II.2.2. A LEFT-BANK OASIS EVOKES THE RECENT PAST

MENU: 2.2.2. Left-bank oasis & recent past

PUSH OPEN THE GATE TO THE PARKING LOT, CROSS THROUGH WHAT WAS ONCE THE RAMPART...* 

*Passage Dauphine, pierced in 1825 

Discover landmarks and a quiet that initiates favor but whose excellent boutiques have recently closed.

Adapted from a Google map

 Back to 34 rue Mazarine

L'Heure gourmande

 22 passage Dauphine

A "salon de thé" too hidden for clients come by accident.

Here too, echoes of the past remain.

But more important is the way in which they show

the disastrous impact of brands.

• Gertrude Stein, classic movies, Picasso and no cars

• Beloved dinky toys, collectors' items

• Fashion that was classic yet unique

• End of a Japanese landmark

• Evolution

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