Monday, November 12, 2018

"REAL PARIS" AND A PATH THROUGH THE EAST


A FOUNTAIN, A BAKERY, A MARKET, A CITY HALL, A VERY LONG PARK AND A FORMER BUS DEPOT

Start at this fountain on Tuesday or Friday mornings
(Place Félix Éboué, 12th)


Buy a sandwich at the bakery that won the contest, "best baguette in Paris"

Boulangerie Leroy-Monti 
203, avenue Daumesnil


Then discover the city's longest market
("Marché Daumesnil")



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At the last stand turn right and continue to City Hall
(At n° 130 avenue de Daumesnil)

Memorials to the Dead of World War I and to Jewish children deported during the Occupation.

Climb the stairs that face the monument to the Green Flow,  
which crosses much of eastern Paris


Adapted from a Google map








Notice the statues at the top of the building.

"Ground Control," below



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Walk down the stairs, cross the street and come upon a former bus depot
(Now "Ground Control," at 81 rue Charleroi) 



A scene from the movie Lust for Life about Van Gogh, by Vincent Minelli with Kirk Douglass, was filmed in this street (in 1956).

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Savor the sandwich purchased earlier
or street food bought here,
while observing the scene from the vast, sunlit terrace.

End of this section.

The next section passes through neighborhoods
that medieval ramparts still determine.

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Next section,





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