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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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Ticket to ride
Here’s a question for contestants in a game of “Connaissez-vous Paris?” How many railway stations are there in Paris? Most people would say six: St-Lazare, Nord, Est, Lyon, Austerlitz, and Montparnasse (the original version of this station is shown above). … Continue reading
Posted in Paris history, Paris metro, Paris travel
Tagged Alan Sutton, Auteuil, Boulainvilliers, Chemin de Fer de Vincennes, Courcelles-Levallois, Denfert-Rochereau, Gare de Reuilly, Gare de Vincennes, Gare du Pont Mirabeau, Gare Montparnasse, Gare St-Lazare, gares paris, Javel, Paris et ses 50 Gares, Paris railway stations, Paris train stations, Pascal Lambérieux, Passy-La Muette, Pereire-Levallois, Petite Ceinture, Place de la Bastille, Port-Royal, railway line, railway stations, railway travel, Réseau Express Régional, Roger-Viollet, Sceaux, Verneuil l’Etang, Viaduc des Arts
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Finding Typewriter History in Paris
My five-year-old grandson doesn’t know what they are. Actor Tom Hanks collects them. And I am so captivated by their beauty and their astounding variety that I am writing a book about them, in collaboration with Martin Howard, another well-known … Continue reading
Posted in Paris expositions, Paris history, Paris postcards, Paris typewriters
Tagged 8 boulevard des Capucines, antique typewriters, antiquetypewriters.com, Antiquités Brocante Bastille, Bassin de l’Arsenal, boulevard des Capucines, Comte Charles de Villelume de Sombreuil, François Lambert, Frank Lambert, Grand Palais, Gresham College, Institution Millet-Ducloux, Jacques Offenbach, Joel Garcia Organisation, Lambert typewriters, Lambert water meter, L’Écho de Paris, Martin Howard, Nevers France, Paris Book Fair, Paris Exposition 1900, Paris International Antiquarian Book Fair, Peter Weil, Place de la Bastille, Pont-de-Beauvoisin, postcards, Remington, Remington Typewriter Co., Richard Polt, rue Vivienne, Sidney Hébert, Sir Thomas Gresham, Smith Premier No. 4, Smith Premier tyepwriter, stenographic machine, Stenophile, The Gresham, Tom Hanks, typewriters, typewriting class, typewriting school, Yost typewriter
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Child’s Play
We never cease to be amazed at the persistence of traditional children’s pastimes in Paris. Merry-go-rounds (known as manèges) are found throughout the city. Some offer children the added enjoyment of spearing brass rings as they go around the circle. … Continue reading
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