Anyone see the new Les Halles yet? Is it worth seeing?
Posted by
Truro, NS, Canada
3941 posts
I just read an article about how the canopy is leaking...already...and apparently people aren't enamoured of the colour...lol
Posted by
Paris
10201 posts
I wish I could post a link to the photo I saw this afternoon on Twitter in the immediate aftermath of a HUGE downpour about 3:00 this afternoon, and water was channeled through a funnel and gushing like a huge waterfall onto some steps that descend down into the beast.
It's not even been open 10 days!!
Posted by
Eugene, Oregon...Formerly Ventura, CA
2262 posts
Well I just had to find that! Scroll down just a bit....
Posted by
Truro, NS, Canada
3941 posts
It's so funny - we were right there last Sept to visit St Eustache...I recall the construction and a bunch of - I guess you would call them shipping cars that I assume were used for tool storage and whatnot. It was just a big mess - as all construction sites are. Didn't know at the time what was underway.
Posted by
L'Occitanie, France
10623 posts
Nicole, It's been a mess for over forty years. We'll see if this incarnation works.
Posted by
Paris
10201 posts
Well, apparently the huge waterfall out of the canopy at Les Halles was engineered right in and was planned as the means of water evacuation. In times when it's working to displace the water, they close off those stairs (which are metal grill instead of concrete, so the rain just passes right through).
If you search twitter for "canopee" and "halles" you'll probably see some of the photos we were talking about! And some of the back-and-forth.
So in other words, it's not a design flaw, but rather an integral part of the design.