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Le Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville
Sooner or later, we know, we will end up having lunch at the Cantine in the BHV (Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville). It’s central. It’s inexpensive. The food is good. The view from the big windows is magnificent. And of … Continue reading
Posted in Paris architecture, Paris shops
Tagged Auguste Roy, Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville, BHV, Deux Magots, Dufayel, Empress Eugénie, Fnac, Galeries Lafayette, Grand Bazar de la Rue de Rennes, Gustave Rives, Haussmann, Hudson Bay Company, La Samaritaine, Le Bon Marché, Les Grands Magasins Dufayel, Napoleon III, paris department stores, Paul Sédille, Printemps, Pygmalion, Robert Simpson, rue de Rivoli, Sabine Forget, Sears, T. Eaton Company, Xavier Ruel
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Walking on cast iron in Paris
Every day, hundreds of thousands of feet pound, skip, saunter, or slog across them. Yet very few people stop to look at the cast iron embedded in Paris’s roads and sidewalks. Some pieces are intricately designed; many glisten with the … Continue reading
Finding the world in Paris postcards
Last week we showed a picture of a bridge, which was on my list of must-sees in Paris. And I wondered how many of those who flock to the Eiffel Tower also visit the 1867 suspension bridge over the artificial … Continue reading
Posted in Paris bookstores, Paris bridges, Paris flea markets, Paris history, Paris nostalgia, Paris parks, Paris postcards, Paris shops
Tagged Gustave Eiffel, Haussmann, Leonard Pitt, Marché aux Timbres et aux Cartes téléphoniques, Marechal, Montparnasse, Napoleon, Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Passage des Panoramas, Passage Jouffroy, Porte de Vanves, postcards
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Memento mori
The past is ever-present in Paris, and so are the dead. I don’t know of another city in which so many of the top tourist sites are in some way memorials to those who have gone before. There is the … Continue reading
Posted in Paris history, Paris popular culture
Tagged Charles Meryon, CPR Annie, Haussmann, Institut médico-légal, L'Inconnue de la Seine, La Morgue, Le Journal Illustre, Les Invalides, Man Ray, Paris Catacombs, Paris cemeteries, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Quai de l'Archevêché, Rescue Annie, Thomas Cook
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