What The Canals Are Like Now
Locals and tourists alike frequent the canal nowadays. Young Parisians frequently congregate along the banks of the Seine and in the cafes that surround them. Tourists, on the other hand, prefer to photograph historical sites and bridges. Why, then, did the authorities decide to drain the water?
All The Weird Things At The Bottom
The canal has certainly seen a lot of changes in its two centuries of existence. Every ten to fifteen years, authorities attempt to empty it. They’d get rid of everything that had accumulated at the bottom. This was not, however, a routine clean-up. What was it about this time that was so different?