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In search of lost department stores
When I was a child, my mother, my sister and I would make a twice-yearly pilgrimage to downtown Toronto to Eaton’s and Simpson’s department stores to buy summer or winter clothes. We dressed in nice clothes for the occasion, took … Continue reading
Posted in Paris architecture, Paris postcards, Paris shops
Tagged A Réaumur, Au Gagne-Petit, Aux Trois Quartiers, Bazar Bonne Nouvelle, Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville, Bon Marché, Dufayel, Emile Zola, Fnac, Franck & Fils, Georges Dufayel, Georges Méliès, Grand Bazar de la Rue de Rennes, Grands Magasins du Louvre, Jan Whitaker, La Belle Jardinière, La Samaritain, Magasins Réunis
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The writing on the wall, part two
After posting the last blog, I had a nagging feeling that there was a question I had not answered and a connection I had not made. I found the question by looking at the images again. It was that date: … Continue reading
Posted in Paris architecture, Paris film, Paris shops, Paris streets
Tagged Affichage National, Albert Guillaume, colonnes dufayel, Emile Zola, Eugene Atget, Freedom of the press, Georges Dufayel, Georges Méliès, Gustave Rives, Jacques François Crespin, Leonetto Cappiello, Loi du 29 juillet 1881, Palais de la Nouveauté
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Discovery in a dairy shed
Some movie reviewers are saying that Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, a 3D fantasy set in Paris, is the best film of 2011. It certainly gets our vote. We loved the story, the characters, and the special effects (well done without being … Continue reading
Posted in Paris film, Paris history
Tagged Brian Selznick, Chateau de Jeufosse, Gare Montparnasse, Georges Dufayel, Georges Méliès, Gustave Rives, Hugo, Jean Renoir, Jean-Placide Mauclaire, Les Grands Magasins Dufayel, Martin Scorsese, Salle Pleyel, Studio 28, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
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