Paris Restages Its Oldest Bridge — and Suddenly the City Remembers Its Cultural Power

Paris has this rare talent for drawing emotions even from stone. Now it happens again — right on the Pont Neuf. The oldest surviving bridge in the French capital suddenly appears broken up, shifted, almost alive. The street artist JR has covered the historic structure with monumental illusions. Printed surfaces imitate rugged stone, simulate cracks, abysses, and opened structures. Standing before it, one momentarily doubts their own eyes. This is…