37 Rue Andre Antoine – Paris 18ème
Place des Abbesses – Paris 18ème – lets be reasonable and try to reach the impossible
Quiet opinion
I love konass paris
Citizens
These memorials to Jewish children can be found on schools around Paris – a stark reminder of the 75,721 jews deported from France during the war. Fewer than 2,000 survived. These memorials also draw attention to the controversial role of the French authorities in assisting this process – a subject that remains in dispute to this day
Rue Denoyez – Paris 20ème – Monday
Rue Denoyez – Paris 20ème – Wednesday
Rue des Trois Freres – Paris 18ème
Boulevard de Belleville – vers Metro Belleville – Paris 20ème
Rue Ramponeau Paris 20ème – here rest the remains of Albert Chelbluns a member of the resistance – died for France 14 January 1945 – aged 20 years
Rue de Belleville – Paris 20ème
Rue du Faubourg St Denis, Paris 10ème
Canal St Martin – Paris 10ème
Quai de la Marne – Paris 19ème
Quai de Valmy – Paris 10ème
The murals at Abbessses metro have been in place since the mid 1990s – and added to throughout this time. In the renovations of 2007 they were removed.
Le Politburo – I remember it being a vietnamese restaurant. In its new guise it was little more than a stripped out shell – painted red with chairs that probably came from a school and a bar.
Paris has been renovating its metro stations – stripping back the cladding that covered the original tiling and advertisment hoardings.
The murals at Abbessses metro have been in place since the mid 1990s – and added to throughout this time. In the renovations of 2007 they were removed.
Rue des Montorgueil – Paris 2ème
Rue Des Rosiers – Paris 4ème
Rue de Cascades Paris 20ème
Rue du Faubourg St Denis – Paris 10ème – Porte St Denis
Canal St Martin – Paris 10ème
Rue du Steinkerque – Paris 18ème
Rue St Sauveur – Paris 2ème
Villa de L’Ermitage is on the edge of a mini quartier of low rise buildings, one of Paris’ villages – and a home to many film-makers, photographers,designers and artists. In the late 1990s the local residents (many who are prominent french artists) fought and won a battle with the local council who wanted to re-develop the quartier and destroy the village ambiance. It was my home for 18 months.
Villa de L’Ermitage – Paris 20ème, Mosko et Associés
Rue de Moussey – Paris 4ème – M. Lecorre 1979
After helping Kaye to clean her flat before returning to London we sat here in a little cafe in Beaubourg with Andy & Sarte
Metro Abbesses – Paris 18ème
MK2 cinema Quai de la Seine – Paris 19ème
Wembley Foods, rue du Faubourg St Denis, Paris 10ème
Boulangerie de Tradition
Quai de Valmy – Paris 10ème
Quai de la Seine – Paris 19ème, Lets hope you will understand the word ‘respect’
Metro Abbesses – Paris 18ème
Rue Henri Chevreau – Paris 20ème
Paris 8ème
Eglise St Merri – Paris 4ème
William Klein’s retrospective in February 2006 – one of the greatest of all street photographers. Looking through to St Merri in the background.
Walking through Paris from the fashionable 8ème to the rapidly gentrifying old working class districts to the North & North East brings you across a variety of signs and street art on the walls – official & unofficial. This journey takes in the work of contemporary urban artists, Mosko et Associés, monuments and memorials to the city’s history, and the work of architects, builders and artisans who have left their stamp on the fabric of Paris.
This series, collected over several years, also reflects the impermanence of the urban space – murals can be repainted, buildings torn down, districts regenerated and urban improvements created.
One example is the ongoing renovation of Paris’ metro stations, where the plastic cladding walls from the 1970s are being stripped away – to reveal the original tiles and advertising hoarding from the beginning of the 20th century. These ‘improvements’ however can also eradicate more recent history – such as the murals at Abbesses metro now painted over in featureless white, returning the station to its ‘original’ condition. On a recent trip to Paris I also discovered that the prowling tigers in the Villa de L’Ermitage had disappeared – replaced by a uniform covering of gray paint.