MENU: 3.5. Energy of La Goutte d'Or
AFRICANS COME FROM THE WHOLE PARIS REGION
FOR IMPORTS, MUSIC, COIFFEURS, TAILORS AND MEMORIES OF HOME.
Adapted from a Google map
La Goutte d'or ("Drop of gold") recalls vineyards before industrialization.
They ignore European arts and create their own:
These checker players pay no attention to the European art behind them. They invent their own.
Musicians march along railroad tracks that made the area one of the earliest immigrant destinations.
Inventivity that the Monoprix chain diffuses and coiffures that are copied world-wide.
These pages explore the neighborhood's uniqueness.
Map on the door of the Echomusée
