Paris...à pied, les yeux ouverts, le nez en l'air
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Welcome to Paris... on foot.

 

 

You've reached the free website of a native Parisian who never stops scrutinising his home city for surprising architectural details. You only have to keep your eyes open (or your mouse moving) and gaze upwards to see an endless variety of fascinating features which aren't easily spotted from pavement level. These pages are updated on a monthly basis and if you have any positive or negative feedback, please click on "Contact" and send an e-mail. 

 

 

 

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Topic of the month:workers

Manual labour in town and country is a feature of many façades in Paris.

Architects and builders:

 

 

Workers:

 

 

 

Heavy work: the statues of Atlas in rue de Charenton were prime-winners for the best façades of 1911; they celebrate a miner with his helmet, a farm-hand in his smock, a blacksmith with his apron and tongs and a fisherman in his oilskin. In boulevard de Grenelle workers are given their due at the former aluminium industry headquarters now those of the French Football Federation.

Working family groups: a bargee at quai d'Austerlitz, a craftsman wearing hisleather apron, hammer in hand, surrounded by his family in rue de Belleville, grain and grape harvests in rue Cherdon Lagache (still virtually in the country at the time), a carpenter and a blacksmith in rue de Prague, brick-working and apple-gathering in rue du Vieux Colombier.