We have driven and walked in my eternal Paris, and would like to have an imprint in my blog on the wonderful family times we had there, There is so much to see , doing my best, and glad found me these older pictures in my cd rom vault ,which now transposing in my blog for you and me, This was my former worked city, so glad to post more memorable spots on it, I thank you for your readership over the years and to bear with my rants! After Paris is to rant, shout and yelled about, me think. Therefore, here is my take on curiosities of Paris , part XXVI !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
The Marché du livre ancien et d’occasion or Antique and Used Book Market takes up residence every weekend under the covered market halls that line the Parc Georges Brassens in the 15éme arrondissement of Paris. The market has gradually expanded its offerings to include lovers of posters, manuscripts, comics, silver-based photographs, vinyl records, rarities, and curiosities. It is located with address 104, rue Brancion , and you get here on Porte de Vanves metro station line 13, Convention metro station line 12, and bus lines: 58 / 62 / 89 / 95, as well as Tramway T3, Brancion station.
The Parc Georges Brassens, the horse market hall now the book market. The halls were built between 1894 and 1897 in the Baltard style, made of glass and metal, with cast iron pillars likely dating from the 1889 exhibition. The two entrance pavilions, which house the park’s administration, are each surmounted by a bull. It was the site of the former Vaugirard slaughterhouses. Today the parck opened in 1985, covers an area of 8.7 hectares on a sloped plot of land that housed vineyard in the 18C. The park pays tribute to the artist, who died in 1981 and lived nearby at 42 rue Santos-Dumont. It is worth visiting for its decor, its vegetation, its ponds and the old administrative buildings on the site. They were created on the site of the Morillons vineyards. This is why, when the park was created in memory of the vines and the vanished Morillon grape variety, 720 cepts were planted over 1,200 m², growing Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, and Perlette. Since 2011, the grape harvest has taken place every year in early October. Here you , also, have the Philippe Casidanus’ puppet theater located there since 1987; it is accessed via 87 rue Brancion ,and is open Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. Between the main hall and the small hall, a statue of the meat carrier by Albert Bouquillon was installed in 1991, commissioned by the City of Paris. A branch of the Petite Ceinture railway specifically served the “Abattoirs de Vaugirard” station (known as Paris-Brancion), which is now disused. Along the south side of the park, there remains the unloading dock and the eastern ramp, between the streets Brancion, des Morillons, de Dantzig and des Périchaux which will be redeveloped.
The official Marché du Livre ancien et d’occasion (old 2nd hand books market) : https://marchedulivre.paris/
The Paris tourist office on the Parc Georges Brassens : https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/parc-georges-brassens-p1161
The Parc Montsouris is a public garden located in the quartier or neighborhood of the same name, in the 14éme arrondissement or district of Paris. This English-style park, laid out at the end of the 19C, covers 15 hectares. The park is home to a large number of bird species and is home to numerous trees. It is located between Porte de Gentilly and Porte d’Arcueil. It is bordered by Boulevard Jourdan , Rue Gazan ,Rue de la Cité-Universitaire , Avenue Reille ,Rue Nansouty and Rue Émile-Deutsch-de-la-Meurthe. Parc Montsouris is accessible by public transport via RER Line B at Cité Universitaire station; By line 3a of the tramway to the Cité universitaire and Montsouris stations; by bus lines 21, 88, and 216.
The main thing that took me here is the observatory since 1905 lived as best it could with few subsidies. It became a storage facility for the archives of the Bureau des longitudes. In 1983, the French Astronomy Association (AFA) and its journal Ciel et espace moved into the premises of the observatory, which had been abandoned for several years. Founded in December 1946 by Pierre Bourge, the French Astronomy Association (AFA) aims to “give as many people as possible the desire and the means to practice astronomy.” It address is at 17, rue Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe,Today, the publications of the Montsouris Observatory are digitized in the digital library of the Paris Observatory. In 1872, the Montsouris meteorological observatory was founded by Charles Sainte-Claire Deville and Émilien Renou. It is the oldest meteorological station in France. This station has been continuously recording meteorological parameters since April 1872, constituting one of the oldest comprehensive climate databases available in France. In 1896, the Saint-Jacques tower observatory was assigned to it. In 1947, a survey tower was built. Since 2011, the staff of this modern center, which carried out forecasts for Paris and the inner suburbs, have moved to the new headquarters in Saint-Mandé (Val de Marne no 94). The sensors, which are the unique feature of the Montsouris site, remain on site, however, their data are collected by regular transmission every 6 minutes. As of 2022, only seven stations have this status in France, and the Montsouris station has the longest series of measurements.
The Parc Montsouris was conceived during the Second Empire (Napoléon III) as part of a project intended to provide Parisians with green spaces at the four cardinal points of Paris. Haussmann decided to build it in 1860. Today is a public garden maintained by the City of Paris’s green spaces department. Other things to see here are : the 1881 International Electricity Exhibition, the kiosk was reassembled in the park in 1884. Initially intended to shelter walkers, it was transformed into a bandstand in 1884. Designed to adorn the column in Square d’Anvers, this statue dates from 1888. Removed in 1968, it was reinstalled in Montsouris Park in 1984.The Paris Meridian crosses Parc Montsouris . A stele, the southern marker of the Paris Meridian, approximately marks its location. The Montsouris Pavilion , this restaurant, created in 1889 under the name Pavillon du Lac, dressed in a glass roof in 1930, has received prestigious clients such as Lenin and Trotsky, Beauvoir and Sartre, Jouvet and Carné, etc. The RER B line crosses the Parc Montsouris the line crosses the park partly on an embankment, partly in an open-air trench. Two bridges allow pedestrians to pass from one part of the park to another. More than 1,400 trees are planted here, most of which are centuries old. Numerous sculptures created between 1878 and 1960 adorn the park: works by Étex, Lipsi, Desca, Valsenis, etc. Electric lighting in the park was installed in 1904. The current cast iron street lamps, equipped with “lyre” fixtures, date from 1907.
The official Association Française d’Astronomie : https://www.afastronomie.fr/protection-du-ciel
The Paris tourist office on the Parc Montsouris : https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/parc-montsouris-p3531
The Rue de la Pompe is located in the La Muette and Porte-Dauphine quartiers or neighborhoods of the 16éme arrondissement or district of Paris. The street owes its name to the pump that supplied water to the Château de la Muette. It is one of the longest streets in the district, from Avenue Henri Martin to Avenue Foch. The street is served on the north side by metro line 2 at Victor Hugo station, halfway along the street, and on the south by line 9 at Rue de la Pompe and La Muette stations, and at its southern end by RER Line C at Boulainvilliers station. I came here often for a while as have friends living on the street.
Some of the notable buildings here are : The British writer and illustrator George du Maurier spent his childhood on the street. He had the main character of his first novel, Peter Ibbetson, grow up there. At No. 9: Huret bookshop, founded in 1973, specializing in old books, rare editions and manuscripts as well as “plats historiaés” (works published after 1865 with a buckram cover). No. 11: On this level, in 1854, the writer Jules Janin had a two-story wooden chalet built. The land had just been detached from the park of the neighboring Château de la Muette by the construction of the Auteuil railway on what is now Boulevard Émile-Augier. On the facade of the chalet, Jules Janin had the verses of Clément Marot inscribed. He received personalities such as the Abbé d’Auteuil Lamazou, the writers Lamartine and Nerval, the composer Hector Berlioz and the politician Émile Ollivier. He died there in 1874. The chalet then passed to Colonel Mannheim. When the layout of Rue Gustave-Nadaud, which forms the corner with Rue de la Pompe, was revised, the chalet was demolished. No. 25: former Orève florist, opened after the construction of the building in 1911. The front, three arcades covered in glazed bricks with mosaics representing plant motifs, has remained identical. Greenhouses were once located at the back of the shop. Orève was closed in 1987 and became a restaurant, Bon, designed by Philippe Starck (see pic) , No. 31: Lycée Gerson, Catholic educational establishment. Benjamin Jaurès lived there at his death, Nos. 51 bis-53: Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Spanish Catholic Mission), No. 52: The school of La Providence was established here in 1897, whose origins date back to the establishment founded in 1816 by Madame Royale (Marie-Thérèse de France first daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette) , and the Sisters of Providence of Portieux in the parish of Saint-Roch; it had several addresses before moving to 28, rue des Marronniers in 1886, then rue de la Pompe. No. 73, at the intersection with avenue Henri-Martin: the City/town hall of the district. No. 89: The writer François Mauriac settled here in July 1913 until 1931. His son Claude Mauriac, also a writer, was born here on April 25, 1914. The actress Brigitte Bardot, as well as Jacques Attali, also lived here. The resistance fighter Pierre Brossolette ran a bookstore here between 1940 and 1942. No. 115: Marshal Joseph Joffre lived here; a plaque commemorates him. Russian novelist Irène Némirovsky also lived there, after fleeing Bolshevik Russia in 1919; Venezuelan legation in the 1920s, No. 118: Lamartine bookstore, founded in 1926. It owes its name to the poet Alphonse de Lamartine, who lived in a now-destroyed chalet located nearby, at nos. 107-113 Avenue Henri-Martin. In collaboration with Le Livre de poche, the Lamartine bookstore organizes a readers’ prize every year, No. 129 bis: Renoma men’s clothing store, opened by Maurice Renoma in 1963. The store achieved rapid success, dressing young people from bourgeois neighborhoods as well as personalities such as Nino Ferrer, Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Serge Gainsbourg. During the Occupation in WWII, offices of the Resistance were set up on rue de la Pompe, where Jean Moulin’s secretary, Laure Diebold, worked. On September 24, 1943, she was arrested by the Nazis. In 1919, Isadora Duncan bought the demolished Bethoven hall on the street.
A bit of history tell us that this road, which existed as a path in 1730, ran alongside the walls of the Château de la Muette and then crossed the Passy plain. At the beginning of the 19C, the street was lined with buildings, from the Grande rue to the rue du Moulin-de-la-Tour ; beyond, it was a path that led to the route de Neuilly. Before the annexation to Paris of the village of Passy, and by decree of July 25, 1851, this road was part of the D10 road. The part that was between the avenue Foch and the rue Pergolèse took the name of “rue Duret” in 1868. The small square in front of the avenue Jules-Janin was classified by decree of January 8, 1887 and then incorporated into the rue de la Pompe by no. 12. Another entrance to this private road is located at no. 32 of the rue de la Pompe.
The Paris tourist office on the 16éme arrondissement or district : https://parisjetaime.com/eng/article/a-la-decouverte-du-16e-arrondissement-de-paris-a830
There you go folks, a dandy city to explore and enjoy with the family, Memorable moments in my eternal Paris, driving and walking all over in my road warrior trails brings out sublime awesome spots with nice memorable family visits of yesteryear always remember and always looking forward to be back, eventually. Again hope you enjoy the post on curiosities of Paris, part XXVI !!! as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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