It seems like forever that the Franklin Roosevelt metro station has been in shambles. The new station was finally unveiled about two months ago.The slick redo has black tile arches, and elegant chandeliers with low lighting that make it look more like a nightclub than a metro station. It's state of the art now, with touch tone screens to help locate where you are plus maps of the city and other screens have various ad campaigns, with some by artist Marko Echeverria. The name of the station is translated into Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian.
Franklin Roosevelt Station, Line 1
Directions: Chateau de Vincennes and La Defense
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Oh I love the redo. I"m sure the touch screen is an improvement but I'm sure I can still get turned around! HA
Posted by: Virginia | August 15, 2011 at 02:08 PM
Very elegant and techy. Agree that getting lost or turned around happens to us all. More Metro, please Richard.
Posted by: Jean(ne) P in MN | August 15, 2011 at 02:49 PM
At first I was kind of sad...it's all so techno and modern, and I loved the old tiled Metro stations. But then I realized, this is what makes Paris so fantastic. The city is not a museum to the past, but mixes past and present so beautifully at every turn. Thanks for sharing this!
Posted by: Chezbonnefemme | August 15, 2011 at 10:51 PM
Thank you for taking these photos Richard. I was horrified when I first took a Metro at this stop this past winter. Glad that the French Govt cleaned it up so beautifully, elegantly and wonderfully.
Posted by: Sharon | August 16, 2011 at 02:26 PM
how cool is that! another reason why we all prefer Paris. . .
what a beautiful metro station, I hope they will make them all like that. Wonder if they fixed the torturous labyrinth one had to navigate before at FDR?
Posted by: ROSEMARY | August 16, 2011 at 02:28 PM
Our friend Mireille lives close to this station, so it is the one we use most frequently when we are in Paris. Thanks for this blog post. It did need a bit of a clean up .... Didn’t it .... Especially for so nice an area.
Posted by: Marilyn | August 16, 2011 at 02:28 PM