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Objet 38 – Les Francs Garçons
Les Francs Garçons (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)150 Bd de la Villette, 75019 Paris, France Folk outfit Les Franc Garcons were a seven piece band consisting of Michel Hubert, Claude Polivert, Michel Prouteau, Gérard Martin Dupont, Bernard Fevre, Claude Vanzini, and Alain Robin. They were regular performers at Don Camilo, the Parisian cabaret in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quartier.…
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Objet 37 – Chalet Édouard / Rue Manin
Located at 33 rue Manin, Chalet Édouard was originally built to be used as a wine and liqueur merchant. Known as the Gouault Room, named after it’s owner, it was ideally located opposite the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, and regularly served as a conference venue for socio-political groups (also as a concert and banquet hall). In…
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Objet 36 – Parc des Buttes Chaumont
The Parc des Buttes Chaumont is a public park situated in the 19th arrondissement. It is the fifth-largest park in Paris, after the Bois de Vincennes, Bois de Boulogne, Parc de la Villette and Tuileries Garden. Opened in 1867, late in the regime of Napoleon III, it was built according to plans by Jean-Charles Adolphe…
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Walk 39 – Butte Bergeyre
Claire Motte – Opera de Paris (DANSEUSES)2 Rue de Meaux, 75019 Paris, France Claire Motte was a French ballerina, choreographer and dance teacher. After studying under Carlotta Zambelli, she entered the Paris Opera Ballet when she was 14. Rising quickly through the ranks, she was named a danseuse étoile in December 1960. As a result…
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Walk 38 – Bolivar
Rosalie Dubois (CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)38 Av. Secrétan, 75019 Paris, France Working as a fishmonger on the rue des Abbesses, Rosalie Dubois dreamt of becoming a high flying lawyer or a famous singer. When she won the N°1 de Demain song contest in 1959 (organised by the radio station Europe 1) her fate was sealed. In…
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Walk 37 – La paroisse Saint-Serge-de-Radonège
See an object relating to Rue Manin HERE. Maurice Vanderschueren (Vander) – (Piano)12 Rue Manin, 75019 Paris, France Maurice Vanderschueren (known as Maurice Vander) was a French jazz pianist who composed music for Claude Nougaro. He was a friend and arranger for the popular singer-songwriter for years. Vanderschueren’s father was an accordionist and young Maurice…
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Objet 35 – Gina Manès
Find this object on Walk 35 – Quartier de la Mouzaïa Gina Manès(COMÉDIENNES)18 Rue de Périgueux, 75019 Paris, France Gina Manès began her career in Parisian variety shows before making her film debut in The Man Without a Face (1919), directed by Louis Feuillade. She then worked under the directors René Navarre and Jean Epstein,…
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Objet 34b – Butte-du-Chapeau-Rouge
The Parc de la Butte-du-Chapeau-Rouge is a public park in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, which was created in 1939. It is an example of 1930s modernist park design, and contains a fountain and works of sculpture from the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) held at the Trocadéro. The…
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Objet 34a – Rue de Romainville
My base for 2024 is the rue de Romainville in the 19th arrondissement. Opposite my apartment was the former home of Drago Paris, the French company who have been manufacturing medals, trophies and military badges since 1920. Joseph Séraphin Drago created his engraver-publisher workshop-business in 1912 at 39 rue Gioffredo in Nice with a subsidiary…
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Walk 36 – Buttes Chaumont
See an object that relates to this walk HERE. Bernard Douby (COMEDIENS / CHANTEURS ET CHANTEUSES)76 Rue de la Villette, 75019 Paris, France A genuine all-rounder, Bernard Douby is a classically trained pianist, dancer, actor, comic, and mime artist. He wrote and starred in his own one man show, which he performed 8 times during…
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