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Post by kerouac on Feb 17, 2010 17:05:48 GMT -5
Rue Sainte Marthe has long been my favorite street representing crumbling old 'poor' Paris. While few people will regret the disappearance of the most decrepit areas of the city, there is a certain charm to the tattered old buildings. On rue Sainte Marthe, there is an effort to save them and to give them a whole new character with bright paint. Nevertheless, some of the street is disappearing. Hurry up if you want to see it before it is gone. |
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keylimejet
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Post by keylimejet on Feb 17, 2010 17:12:25 GMT -5
Fabulous pictures - thanks for sharing! In a lot of the photos, though, everything looks so deserted. Were you there at a time of day when most of the businesses were closed? I hope so, for the neighborhood's sake!
Joy
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Post by kerouac on Feb 17, 2010 17:39:06 GMT -5
Actually, it was a Sunday evening -- but when all of the shutters are closed, you get a lot more color!
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nutsabouttravel
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Post by nutsabouttravel on Feb 17, 2010 18:22:30 GMT -5
I just love this area and walked all around there in Oct. There's a cute little resto in the Pl. Ste-Marthe which was closed the day I was there. Anyone know the name and if it is any good?
Mary
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Post by Jody on Feb 18, 2010 6:19:03 GMT -5
That's going on The List!
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Post by Anne on Feb 18, 2010 7:34:18 GMT -5
Very interesting Kerouac, judging from your pictures this looks like the typical transformation of a poor area into a bobo one, just like what happened on nearby canal St Martin. Well, if it's the only way to save an area, I guess that it's a positive thing. However, this kind of things also increase the decades-long tendancy to push the lower working-class population out of Paris towards distant and bleak banlieue, I bet that property prices are on a steep raising slope in this street.
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Post by sistereurope on Feb 18, 2010 9:24:15 GMT -5
Hi Kerouac! Thanks so much for posting these...I'll be sure to have a look for myself in May, as the area is literally across the canal from where I'll be staying. Glad to see you again  And Anne, I agree with you. It's been a problem in many expensive cities here in the US. The gentrification issue. Where do the poor and working class people go? I think that once every place becomes only for the rich and upper middle classes, it loses it's soul. Although it is also a dilemma for my liberal soul, because if I were completely honest, I selfishly would love to buy something in one of those gentrified areas. And it is nice to see old places restored to their former beauty... |
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Post by mossie on Feb 18, 2010 9:30:51 GMT -5
Thanks for another insight into Paris. I was going to say the real Paris, but Anne has I suppose hit the nail on the head. Lovely wallpaper in that building suffering demolition  |
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Post by kerouac on Feb 18, 2010 17:37:33 GMT -5
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hahahha