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Post by Kimby on Feb 26, 2010 16:47:48 GMT
I hope you have posted some of these images on the Wrought Iron and Wood image bank threads, K2... They certainly merit more exposure.
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Post by lagatta on Feb 27, 2010 19:32:14 GMT
I'm logging in very quickly because I'm working at a conference, where I happened to meet one of the animateurs of Rotisserie Ste-Marthe, a 'restaurant associatif' on this street of the same name. Small world...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2010 19:47:37 GMT
... and that is the 2nd photo on this thread, right after the picture of the street sign.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 27, 2010 21:31:33 GMT
What a wonderful coincidence. Are you going to direct him to this thread, Bjd?
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Post by Jazz on Feb 28, 2010 2:41:07 GMT
A beautiful thread. Of course, I was totally unaware of this street when I was in Paris. I would love to go there. It doesn't feel that 'poor' but it feels richly authentic. Kerouac and Lagatta both, I think, know it well. I love how its uniqueness is somewhat untouched. The colours are beautiful.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17, 2010, 8:03pm, bixaorellana wrote: I found the use of all the wooden store fronts very surprising somehow. Does that occur all over Paris, or only in certain pockets? ....K2: The really old traditional store fronts were like that, with wooden panels to be removed from the windows. Then the horrible "rideau de fer" (rolling iron shutter) was invented and it was so much more convenient than manipulating panels that just about every small shop adopted it. Rue Sainte Marthe has the biggest concentration of the old panels that I have seen anywhere. ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------
The wooden panels fascinate me and I can't remember seeing any of these, only the 'rideau de fer'. The panels are wonderful! hmmm...I would probably spend a day or so exploring and enjoying 'une verre du vin' at each of these cafes as I wandered. Now, I am very curious to see photos of the courtyard that Kerouac was booted out from. Merci, Kerouac.
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Post by lagatta on Feb 28, 2010 18:19:39 GMT
bixa, I'll certainly tell him about the thread so he can see the pictures, but he doesn't speak English.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2010 18:36:53 GMT
Jazz, there are still quite a few old storefronts with wooden panels, but they are usually painted. I was looking at some in my neighborhood today, and they were not very interesting. These are remarkable because they are varnished instead.
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