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La Maison La Roche (Le Corbusier) – Things to do in the 16th arrondissement
I visited the stylish La Maison La Roche, designed by Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret in 1923–1925. I booked the first slot at 10am, and was so fortunate that I was the only one in the whole building for the first 30-40mins. It was really peaceful, and beautiful watching the trees and the…
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Maison de Balzac – Things to do in the 16th arrondissement
Descending the stairs of the Rue Raynouard entrance I found myself wandering through the lush garden of the Maison de Balzac, the former home of French novelist Honoré de Balzac. The little bungalow, a museum now, was where he lived from 1840 to 1847. Amongst the original manuscripts and sculptures of the great man it…
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Walk 72 – Pont Mirabeau
Florent (Florent Veilleux) (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)32 Rue Félicien David, 75016 Paris, France Canadian singer-songwriter and artist Florent Veilleux moved first to Belgium (1963) and then to Paris (1965), emerging as a distinctive voice on the 1960s folk scene. An idiosyncratic author, composer, performer and director for the theatre, he was a winner of the Relais…
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Walk 71 – Musée Clemenceau
Clarisse Deudon – COMEDIENNES9 Rue de Passy, 75016 Paris, France Actress Clarisse Deudon studied at the Conservatoire National de Paris, where she won first prize in tragedy and diction. She joined the Comédie-Française in 1942, making her debut in Maurice Donnay’s L’Autre Danger. She would leave the theatre in 1954 to devote more time to…
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Walk 70 – Parc de Passy
Arletty (COMÉDIENNES)31 Rue Raynouard, 75016 Paris, France Léonie Marie Julie Bathiat, known professionally as Arletty, was a French actress, singer, and fashion model. As an actress she is particularly known for classics directed by Marcel Carné, including Hotel du Nord (1938), Le jour se lève (1939) and Children of Paradise (1945). She was found guilty…
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Walk 69 – Maison de Balzac
Maison de Balzac47 Rue Raynouard, 75016 Paris The Maison de Balzac is the only one of the novelist’s Parisian homes that survives today. It was in this pavilion on the hillside of Passy that Balzac wrote La Comédie humaine. The museum displays personal memorabilia of the writer and his family, as well as numerous first…
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Walk 68 – Boulainvilliers
Monty (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)51 Rue du Ranelagh, 75016 Paris, France Singer Monty (real name Jacques Bulostin) was one of the most successful male singers in France during the era of yé-yé music. In 1963, he signed for the Barclay record label, where he was given the stage name of Monty. The following year he released…
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Walk 67 – Théâtre du Ranelagh
Denise Alberti (PRODUCTEURS ET PRESENTATEURS DE L’O.R.T.F.)30 Rue du Ranelagh, 75016 Paris, France Denise Alberti was a radio announcer and presenter on ORTF (Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française) and its predecessor Paris Inter. She was a pioneer in a male dominated radio scene, where women often struggled to get their voices heard. It was Alberti that…
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Walk 66 – Tombe de Sainte-Marie Eugenie de Jesus
Michel Subiela (REALISATEURS DE TELEVISION)11 Rue de Boulainvilliers, 75016 Paris, France The godfather of fantastical drama on French television, Michel Subiela created the series Tribunal de l’impossible, which was broadcast on the first channel of ORTF from 1967 to 1974. An anthology of fantastic (occult etc) news stories that had hit the headlines, it was…
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