II.2.2. LEFT-BANK OASIS AND CLOSED SHOPS

MENU: 2.2.2. Left-bank oasis & recent past

PUSH OPEN THE GATE TO THE PARKING LOT, CROSS THROUGH WHAT WAS ONCE THE RAMPART...* 

*Passage Dauphine, pierced in 1825 

Discover landmarks and a quiet that initiates favor but whose excellent boutiques have recently closed.

Adapted from a Google map

 Back to 34 rue Mazarine

L'Heure gourmande

 22 passage Dauphine

A "salon de thé" too hidden for clients come by accident.

Here too, echoes of the past remain,

but most of the creative shops are gone.

• Gertrude Stein, classic movies, Picasso and no cars

• Beloved dinky toys, collectors' items

• Fashion that was classic yet unique

• End of a Japanese landmark

• Evolution

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