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 wander.”

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Part of the “Streets of Paris” Series

Each Saturday, we follow the quieter paths of Paris — tracing light, movement, and the everyday poetry of the city.

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