Sunday, November 22, 2020

A SUMPTUOUS COVERED PASSAGE REMAINS


GALERIE VIVIENNE IS SO DISCREET THAT PASSERS-BY OFTEN MISS IT

4, rue des Petits-Champs


Though banality has invaded here too, some shops express the former spirit:  

Lucien Legrand
At the entrance
Founded 1880; Japanese ownership since 2013, but the wines the same.

Wolff and Descourtis
N° 18
The next page says more.

Catherine André
N° 26 

Alexis Mabille
 N° 34

Yukii Tori
 N° 38-40

At the end, a bookstore founded in 1826
Librairie Jousseaume 
N° 45



François Jousseaume, a descendant of the founder

It evokes a spirit that we miss.  

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