Place Massena and the Lost Photos

Place Massena was started in 1815 and the buildings are constructed very much in the Italian style as you can see from Galeries Lafayette opposite which has arcades at street level. Great if it rains.
The Place has been much butchered by the new tramway whose tracks are gleaming in the sun but the gardens will be replaced after. I'd like to think that traffic will then be prohibited from this area once the trams are running because it's busy and often polluted.

All my photos from 2006 have disappeared from Picasa so I'm scratching round dredging stuff up so please excuse the poor quality of some of them.
Normal service will be resumed!