Centre Pompidou as seen from gardens outside St. Eustache at Les Halles This photo, which I took a long time ago, makes the Pompidou Center look like it's smack-dab in the middle of a country wheat field, instead of in the heart of Paris. It's not digital trickery, either... there are gardens next to St. Eustache and I guess I just caught this at an interesting angle looking over these tall grasses. Some Parisians detest the look of the Pompidou because of it's inside-out architecture (all the heating ducts and so forth are on the OUTSIDE of the building), but I really like it. It's one of the more interesting structures in the city, and considering it houses a modern art collection, I think the design is very fitting. Read more →