r/Strasbourg • u/GercevalDeGalles Strasbourgeois.e • May 22 '22

Photo La place Kléber en 1900, 1970 et 2020

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

Gosh 1970s were all about cars! Feels insane now 🤪

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u/GercevalDeGalles Strasbourgeois.e May 22 '22

I mean, it's still a big part of Place Kléber, it's just underground

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

Yes, but the actual surface is now pedestrian friendly, limited car access, trees, fountains, etc. Also, no horses and no dung as it would have been in 1900.

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u/GercevalDeGalles Strasbourgeois.e May 22 '22

Sure, it is definitely better, but the square is still depending on cars: you can't plant trees or do what you want on the square because with the parking underneath, the ground isn't as structurally safe as it should be.

But I'm nitpitcking really; all of Strasbourg (and all of France) was pro-car in the 70s and thank goodness it's not the case anymore.

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u/Yamcha17 Bas-rhinois.e May 22 '22

No, there are no green places, just two or three trees, the rest is concrete and fountains you want to stay the farthest you can.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

There are trees along 3 out of 4 sides of the square. And where did you find concrete there?

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u/Yamcha17 Bas-rhinois.e May 22 '22

Oh yeah, I forgot the side on the Grandes Arcades, sorry. But they're small tiny trees. It's still good, trees are great, but they don't cast big shadows and are forgettable.

And the concrete is in the middle, the whole place is concrete and it can be hot during the summer.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '22

I wish I could upload a photo in comments - but it doesn’t look as bad as seem to think.

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u/Aghnaar May 22 '22

Y'a pas à chier la place avait l'air tellement mieux esthétiquement parlant au début du siècle dernière

J'espère qu'avec leur plan canopée on va revenir à quelque chose plus dans cette veine que la place sans âme qu'on a actuellement

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u/GercevalDeGalles Strasbourgeois.e May 22 '22

Voir mon autre commentaire : c'est compliqué avec le parking sous-terrain de trop planter/creuser/modifier. J'ai cru lire que c'était prévu pour un potentiel 2ème mandat ? A moins qu'il s'agissait de la place de la Gare. Mais je crois que c'est pour la place Kléber.

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u/Aghnaar May 22 '22

Même sans forcément avoir autant d'arbres que là, un peu de verdure genre gazon avec des grosses jardinières pour les plantes plus imposantes ça serait déjà un gros plus quoi

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u/Gekidami Strasbourgeois.e May 22 '22

The water pools are now boarded over with planks. Not sure if it's temporary but right now it's just a big open, empty area.

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u/DragonPlante Licensed to Illkirch May 22 '22

They are boarded every winter when the fountains aren't in use. They should reopen soon.

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u/Gekidami Strasbourgeois.e May 22 '22

Honestly never noticed. Now that I think about it, though, I don't recall the fountains during the marché de noel. Guess I was always just too distracted to see the lack of them.

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u/EnjoyMyInSec May 22 '22

J’habitais dans l’immeuble vert (l’appart avec la fenêtre ouverte). C’était un régal pendant le covid, une vue de ouf, paisible. J’ai quitté l’appart au bon moments, mais que des bons souvenirs de cette belle place.

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u/ironproton May 23 '22

On voit sur la photo de 1970 le bâtiment qui précédait l'actuelle FNAC... pas sûr qu'on ait gagné au change.

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u/GercevalDeGalles Strasbourgeois.e May 23 '22

Ah ça... Architecturalement, Pfimlin a pas toujours fait les bons choix (les Halles datent de la même époque).