Boulevard de Courcelles...identity crisis?

In Paris, some streets quietly hold their history, façades, pavements and trees woven into decades of change. Boulevard de Courcelles is one of them, separating the 8ᵉ and 17ᵉ arrondissements, it’s a street of dual identities, odd-numbered addresses are in the 8ᵉ even-numbered addresses are in the 17ᵉ. The boulevard was built during the major urban reforms of the late 1800s, aligning with the style of wide, tree-lined Haussmann boulevards intended to modernise and 'open the city to light'.

“Some streets in Paris don’t lead anywhere — they hold everything that Paris is.”

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Part of the “Streets of Paris” Series

Each post shows a street — a stretch of stone, light, and life — where Paris reveals itself slowly, step by step.

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