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Tag Archives: Charles Baudelaire
Going, going, gone
In the 1850s, as the old Paris of narrow streets and ramshackle houses gave way to the broad boulevards and uniform apartment blocks planned by Napoleon III and carried out by Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Charles Baudelaire wrote an epitaph for the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Archives de la Presse, Artcurial, bouquinistes, Charles Baudelaire, Emmanuel Delhomme, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Librairie Charlemagne, Librairie Pierre Brunet, Livre Sterling, Mona Lisait, Napoleon III, Notre Dame de Paris, Red Wheelbarrow, Tea and Tattered Pages, Victor Hugo
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Buttes Chaumont: The Park for the People
Although it lacks the aristocratic pedigree of some Paris parks, the Parc des Buttes Chaumont in the 19th arrondissement is my favourite. The Bois de Boulogne and the Bois de Vincennes were formerly royal domains for hunting. But the Buttes … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adolphe Alphand, Bois de Boulogne, Bois de Vincennes, Charles Baudelaire, Eyes of the Poor, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Gibbet de Montfaucon, Gustave Eiffel, Henri le Secq, Jean-Pierre Barillet-Deschamps, Napoleon III, Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Paris Spleen, Royal Botanical Gardens
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