chim chim chimneys

there are

 no

 water towers

 water tanks

 on the parisian buildings

 non

 they do have a lot of chimneys

 looking up is incredibly lovely

here's an interesting fact i learned

 see the irregular coloration

 of the bricks 

on that wall

 i nicely edited for you?

 when a chimney is in need of repair

 the

 entire

 exterior

wall 

must be ripped open

and

 rebricked

 when the repair is completed

 i took that photo our first day in paris

 among other places

 we walked to

 or 

took the metro to

 was

 paris' version of the highline 

which predates the nyc version

 by about 20 years

 its called

la promenade plantee 

or 

coulée verte 

you can read about it here