Thille : Downtowns
1. There are two downtowns in Thille, one on each bank -- a good thing too, as there are few bridges linking North and South Thille (more about that later). But the real one is on the right bank of the Sainte-Croix river, i.e. North. That's where the big skyscrapers are, harbingers of Things to Come, although they have not replaced all the middle wealth commercials that came before ; some small houses even resist obdurately, but they won't last long (you have to really look for them...)

2. Hey, P. R. found some of her books in the bookshop when she arrived , near the airport shuttle (you can see a bit of the shuttle parking on the top...)

5. That part of downtown is decidedly subdued, albeit prosperous

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7. But this is where it's at :

8. In all modern cities, malls small and big are often places of entertainment, where you go shopping – which can be entertaining in itself – but also to meet friends, have a nice cup of coffee and some fun. Thille has developed the concept or commercial entertainment to its utmost : its really big commercial centers are also cultural centers. The case in point is the Desjardine Commerce Center, known locally as "Blue" (on the left). Its architect, Paule-Marie Desjardine, was then the rather young daughter of one of Northey Lake RISFI's "hippies", but no one laughed at her when she proposed her plan for the new commercial center. It was instead officially hailed as a splendidly daring project (dissenting voices were drowned in the applauds). Not far from it is the Omega Municipal library (on the right , also affectionately dubbed "The Spaghetti", another Desjardine's design. It hosts workshops of all kinds, literary festivals (guess what P. R. went to Thille for ?) and the Art Department of the modular regional university.

9. And you can buy a lot of Stuff in-between more highbrow endeavours :

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We'll visit Blue and Omega next time. P. R. is feeling sleepy...
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