THE CITY WALL BROUGHT A FAMOUS EDGINESS, WHICH CAME FROM THE UNTAXED WINE ON ITS OUTER, NORTHERN SIDE
The counter-culture was like that of Belleville, but later and more important.
Adapted from a Google map
The Exterior Boulevards replace that wall:
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Night brings out its past. Cabarets and theaters are on the boulevard's — the wall's — untaxed northern side. Most of the fast foods, cafés and restaurants nestle next to them, their lights brightening the dark:
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In the background, the Moulin Rouge
The southern side has no theaters or cabarets, so few cafés or restaurants. It remains in shadow.
That there should be a large store for musical instruments in this theater district makes sense. It probably replaces an older establishment, settled on the taxed-wine side of the wall, since its clients would not have come to drink.
Most light comes from sex shops, brothels' heirs. The cost of wine there was irrelevant, since the wealthy clients did not care.
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