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Rue Hautefeuille - old & new signs - Paris
Rue Hautefeuille - old & new signs
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Walking Around: Tres Petit Smart Cars in Europe
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  • By bpacker on March 14, 2005
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  • The Smart Car in Paris. - Paris
    The Smart Car in Paris.
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    If ever you're in Paris, you're bound to see these cute little things zipping around the chaotic streets like a motorcycle. Yes, it's none other than the fuel-efficient, green Smart Car.
    There's also a couple of these in Singapore as well, but none of us have really taken to these little things since everyone buys a SUV these days. Somehow, there's this inherent fear that we'll turn into Fat Bastard* if we enter into one of these things and get stuck there forever.

    *Scottish lump of fat as seen in Austin Powers , the movie.

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    Walking Around: OPERAs de PARIS : The step brother : Opera Comique
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  • Updated By mariev on January 15, 2005
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  • Facade de l'opera comique - Paris
    Facade de l'opera comique
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    Also known as 'Salle Favart' (it's first name) the Opera Comique, (re)built in 1887 (on the location of the previous Comte de Choiseul's private theater) is now just a secondary implementation from the Opera Garnier.

    Initially dedicated to opera comique (a now vanished form of opera) and operette, it has lost importance since the decline of those genres and the creation of the Opera Bastille.

    It now hosts the "Centre National d'Art Lyrique" (part of the opera school) and the only performances presented are french opera works sung in french (along with the new opera singers auditions).
    But, in 2006, the Opera Comique may find a new youth, after undergoing a renovation (2005), it will gain the status of 'Theatre National' (and that means more budget...)

    Address : Rue Favart/Place Boieldieu
    Metro Richelieu Drouot or Quatre Septembre

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  • Website: http://www.opera-comique.com/

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    Walking Around: A house made of ceramics : the Galerie Paradis
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  • Updated By mariev on January 7, 2005
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  • Galerie Paradis - wall detail - Paris
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    If you happen to stroll rue de Paradis (the "crokery and china" street of Paris), you may notice, among the surronding non descript buildings, a very special looking house : the Galerie Paradis
    Built in 1900 by Jacottin, it was initially the Ceramic fabricant Boulenger's main store (the factory was located in Choisy le Roi).
    The facade looks like an italian theatre and the walls are decorated with pictures made out of ceramics.
    The designs are from Arnoux and Guidetti who were also the Maison Boulenger's main designers.
    From 1978 to 1991, the house used to host the Musee de l'Affiche et de la Publicite now situated in the Louvre (in the Pavillon de Marsan).
    If you are lucky enough, you can enter the courtyard and have a closer look (or else, just catch a glimpse though the railings).

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  • Other Contact: 14 Rue de Paradis - 75010 Paris

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    Walking Around: Exploring the 9th district - Place St Georges
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  • Updated By mariev on May 1, 2007
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  • Facade details - Paris
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    Very close to the famous Moulin Rouge and Cabarets, near eglise Notre Dame de Lorette lies the quiet and luminous Place Saint Georges.

    On one side of the place is a peaceful square (hosting the bust of the painter Gavarni) , on the other side superbs troubadour style, statues, and medallions cover the façade of the town house occupied by Thérèse Lachman at the beginning of her career. She later became Marchioness of Paîva (marrying Mr Paiva among all her succesive husbands) and promptly left to take up a more splendid mansion on the Champs Elysées (behind what is now the HSBC change office).

    Her house (housing a financial institution) is impossible to visit but you can still admire the facades.

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  • Other Contact: Metro St Georges

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    Walking Around: The Palais Royal and Buren's columns
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  • Updated By mariev on April 29, 2006
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  • Buren's multi-pupose artwork - Paris
    Buren's multi-pupose artwork
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    The Palais Royal was built in 1629 for the Cardinal de Richelieu and given to Louis XIII after his death. It consists in two intersting parts : the palace itself and the galleries surrounding it.

    The main courtyard, with access via a vaulted passage, is now decorated with a set of 260 unequal sections of columns, striped black and white, courtesy to the sculptor Paul Buren.
    Initially (in 1986), this exhibit created a lot of controversy but is now totaly part of parisan landscape as the columns have been found useful for more than one purpose : children's games, seats, ...

    The Palais Royal houses the Council of the state, the Constitutional Council, the ministry of Culture,those can be visited only once a year (during the journées du Patrimoine - 2nd week end of September) and the Comedie Française (you can visit on appointment or each 3rd sunday of the month : http://www.comedie-francaise.fr/en/histoire/visiter_cf.php)<br />
    The old gardens, surrounded by the galleries, hosting luxury shops, are a haven of peace

    Place du Palais-Royal, 75001 Paris
    Metro line 1 or 7 - Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre

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    Walking Around: Duchamp's Dada Studio
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  • Updated By BeatChick on February 12, 2008
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  • Duchamp's Dada Studio - 11, rue Larrey - Paris
    Duchamp's Dada Studio -
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    Marcel Duchamp's Studio
    11, rue Larrey

    Probably the most famous of the major dadaists (he was also considered to be cubist & surrealist), Marcel Duchamp is famous for his Nude Descending a Staircase (cubist work), his Mona-Lisa-with-a-mustache-and-beard (surrealist work - yeah, I know, you thought that was Salvador Dalì - it's ok, I forgive you!) and his urinals hung on a wall as art (well, that's dadaism for you).

    His Mona Lisa is also known as LHOOQ (elle a chaud au cul), in French pronunciation it roughly translates as "she's got a hot ass"!

    Incidentally, his urinal sculpture is deemed the most influential piece of modern artwork.

    Photos: Nov '07 & Feb '06

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  • Website: http://www.marcelduchamp.net/

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    Walking Around: Le Marais is for walking ... 4e
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  • Hollywood Bagel in Paris! - Paris
    Hollywood Bagel in Paris!
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    And if you do wander you will find what remains of the Jewish Marais centered around rue de Rosiers. The Hamman may be a store rather than a bath and Goldenbergs may be closed, but there is still plenty to see and eat from the funky Hollywood Bagel to Sacha Finkelstein's apple strudel, latkes, pastrami, gefilte fish & chicken livers with onions.
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    Historically Le Marais was a swampy area outside the walls of the medieval city where the Jews and other undesirables lives. In sweet revenge the area is today one of the hippest and most interesting places to stay, eat and walk.

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    Walking Around: Open your ears and Enjoy Summertime Music
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  • By jakiline on May 30, 2006
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    classique metropolitain
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    Go to "Place des Vosges", walk around the arcades, and there you may enjoy a free lovely concert: might be classical music, or jazz, or chanson française...The acoustic under these passageways is really good.
    I first thought it was music coming out from loudspeakers (unusual here) and then I saw these musicians on the picture : it is a string orchestra playing every weekend.
    I volunteered to buy their CD 20 euros: it is a good deal (beautiful version of Vivaldi) and the money goes to their association.


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    Walking Around: Stairs/Streets in Paris
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  • Updated By BeatChick on May 3, 2008
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  • Rue Rollin - Latin Quarter - Paris
    Rue Rollin - Latin
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    What I really love about Paris are all those hills with all those beautiful stairs that double as streets and afford us a lovely sweeping views of Paris. The most obvious areas you'll find these are
    Latin Quarter:
    Rue Rollin
    Passage Jaillot
    Rue Malebranche
    Rue Jean de Beauvais

    Montparnasse:
    Rue St Yves
    Impasse Reille
    Rue Lemaignan

    Butte aux Cailles (13th arrondissement):
    Rue Eugene Atget
    Rue Dumeril (13th not Butte aux Cailles)

    Buttes-Chaumont (19th):
    Rue Michel Tagrine
    Rue Lauzin/Allée Louise Labe
    Rue Francois Pinton
    Villa Albert Robida

    But of course no place is more indicative of these than
    Montmartre:
    Passage Cottin
    Rue Girardon
    Rue des Saules
    Rue du Calvaire (with a beautiful view of Paris)
    Rue Drevet (featured in Ronin)
    Passage des Abbesses (which ends near Au Marché de la Butte featured in Amélie)
    Rue Chevalier de la Barre

    You'll have to be careful following map listings of streets in Montmartre because many times they are actually staircases. You can't drive down these streets although they certainly did it in the Bourne Identity!

    Photos: April 2003 & Feb 2006

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    Walking Around: Paris Walks
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  • Updated By Dabs on May 5, 2004
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  • On a recent trip to London, they handed out a brochure for Paris Walks so we decided to take one while on our December 2003 trip to Paris.

    We selected the tour of Montmartre on New Year's Eve day, it was very well attended (maybe 40-50 people) but it seemed like this was an unusually large crowd.

    Our guide was a young American who had been living in Paris for around 7 years, she was quite enthusiastic and showed us some spots in Montmartre that don't show up in the guidebooks. It was an enjoyable 2 hour tour of the area and I would not hesitate to go on another should (or should I say when?) we return to Paris.

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