but now there is all the framework that has to come down as well.
For example, they started building and prepping the Arc for wrapping in mid-July for a mid-September opening; I think the wrapping itself (the fabric part) only took about 10 days of that time.
So it will be a little while before it is all removed (still faster than putting it up, I imagine).
Posted by
Ohio
2128 posts
Looks like a beautiful day in Paris!
Posted by
Paris
9569 posts
It absolutely is, Donna! Yesterday and today have been picture perfect ! With that beautiful October light.
Posted by
WA State
3961 posts
“Paris is always a good idea.” Audrey Hepburn
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/17/1038287275/arc-de-triomphe-christo-jeanne-claude-wrapped
Posted by
OP
Wilmington, NC
166 posts
I was just looking at the live cam and it looks like they are working round the clock at the ADT. It's after 3AM Paris time and I see workers there. Still quite a bit of traffic around the Arc also. Lots of cars going by.