Digits from an old gas pump.

The parking lot of the socialist future, gradually covered with grass.

The fire buckets have the distinction of having the curved bottom so we do not use them as trash. Thus, we must present them or store them upside down, or plugged into a stem, ready to use.

Duration:00:04:02

Vidéo / 3m59 / A video in the old hospital Richaud Versailles. Walking the floors, rooftop, passage through the fences (psychiatric section). Thanks to Oracle and Nico for this expedition full of joy. Music: Vitalic.

Duration:00:00:30

Rush 30s / The olympic flame in the Keller swimming pool.

The Degond factory is one of the oldest factories of Longueville. She moved strategically close to the station after the track railway completed. It will employ up to 800 people in the village of Longueville and surrounding areas in manufacturing seamless tubes by stretching, before closing in 2003.

The decontamination and demolition of the site would cost more than 5 million euros. The company had already been convicted in the 1990s due to pollution of the river near the village: The Voulzie. Concentrations of hydrocarbons and chlorinated compounds detected in 2007 are still worrisome.

The train from the airport of Orly (OrlyVal) should serve a few additional stations but construction was never completed.

Like many industrial buildings, the warehouses of the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce and Industry) have been constructed to withstand heavy loads. Both buildings have followed the trend of increasing concrete, early twentieth century. In the manner of some cathedrals, the lower floors boast a strong and massive concrete pillars whose diameter decreases gradually with height in stages. This is especially evident when one observes the facade from below.

Originally, these warehouses were used to store grain and flour. In taking possession in 1929, the ICC enjoys a strategic investment (The Ourcq channel, railway) and modernized the building to add elevators, more capable than the old mobile cranes to the variety of Goods transiting.

Note: This building was the setting for the movie Dobermann by Jan Kounen (nightclub on the docks).