MÉNILMONTANT, WHERE WALLS TURN INTO ART GALLERIES

THIS VILLAGE WAS SO FAR EAST THAT TRACKS CIRCLING

THE CITY CUT RIGHT THROUGH IT

(TOWARD 1850)

 Paris ZigZag 

     Paris in 1859 / zoom

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

Street art adorns abandoned industrial sites:

Smokestack, loft and figure

Some works are lasting....

But most are still more evocative, because they are as ephemeral as life is:

"March and invent your life."

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