Parc André Citroën, Urban park in Javel, France.
Parc André Citroën is a large urban park in Paris's 15th arrondissement, close to the Seine. The central lawn stretches between two glass greenhouse pavilions, and a long canal with fountains runs along the main axis.
The site was home to a Citroën factory that produced cars from 1915 until the 1970s. After demolition, the area reopened in 1992 as one of the city's largest new parks.
The park's name recalls the car factory that once occupied this site, though today families picnic on the grass and children run through the water jets. The greenhouses shelter Mediterranean and tropical plants, visible through their transparent walls.
The park slopes gently down to the Seine and is crossed by a straight diagonal path about 800 metres long, passing water features, lawns, a bamboo grove and stairs. Entrances are on Rue de la Montagne-de-la-Fage; metro line 10 (Javel - André Citroën), line 8 (Lourmel, Balard), RER C (Pont du Garigliano, Javel) and tram T3a (Pont du Garigliano) serve the park.
The tethered balloon, known as Ballon Generali, lifts up to 30 passengers to 150 meters, not 300, for a ten-minute ride. Its illumination colour changes with the air quality and pollution level, so the light itself reflects the Parisian sky.
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