Elevated view over central Paris rooftops from Centre Pompidou, with the Eiffel Tower visible as a silhouette in the mid-distance under a heavy overcast sky. Haussmann-era mansard buildings fill the foreground; La Défense skyline fades at the horizon.

Paris Rooftops from Centre Pompidou — Eiffel Tower in the Distance

5 October 2017 · Paris

From the terraces of the Centre Pompidou, the Haussmann roofline stretches west toward an Eiffel Tower reduced to a silhouette by heavy overcast. The mansard rooftops press forward in the foreground — limestone facades, slate grey, the rhythmic punctuation of iron balconies — while La Défense dissolves into the cloud bank at the horizon. The overcast does real work here: a flat, textural ceiling that holds the whole city down to human scale.

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