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Concrete shapes in water. A sort of 'break-water' I suppose. We are in the Saint Martin Gardens on le rocher looking down on a tiny corner of Fontvieille harbour.They remind me of a bunch of 'jacks' - although jacks are made of metal and not quite the same shape. Remember the game of jacks?
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I suppose this was done for environmental rather than artistic purposes. It reminds me of a water feature in the gardens at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. They created a stream that flows down a hill with a path that zig zags across the stream, and at each little bridge across the stream they have used different types of rocks and a different stream bed to change the sound of the stream.
I was never sure how to play Jacks. I'm still not. Are they still around?
It DOES look as if some giant had been playing a game of jacks...
Sometimes it's necessary put that cruzy things to protect. In Mmy city, Funchal, in Madeira island, we some of that.
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They do look like jacks.
Yes, I do remember the game of jacks. Many hours were spent at this game as a child. Do they reuse these I wonder?
I remember the game of jacks well. I stepped on a few bare foot as a child. Quite an orderly and tidy looking break-water.
Looks a bit like the Giants Causeway in Ireland. I wonder who designed the molds for these?
i love the first shot. and yes, I played jacks as a kid.
The French name for jacks is "osselets", which means little bones.
Of course I played those at school...
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