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September 20, 2022

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Saturday on the streets of Paris...Rue Traversière.

Today we’re on Rue Traversière, a quiet thread through the 12 e that carries more history than its calm surface suggests. Once used by gardeners and craftsmen, it still feels like a working street, lived in, unpolished, unmistakably Paris. At night streetlights warm the cobbles leading to the arch of the Viaduc des Arts which glows softly at the far end. Rue Traversière isn’t a place of grand gestures it reveals itself slowly, step by step, the way the best Parisian streets do. On the other end of the arch the street crosses over Avenue Daumesnil before doing a strange dogleg before continuing onto Rue de Lyon and ulitmately the station itself. One unusual feature of this part of the street is the discreet 'back door' (seen on the right above) to the church of Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts which has its main entrance on the parallel running Av. Ledru Rollin. “The streets of Paris speak most clearly on a Saturday — when the city breathes out and simply lets you wa...

On the Streets of Paris, rue Poulbot in Montmartre.

Rue Poulbot, Montmartre, cafés spilling onto the cobbles beneath a clear Paris sky. T ucked away on the slopes of Montmartre, is a street that still feels closely tied to its past. Small cafés line the cobbles, chairs edging toward the roadway, as locals and visitors pass through at an unhurried pace. The street takes its name from Francisque Poulbot, the illustrator whose affectionate drawings of working-class Parisian children became widely known in the early twentieth century. Those children came to be called poulbots , a word that remains closely linked with Montmartre’s popular history. Today, the setting has changed, yet the narrow scale of the street, the shopfronts, and the everyday life unfolding here still echo that earlier Paris. *Good article here dedicated to the remarkable ceramics of Poulbot, on rue Damrémont. Part of the Streets of Paris Series A continuing walk through the streets, corn...

Bon week-end...wrap up well!

Friends will gather over glasses, bundled-up smokers will hover by the heaters as the clatter of cutlery blends with weekend chatter. Paris doesn’t rush into Friday night, it settles into it, table by table, conversation by conversation. Wherever you are, i f you are tempted out this weekend by the warm glow from under a terrace canopy be sure to wrap up well. T ake a moment to ease into the weekend with a little light, a little noise, and the promise of unhurried hours ahead. Bon week-end. “On a Paris terrace, Friday begins the moment the lights are switched on.” Part of the “Bon week-end” Series Every Friday we share a small Paris moment — a starting note for your weekend in the city. Browse the full series © About Paris — Bon week-end · Back to Home

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