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Category Archives: Paris architecture
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 Haussmann, Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville, Galeries Lafayette, Empress Eugénie, Napoleon III, Les Grands Magasins Dufayel, Gustave Rives, Le Bon Marché, Printemps, Dufayel, La Samaritaine, Paul Sédille, Xavier Ruel, Auguste Roy, Deux Magots, Pygmalion, Sabine Forget, T. Eaton Company, Robert Simpson, Sears, Hudson Bay Company, Grand Bazar de la Rue de Rennes, Fnac, rue de Rivoli, BHV, paris department stores
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Colour commentary
In the 1840s, my great-great grandfather came to Paris to study at the Gobelins Tapestry Factory. He was not a weaver or tapestry-maker, but a chemist who specialized in the science of colour and dyes, and the Gobelins was the … Continue reading
Posted in Paris architecture, Paris art, Paris streets
Tagged 32 rue Eugène Flachat, 51 boulevard Berthier, Accords chromatiques, Alain-Charles Perrot, Bon Marche, Build Up, F.-G. Dumas, François-Guillaume Dumas, Gobelins Tapestry Factory, Jules Loebnitz, La Samaritaine, Lycée Molière, Monceau Fleurs, Opéra Garnier, Paris Illustré, Paris Opera, Paul Sédille, Pavilion de l’Arsenal, Pompidou Centre, Printemps, Revue Illustrée, rue des Thermopyles, rue du Ranelagh, Simon Texier
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A closer look at Parisian streets
Over the past week, I have been pondering a comment made by Adam Roberts, the author of Invisible Paris (one of our favourite blogs), about our post on courtyards. He confessed to having mixed feelings about these interior spaces and … Continue reading
The hidden city
One of the distinct pleasures to be had in Paris is the feeling you get when you open a door into a private space. Enter a digicode and hear the satisfying click-thunk sound, or simply push open a closed but … Continue reading
