A park entrance in Paris with a green security kiosk, metal barriers, bollards, and a tall antenna mast. Autumn trees and a partly cloudy blue sky fill the background. A white van and no-parking sign are visible on the right.

Paris Park Entrance at Bois de Boulogne

4 October 2017 · Paris

A security kiosk marks the edge of Bois de Boulogne, Paris — green barriers, bollards, and a no-parking sign doing the quiet work of keeping a city park orderly at its threshold. The pale autumn canopy stretches behind the gate, punctuated by a single slender mast rising into a wide, cloud-streaked sky. The entrance is bureaucratic and functional; the park beyond it is neither.

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