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Napoleon slept here
I don’t remember where I bought the postcard, although the price on the back shows that I lashed out a whopping 5 euros on it. It shows an undistinguished shopfront covered in advertising. It must have been the caption that … Continue reading
Red children and foundling wheels
Some Paris names evoke long-gone places in the city’s past. The name Tuileries now represents a garden, before that a palace with a violent history, and before that, an area where tiles were made. I’ve always found it interesting that … Continue reading
Posted in Paris history, Paris hospitals, Paris markets
Tagged Assistance Publique de Paris, Île de la Cité, Boulevard Denfert-Rochereau, Charles Marville, Enfants de Dieu, foundling wheel, Hôpital de la Trinité, Hôpital St-Vincent-de-Paul, Henri Pottin, Hospice des Enfants Assistés, Hotel Dieu, Institution de l'Oratoire, Jean le Rond d’Alembert, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Marché des Enfants Rouges, Rachel Ginnis Fuchs, St Vincent de Paul, St. Vincent de Paul, tour d'abandon, wet nurses
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Rescued from oblivion
On the morning of April 12, 2016, three of us set out from this courtyard on an astounding walk through the Marais. But the story starts much earlier. In 1980, a sharp-eyed passerby spotted some photographs in a Paris dumpster … Continue reading
Posted in Paris architecture, Paris history, Paris markets, Paris quartiers, Paris streets
Tagged A. Cayeux, André Malraux, îlots insalubres, Creaphis Editions, F. Nobécourt, Janvier Graveur Estampeur, Le Pas Sage, Malraux law 1962, Marais, Marché des Enfants Rouges, Paris Marais 43, Paris Occupation, Patrice Roy, rue Michel le Comte, Second World War
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Make do and mend
I took my umbrella to Paris in March. It was not that I needed it to keep off the rain. It was so that I could do something with it in Paris I could not do in Canada: get it … Continue reading
Posted in Paris flea markets, Paris markets, Paris nostalgia
Tagged apprenticeship, Atelier Cerami'K, brocante, campagnonnage, guilds, Musée du Compagnonnage, Passage de l’Ancre Royale, Patrimoine Vivant, Pep's, rebus, serrurerie, Sophie Jehan, Thierry Millet, umbrella, vide-grenier, Yves Lapellegerie
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Eking out a living on the streets of Paris
Paris has a reputation as a city of glitz and glamour. But in the early 20th century, beneath the glamour, many barely survived from day to day. In London, journalist and reformer Henry Mayhew had written a multi-volume study, London … Continue reading
Postcards of a Working River
We don’t often think of Paris as a port city. But the city handles about 20 million tonnes of cargo a year, and with more than 7 million people travelling on the river each year, Paris is the leading river … Continue reading
Posted in Paris bridges, Paris history, Paris markets, Paris postcards, Seine
Tagged Antoine-Rémy Polonceau, Bassin de l’Arsenal, bateaux mouches, Bercy, Colonne de Juillet, La Seine, Les Halles de Bercy, Paris Flood 1910, passerelle Debilly, péniches, Place de la Bastille, Pont Alexandre III, Pont au Change, Pont des Arts, Pont des Saints-Pères, Pont du Carrousel, Pont Mirabeau, Port de l'Hotel de Ville, Port du Louvre, Port Saint-Nicolas, Quai d'Austerlitz
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The chariot on the Champs-Elysées
For many people in Paris, owning a car is neither necessary nor desirable. Transit service is good and parking is difficult. But that means that when your groceries include, say, containers of milk or orange juice, bottles of wine or … Continue reading
Posted in Paris food, Paris markets, Paris shops
Tagged caddie, Champs Elysees, chariot, Monoprix, Montparnasse, Parc Monceau, Perigot, rue Raymond Losserand, sac à roulettes
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On reaching 100 – blogs, that is
When we posted our first blog on July 27, 2010, called “The Sounds of Paris,” we had fairly simple objectives. We wanted to use our photographs of Paris, our shelf of books on the city, and our small collection of … Continue reading
Posted in Paris markets, Paris postcards
Tagged Adam Roberts, antique postcards, Bibliothèque Forney, bibliothèque historique de la ville de paris, Doni Belau, Eugene Atget, Franco-Prussion War, Girls' Guide to Paris, Hotel de Sens, Invisible Paris, Les Grands Magasins Dufayel, Lorraine, Marais, Marche aux Vieux Papiers, Paul Davenport, postcards, Richard Ewen, rue Davioud, rue du Ranelagh, St-Mandé, Verrerie Haroux
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