The 13th

I thought I'd dedicate a post to the 13th arrondissement, a part of Paris that is not very well known and is currently going through a ton of development. ( My French University, Paris 7, is in the 13th and thus I've spent a good amount of time there. ) As you can see from some of the pictures, the 13th is full of pretty modern-looking apartment buildings and doesn't exactly look like story-book Paris. Also in the 13th is the Biblioteque François Mitterand, a national library that hosts talks and exhibits and a foresty courtyard. I'm not sure how the French feel about the four buildings—which are supposed to represent open books—but I really like them. All in all, I really like the area.