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Posted Jun 1, 2022, 10:45 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Greater Paris, France
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Bit of Paris
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.
IMG_2205_001 by mousquet, sur Flickr
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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.
IMG_2205_075 by mousquet, sur Flickr
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.
IMG_2205_081 by mousquet, sur Flickr
That guy up there must be an ancient god of war, like Mars, Ares or something.
IMG_2205_082 by mousquet, sur Flickr
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.
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