MÉNILMONTANT, WHERE WALLS TURN INTO ART GALLERIES

THE VILLAGE WAS SO FAR EAST THAT TRACKS CIRCLING

THE CITY CUT RIGHT THROUGH IT

(TOWARD 1850)

Paris ZigZag

The Petite Ceinture ("Little Belt") railroad, active until the 1930's, and Ménilmontant

 Paris in 1859 / zoom

Street art adorns abandoned industrial sites:

Smokestack, loft and figure

Some works are lasting....

Others are even more evocative, because as ephemeral as life:

"March and invent your life."

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