Bit of Paris

[mousquet]

Here's a bunch of pictures I took over the past 14 months.
Excuse the annoying face masks here and there; they still were mandatory a year or so ago.

I'll do my best to tell you what you're looking at, so you don't feel too lost.

Starting off by Porte d'Ivry at the southern edge of the central city. There's a cluster of Brutalist residential towers from the early 70's over that area.


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Heading north to the central districts.

This is nearby Place d'Italie.


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The yellow contemporary building is a police station. That's why it has to look like some kind of bunker.


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It's not too bad. We've seen far worse in that matter of police stations.


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Avenue des Gobelins.


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That avenue is named after this old textile manufacture.


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Nothing to do with monstrous creatures that they call goblins in folklore, although the name sounds the same in French.


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This is called Nounours des Gobelins (Gobelins Teddy Bears), a periodic installation art on the avenue.
I was there when they were setting it up last year.


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Boulevard Saint-Marcel and some stuff around.


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That type of Art Nouveau subway entrances is a classic in the city.


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This block in brick over there on boulevard de l'Hôpital is a social housing project that was built from 1922 to 26.


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Let's take a closer look at it.


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This plaque says 10 Jewish dwellers (including a 9 months old baby) from the block were deported to Auschwitz from 1942 to 44 and were killed over there.
They were given away by the French traitors who cooperated with the Nazi invaders.


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An 11th Jew who lived there was gunned down in Vincennes as a Resistant.


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Alright, let's move on to a different area.

Below is a couple of blocks built in the 1890s and 1900s nearby place de Breteuil in the 15th arrondissement.


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Sculptors were very busy in the city back then.


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Half a dozen of buildings show this type of facades, as if it was some sort of standard over the neighborhood in the early 1900s.


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Just some little details here and there make them a bit different from others, like this for instance.


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Otherwise, there's plenty of different things.


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Some light ray hit the lens in a wrong way below.


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I use a lens hood now, but it still may happen occasionally.


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Next is some little bits of the 7th arrondissement and a couple of things around.

This is the parliament (palais Bourbon) where representatives meet.


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It's facing place de la Concorde that's on the other side of the river.


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View on the river from pont de la Concorde.


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Some buildings along the river nearby the bridge.


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Looks like there are some EU officials right next door to the parliament.


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Then Belgium, that's never far away from the EU.


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This is at the northwestern end of boulevard Saint-Germain. These are some stuff at random over the area.


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That guy up there must be an ancient god of war, like Mars, Ares or something.


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I think the building still belongs to the ministry of armed forces, so it can't be Eros anyway.


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House of chemistry...


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I don't know why they're in that district. There's nothing much related to science or education around.
Whatever.


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This building being refurbished at the corner of rue de Solférino and rue de l'Université used to be the HQ of the Socialist Party, but they had to sell it in 2017 because their party was bankrupt owing to their bad results at the elections.


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The Socialists sold it for €45 million in late 2017, then the purchaser sold it again last year for €125 million to a corporation specialized in perfumes! The bargain may include the cost of refurbishment, though.
The building area is of 3,700 m² or roughly 40,000 sq ft. That's roughly €34k per square meter or €3,125 per square foot.

Now let's go to the very heart of the city.
They're fixing the Notre Dame cathedral in Île de la Cité.


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You know, it was seriously damaged by a fire 3 years ago.
It'll take 20 years to fix the medieval thing.


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Some little streets around in Île de la Cité.


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HQ of the cops facing the cathedral.


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City hall across the river.


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Miscellaneous things around the 2 islands.


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This little boat seems great for tourists.


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For locals as well, actually


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Let me have a little walk in Île Saint-Louis by the way.


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This island, Île Saint-Louis really feels like a tiny village right in the middle of the big town.
Even cats can sometimes sit à la cool in the street there.


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Leaving the St Louis island, crossing the river to Quai des Célestins.


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This is an entrance to a Catholic school or something.


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Their facade is quite busy, so to say.


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The building is registered to the historic heritage. I forget the name of the original mansion.


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There's a whole block of the Garde Républicaine (Republican Guard) on boulevard Henry IV.


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It smells like horses in there. That's because some of their units are trained at horse riding.


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They're so good at it that they can play their military fanfare by trotting, like this on Bastille Day, all along the Champs-Élysées avenue.
If you ever rode a horse, you know that's not an easy thing to do.

Speaking of Bastille, the square is over there at the end of boulevard Henry IV.


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Moving to the 9th arrondissement, I shot rue de Châteaudun, rue La Fayette and some surroundings.


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Below is some parts of the CBD around the Opéra Garnier.


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Avenue de l'Opéra.


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Boulevard des Italiens.


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I can't remember where that clock is, huh... Boulevard de Capucines, maybe.


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It's in the same neighborhood anyway.


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Rue du Quatre-Septembre, rue Réaumur and some things around.


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That's the old stock exchange over there.


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It's called palais Brongniard, built from 1808 to 1826.


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It needs to be refurbished.


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Now on to the 3rd arrondissement.


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Finally, a tiny bit of the Latin Quarter and Odéon, there's a lot of colleges.


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Musée de Cluny, the museum of the Middle Ages.


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It was being renovated and recently reopened.


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They added a contemporary expansion to it.


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Odéon.


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Voilà, I think that's enough for now. Lol, I hope it didn't feel too long or tedious.
Thx for viewing!

Oh, and don't be shy and be our guests, eh! This town was meant to be actually visited.

[Crawford]

Love this comprehensive photothread!

The pics of Ile Saint-Louis got me craving some Berthillon ice cream. Best ice cream anywhere. Hopefully I'll visit in 2023.

Have you visited the medieval museum? I've never been, but have always wanted to visit.

[Architype]

La ville lumière, quintessence de l'Europe latine. Très distingué.
Merci pour les belles images.

[geomorph]

The police headquarters must be the grandest police headquarters in the world!

[montréaliste]

Merci Mousquet, tu vises juste.

Paris; la ville la moins laide du monde.

[mousquet]

Originally Posted by Crawford

Have you visited the medieval museum?

No, I haven't yet. It reopened on May 12 and I'll probably have to spend an afternoon in there with some of my relatives next month.
They want to visit it again and asked me to be there. So I'm like . Alright, I'll go...
It's ok, should be entertaining.

Originally Posted by Architype

La ville lumière, quintessence de l'Europe latine. Très distingué.

It's a lot of neo-classicism inspired by ancient Rome. That must even be the main trait of the central city today, but it's nothing exclusive.
In fact, the medieval Gothic architecture traditionnally opposed to Roman classicism originated here. The Notre Dame cathedral itself is an early instance of it.

Originally Posted by geomorph

The police headquarters must be the grandest police headquarters in the world!

The large building known as préfecture de police would have been built from 1863 to 67 in a neo-classical style, precisely, in case you'd actually be curious about it.
It was required by Haussmann. They had to demolish some older things that pre-existed on the island to build it.

Originally Posted by montréaliste

Merci Mousquet, tu vises juste.

Thank you, friend! I guess I got a tiny little bit better at it, somehow. It's actually fun to take pics, though time-consuming.
I can't use any software to correct photo flaws yet, but I might try it in the end by using their RAW format. Of course it would produce some better results.
Also, I could use a bit more of imagination in compositions. But you know, it takes time to learn about this.
Photography is surely a whole trade, eh.

Thanks for the comments, guys.

[bilbao58]

Originally Posted by mousquet

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"F. Potin" above the Monoprix sign. I suppose it's kind of a silly thing to comment on, but I really liked those little Félix Potin stores and am sorry they are no longer there. I have no idea what Parisians thought of them, but they were great for tourists.

Thanks for all the photos. Really miss that city.

[Minato Ku]

It was a long time ago, Felix Potin disappeared in the mid 1990s.

This building was the HQ of Felix Potin, now it houses a Monoprix on the lower floors and the upper floors are offices.
Fun fact : a few years ago when this Monoprix did some work on the basement, they found remains of of former cemetery.

https://www.france24.com/en/20150301...keletons-grave

[bilbao58]

Originally Posted by Minato Ku

a few years ago when this Monoprix did some work on the basement, they found remains of of former cemetery.

Plus ça change...

[mousquet]

Originally Posted by Minato Ku

It was a long time ago, Felix Potin disappeared in the mid 1990s.

Reading the Wiki article, their business had been founded in 1844! The name is known as something original indeed. They were early in that concept of a whole grocery store chain.
It has remained a family business for over 100 years, then it seems Félix's great grandchildren were no longer so interested or involved in running it. So it wouldn't survive competition.

It's only a historic name in that business of retail chain now.
I think their 2nd most noticeable store was in rue de Rennes.


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The Art Nouveau building still shows the name of the original chain.

Originally Posted by bilbao58

"F. Potin" above the Monoprix sign. I suppose it's kind of a silly thing to comment on, but I really liked those little Félix Potin stores and am sorry they are no longer there.

In fact, I didn't really know about the story of that business. It's apparently something original, but again, it seems that the business ended up lacking ambition or innovation due to mismanagement.

Often, family businesses go exhausted after 3 or 4 generations.

[Crawford]

Are the huge tourist crowds back? I'll admit that the gigantic crowds pre-Covid were a disincentive to visiting.

Paris has always been popular, but the last few visits have been almost unbearable in the prime Right Bank neighborhoods. Also, the emergence of a certain country as a visitor base made things more difficult. But I always found the Left Bank better, and not totally overrun with tourist busses and massive tour groups.

The streets around Galleries Lafayette-Opera-Champs Elysees were just ridiculous with the guided groups. And the Louvre, Notre Dame, Eiffel and Versailles were almost impossible except at odd times of the year. It would be nice to visit Versailles without pushing and shoving for hours.

[Nantais]

Nice pics which show the architectural grandeur of Paris, especially from the late 19th and early 20th centuries !
I am fond of mascarons, caryatids and all these decorative fantasies. So much that I've actually been trying to map all those existing in Nantes (though in Nantes, the most glorious era for this kind of architectural ornaments is the mid-18th century) :
https://maphub.net/GuillaumeMartinea...te-des-masques

I've still a lot of work to do (and I guess it would be impossible for Paris).

[sopas ej]

Waouh! Terrific photos, mousquet!

I was particularly drawn to these; I found myself staring at them for several minutes each.


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[Minato Ku]

Originally Posted by Crawford

Are the huge tourist crowds back? I'll admit that the gigantic crowds pre-Covid were a disincentive to visiting.

Tourists crowd are back.
Maybe not a many tour groups because China is still locked.

[Rooted Arborial]

Thanks for the memories.

It's been close to 3 decades since I visited the Museum of the Middle Ages. The span of time for that building goes back to Roman ruins which are

included inside. It gave me a very palpable sense of the city's history and (at that time) it included the opportunity to physically look through pages

of illuminated manuscripts through a clever means of turning pages within a protecting display case without making physical contact with the pages.

The tapestries were also beautiful.

i remember it was lightly raining and the gargoyles were working.

[mousquet]

Originally Posted by Rooted Arborial

It's been close to 3 decades since I visited the Museum of the Middle Ages.

Hi. I eventually visited the museum too. Their collection is pretty big, spans from the Gallo-Romans (1st to 5th centuries) to the very early 16th century and it took me hours to go through the 20+ rooms because I kinda like to read explanations about the exhibited stuff, so you can get a better idea of what you're looking at. It is tedious in museums over here, cause they've got so many things. I think I spent over 5 hours in there, then we got out cause it was getting too crowded.
It is better to get in in the morning, when they barely opened the museum, so there are not too many people.

I was a bit astonished because there are so many things I'm not aware of.
A huge part of the collections is made of religious objects, like it felt really tedious in that matter.
I was with some of my relatives, some of them being faithful Catholics. Even they ended up tired of it. They were like - damn, almost all the wealth was owned by the church back then, like it was wrong.

I found a bunch of items to be garish, overly decorated and of a questionable taste, but that's because I'm used to some modernist culture.

Like you said, their tapestries are impressive. Most are from the very late Middle Ages, though. When they had some more refined craftsmanship. They look very nice indeed.
And their manuscripts are the thing that impressed me the most, especially in the room dedicated to Toulouse. I'd never seen anything like that.
However, we couldn't turn the pages at all. It is too fragile.

They also got a large collection of stained glass, some from the Sainte-Chapelle, even though some significant part of the original madieval work is still in the building itself.
You can see the evolution of stained glass through the enhancement of craftsmanship in their collection.

Overall, that's a cool educational museum. The local Middle Ages were not entirely as retarded as usually depicted over here, but the church was surely quite tyrannical back then.

[Echoes]

Grateful to see some atypical views of Paris. Thank you!

[summersm343]

So lovely. Can't wait to make it back to Paris one day. Thanks for sharing

[mousquet]

I scraped some streets of the 8th and 17th arrondissements, in a hurry, in this November gloomy weather.

Boulevard Berthier on a northwest edge of the central city.


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It's kind of a mess with a range of architecture going from late 19th-century Neo-Gothic to mid-century Modernism, with the ring tram going along.


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Nice little building with some turquoise ceramics.


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Here's the other side of it to the little street behind the boulevard.


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That's some Art Nouveau from the early 1900s, I think.


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More in that same small street, that's rue Eugène Flachat.


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A Neo-Gothic townhouse.


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Pictures following were taken along boulevard Pereire, over the same area.

Flag of Togo, a small French-speaking country in West Africa.


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There are some consular buildings here and there.


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A 4-star hotel.


IMG_2311_016 by mousquet, sur Flickr

It seems alright, but they should refurbish their facade cause it looks too gritty.

There's a couple of tennis courts on the median strip of boulevard Pereire.


IMG_2311_017 by mousquet, sur Flickr


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Random street, I forget which one.


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Office building under construction in rue Pierre Demours.


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Rue Margueritte.


IMG_2311_023 by mousquet, sur Flickr

I'm not going to name all the streets because there are too many.
But pictures bellow are rue de Courcelles where there's some Christmas decoration, that glitters at night.


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Only half of this Art Nouveau building was recently renovated.


IMG_2311_031 by mousquet, sur Flickr

That's because it's actually 2 separate addresses.
See:


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The 134 side of the facade was cleaned up, not 132.
Situations like that often occur because renovating a facade like this costs quite some money.

Things and little streets bellow are along avenue de Wagram.


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Excuse the long string of old architecture... That's just what this town is well known for.

Bon, here's something different on avenue de Wagram.


IMG_2311_042 by mousquet, sur Flickr

I don't know how old that is. I'd seen that building several times in pictures on the French urban development site.


IMG_2311_043 by mousquet, sur Flickr

Right across the avenue, on the opposite sidewalk, there's this Art Nouveau hotel called "Hôtel Élysées Ceramic Paris".


IMG_2311_044 by mousquet, sur Flickr


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It's a 3-star hotel. Something like €130 per night. You won't get the same amenities as those of a palace in there, but the location is very fine for tourists.

I can't even remember what boulevard that is...


IMG_2311_046 by mousquet, sur Flickr

There are skyscrapers of la Défense over there in a distance.


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Now I can recognize that thing.


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That's a Russian Orthodox cathedral over there. I took that pic from boulevard de Courcelles (not to be mistaken with rue de Courcelles).
The short street is named after Pierre le Grand (Peter the Great).


IMG_2311_049 by mousquet, sur Flickr

Building that was definitely refurbished recently on boulevard de Courcelles.


IMG_2311_050 by mousquet, sur Flickr

Some people claim they like grit, but I like it much better when it's all clean like this.

Walking along the boulevard...


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Why did I take that in picture?


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Because of the brick that looks like hardwood floor, I guess.
It's an official building of Portugal.

Museum of economics and historic currencies, in that stunning Neo-Gothic mansion built from 1878 to 82.


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Old statue of Alexandre Dumas


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Of course, Dumas is a most famous author of French 19-century literature.
This piece of contemporary art is dedicated to his dad (Thomas Alexandre Dumas), who was an important character from Saint-Domingue (that's modern-day Haiti).


IMG_2311_061 by mousquet, sur Flickr

Art in front of the Neo-Gothic museum of economics is meant for the French West Indies (Caribbean).
This statue of a pregnant woman for instance is that of a girl from Guadeloupe. I forgot her name, but it seems she was sort of significant in history too.


IMG_2311_062 by mousquet, sur Flickr

I hate fur coats. Hopefully, that of the old lady behind the statue is fake.


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This gate is the entrance to parc Monceau on boulevard Malesherbes.


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Saint-Augustin church.


IMG_2311_071 by mousquet, sur Flickr

They must have cleaned up the other side of it sometime in the past few years.


IMG_2311_072 by mousquet, sur Flickr

I like to see scaffoldings like this in town, to refurbish old facades.


IMG_2311_073 by mousquet, sur Flickr

This 1924 building near the church is a venue meant for the events of officers and senior officials of the armed forces (air force, navy and land force).


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Long lines of trees on boulevard Malesherbes.


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Some contemporary facade for a change.


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An oddity on the boulevard.


IMG_2311_081 by mousquet, sur Flickr

Finally, something random to bring this string of pics to an end.


IMG_2311_082 by mousquet, sur Flickr

So, to summarize, the areas I just posted encompass:
Boulevard Berthier
Boulevard Pereire
Avenue de Villiers
Rue de Courcelles
Avenue de Wagram
Boulevard de Courcelles
Boulevard Malesherbes
And a bunch of smaller streets around.

[Murphy de la Sucre]

now i realize those icon paris pics and life styles, are just certain areas or spots.

most of the places else are as mundane as other cities