Boulevard Haussmann - l'architecture

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQe5Sj88yGQQciHmFTZ_YgK3GyiMKfml1ufucoU-rl3FN3SZFl57Vt17nDrDtVELhvXfuOz9icuZoSiV4FD8Ayg8pjxEUnE33URHWTMJ0YwtJTUS60-SbmoXGCpJREETuYYg5UDzNRSc/s1600/2011+Nov+day+6+DSC_0098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQe5Sj88yGQQciHmFTZ_YgK3GyiMKfml1ufucoU-rl3FN3SZFl57Vt17nDrDtVELhvXfuOz9icuZoSiV4FD8Ayg8pjxEUnE33URHWTMJ0YwtJTUS60-SbmoXGCpJREETuYYg5UDzNRSc/s640/2011+Nov+day+6+DSC_0098.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">La grande porte</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This grand entrance can be seen from a block away with its imposing doors, ornate carvings, and grill-work.  The courtyard drive entrance could have been a film set and I expected to see a large black car exiting past those archway columns.  It reminded me a bit of the scene in les Intouchables in which a car was parked in the "no parking" zone, blocking the entrance.  Omar Sy should appear at any moment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paris architecture</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">134, boulevard Haussmann</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Boulevard Haussmann - l'architecture

La grande porte This grand entrance can be seen from a block away with its imposing doors, ornate carvings, and grill-work.  The courtyard d...

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Rue Jean Ferrandi - un lion

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5g2A95MuS5siio4FnHZ2tWz1F4NvZdbkkZQx0d7Iazo2XoXX3XIaotSc978R3gcSgEMJoivrSfU0itmWKOeqicW58GnCnXD4F6fYU4mvMti3UbkkFc6r-uNf29wQNjR3FrXyYfLHbl-M/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_68DSC_9179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5g2A95MuS5siio4FnHZ2tWz1F4NvZdbkkZQx0d7Iazo2XoXX3XIaotSc978R3gcSgEMJoivrSfU0itmWKOeqicW58GnCnXD4F6fYU4mvMti3UbkkFc6r-uNf29wQNjR3FrXyYfLHbl-M/s640/2012+Oct+8+Monday_68DSC_9179.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5v38vao6DHdT8SK30jAyz0OagS93gI28LYxMYDd6jk4nG0ZjeqE_QGFiZFMh5er0IEwlu-2iqBTUTXs_gpxslfgT64ZU-8XNIrg6dGoJBh7T89o7-dHTO5kCC8IzjVS5JFFuGbmQgqLk/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_68DSC_9179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The details of the architecture are a delight,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">particularly when you can see the sharp fangs of a lion.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He looks hungry...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">3, rue Jean Ferrandi</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue Jean Ferrandi - un lion

The details of the architecture are a delight, particularly when you can see the sharp fangs of a lion. He looks hungry... 3, rue Jean Ferra...

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Rue de Courcelles - un lion

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLl9ocQ4Le-OPcIiaZC5I1sl9syspDI2NBOVrNTYF7ASPtxKRGQzlA_MQKoREdowRX-dMUAFDAs36ftN_ObCVNxfJTaN9JJ6Ektj9Ysphv6U5a0fVD0hnUeMrz61bS1K4gjrpPKGvctcI/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLl9ocQ4Le-OPcIiaZC5I1sl9syspDI2NBOVrNTYF7ASPtxKRGQzlA_MQKoREdowRX-dMUAFDAs36ftN_ObCVNxfJTaN9JJ6Ektj9Ysphv6U5a0fVD0hnUeMrz61bS1K4gjrpPKGvctcI/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0149.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue de Courcelles</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you are walking in Paris and feel that there are eyes watching you,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">just look up and you may meet the gaze of a lion,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or a giant, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or a horse, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or a nymph,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">or a gargoyle!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They are everywhere you look.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you are with children, make a game of finding animals, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">characters, and faces in the architecture with a prize at the end of the day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue de Courcelles</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Rue de Courcelles - un lion

Rue de Courcelles If you are walking in Paris and feel that there are eyes watching you, just look up and you may meet the gaze of a lion, o...

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Porte -- Rue des Capucines

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHXcCOhy-1eiuOIayKXYRf4424vx-Vt7lgvvrqNPsk8QpDLUaskQWZ2mj7ivsedriDtPX34yQ9p0F9gDE6Oq_9aoFwcCXLftR_6flQPaAfbSJKrljiGLiJw7yoabz-cLRadUlso03Txc/s1600/2012+jan+15++2nd_0596.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464px" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHXcCOhy-1eiuOIayKXYRf4424vx-Vt7lgvvrqNPsk8QpDLUaskQWZ2mj7ivsedriDtPX34yQ9p0F9gDE6Oq_9aoFwcCXLftR_6flQPaAfbSJKrljiGLiJw7yoabz-cLRadUlso03Txc/s640/2012+jan+15++2nd_0596.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">First cousin to the lions at <span class="hps" closure_uid_vx0mhe="177" qc="null">Hôtel </span>de Ville,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">this one seems a bit grumpy...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(Il est grognon)</em></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br /><em>Rue des Capucines</em><br /><em>75008, Paris</em>

Porte -- Rue des Capucines

First cousin to the lions at Hôtel  de Ville, this one seems a bit grumpy... (Il est grognon)   Rue des Capucines 75008, Paris

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Hôtel de Ville - le lion

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9SlCuH4GIZ_rgFmh-UlGWhFvM05zmfGB57FllAtXk2ersXg2y_cdHR-SV2FELaIXNpEHcrfLVzcyn52um9W8rYB3OWgqbWgVOlezrynEvHfKsIcM4Hxv8kpjblcSTYc1JbUS5AqPLdg/s1600/2012+jan+12++1st_0229+-+darker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9SlCuH4GIZ_rgFmh-UlGWhFvM05zmfGB57FllAtXk2ersXg2y_cdHR-SV2FELaIXNpEHcrfLVzcyn52um9W8rYB3OWgqbWgVOlezrynEvHfKsIcM4Hxv8kpjblcSTYc1JbUS5AqPLdg/s640/2012+jan+12++1st_0229+-+darker.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This bronze sculpture has taken a striking patina and sits on the west side of Hôtel de Ville, what I would call the "back door" of this historical building on Rue de Lobau.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This majestic lion, one of a pair flanking the "back door," was likely sculpted in the 1880s by one of the 230 sculptors engaged to create the bronzes during reconstruction.  The building was almost destroyed by fire in 1871 leaving only the stone shell.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He looks very content and proud to be guarding the doors of Hôtel de Ville.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Hôtel de Ville</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue de Lobau</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div>

Hôtel de Ville - le lion

This bronze sculpture has taken a striking patina and sits on the west side of Hôtel de Ville, what I would call the "back door" o...

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